Uni Saki Ika: Sea Urchin Flavor Shredded Squid Snack
After finishing my errands yesterday, I stopped by a 7 Eleven convenience store and got some snacks. While I was shopping, I found a sea urchin or “Uni (うに, 雲丹)” flavored snack that I...
Category: Snacks
Isobe Yaki Butter Shoyu Mochi Rice Cake
In Japan, winter is the season of “Mochi (餅)“, and in fact, I have often eaten the plain rice cake since around the beginning of December. Although Mochi is typically served in soup (e.g....
Otsumami: Tsumami Tara Dried Cod Fish Snack
“Otsumami (おつまみ)” is the Japanese word for snacks eaten with alcoholic drinks and the representative examples include Kamaboko fish cake, Surume dried squid, Kaki no Tane crackers, and Cheese Tara (Chiitara) snacks. Actually, the...
Umaibo (Puffcorn): What is the Yasai Salad Flavor?
Japanese “Dagashi (駄菓子)” snacks can’t be told without “Umaibo (うまい棒)”. For the unfamiliar, Dagashi is the collective term for cheap, unique, and relatively small Japanese snacks whose price ranges from 10 yen (about 0.1...
Wakame vs Kombu (Kelp): Edible Seaweed in Japan
As you may know, seaweed is an indispensable part of Japanese food culture, and especially wakame and kombu, also known as kelp, have been widely consumed in Japan since the old days. Today, supported by...
Kombu-Pan: Toyama’s Specialty Kelp Seaweed Bread
Just a while ago when I was watching TV, eating dinner, local specialty foods of Toyama Prefecture were introduced on a program, among which there was a thing that I have never heard of...
Kit Kat Japan-Limited Autumn Sweet Potato Flavor
Although winter is just around the corner here in Japan, yesterday when I was shopping at a drugstore, I stumbled upon an autumn flavor of Japanese Kit Kat by chance. There are 2 Kit...
Taberu Niboshi: Japanese Dried Anchovy Snack
“Niboshi (煮干し, にぼし)”, also known as “Iriko (いりこ)”, are boiled and dried infant sardines commonly used when making soup stock or dashi in Japanese cuisine. It is often referred to as dried sardine in...
