Japan

Recent Snack Reviews

Pink, rectangular chocolates sitting on a dish, surrounded by small branches of sakura blossoms
Yum!

ROYCE Signature Nama Chocolate – Sakura Fromage

Chocolate from Japan

Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Source:

A different couple friends brought a box to share back from Japan

I don’t like white chocolate, but these are pretty good—maybe a 3.5 stars, but I’ll round up. The sakura flavor and consistency of Nama chocolates really improves white chocolate.

Written on May 05, 2024

A box of uniform, rectangular chocolates perched on top of a stack of other chocolate boxes
Fave!!

ROYCE Signature Nama Chocolate – Au Lait

Chocolate from Japan

Rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Source:

A couple friends brought a box to share back from Japan, but you can order these chocolates online at the ROYCE’ website

This was my first time trying ROYCE’ chocolates, and wow these are so nice. They have a squishier, chewier consistency—almost like fudge, definitely in truffle territory at least. The cacao powder does get on your fingers a little bit, but I find I don’t mind.

Written on May 05, 2024

A tube of Pringle-like chips with an illustration of a lemon on the tube
Fine

Chip Star Potato Chips – Setouchi Lemon

Chips from Japan

Rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

Chip Star chips have a similar shape and texture to Pringles, if you’re familiar with those. I was curious about this lemon flavor, so decided to try them out. They’re solidly okay. I would say the lemon flavor doesn’t have much zing to it. Perhaps the flavor was modeled after a particularly sweet lemon, since the manufacturers couldn’t use sugar here to balance out the sour.

Written on Jan 15, 2024

A bag of mayo beef flavored chips. There's a photo of real beef with mayo on top. A logo of a bull in sunglasses holds up a beer.
Yum!

Yamayoshi Mayo Beef Potato Chips – Masculine Chili Oil

Chips from Japan

Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

These are pretty dang good. I had no idea what to expect from the flavor (beef with mayo and chili oil???), but it really and truly tastes like what’s on the bag. It almost freaks me out just a bit. These are best savored, a few chips at a time.

No idea what makes chili oil masculine; likely a wonky translation.

Written on Jan 15, 2024

A sweets package: there's a little chef character with a bushy mustache holding an ice cream cone. A big ice cream cone hovers in the background. In the foreground are little round balls; one is cut open to show cream inside.
Fine

Bourbon Milk A-Npan Ice Cream Bread Snacks

Other Snacks from Japan

Rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

When you open the package of these little round snacks, it smells strongly of bourbon. There’s no mistaking that flavor in these bread snacks! I wish the center of the little bon bons was as creamy as the package makes it out to be; the cream filling seemed to have soaked into the bread bit, for the most part.

Written on Nov 25, 2022

More Treats