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Review: Ma Po Tofu Calbee Potato Chips

Review: Sichuan-style Ma Po Tofu Calbee Potato Chips Gifted & Reviewed: May 2016 Best Before: June 2016 http://www.calbee.co.jp/index.php As you might know I’m a big fan of Calbee’s potato chip offerings, particularly their various pizza chips, and so when I … Continue reading

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Review: Cheeza 50% Camembert Basil

Review: Cheeza 50% Camembert Basil Purchased: November 2012 Review: January 2013 http://cheeza.jp/ I don’t know how much of a surprise this review this will be, considering jussssst how effusive I was about Cheeza crackers during my previous reviews: 51% Smoked … Continue reading

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News: New Kit Kat Box Designs featuring Mos Burger, Year of the Snake

It looks like Nestle might be making Kit Kat’s team-up with Japanese fast-food chain Mos Burger an annual event, as starting December 14th sweets fans were able to pick up this limited edition packaging at Mos Burger’s nationwide for 120yen … Continue reading

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Review: Kit Kat Gran Wafer

… This is a unique Kit Kat in that it’s the first I’ve ever tried without an outer shell of chocolate. It’s just wafers held together by a chocolate filling, and so my first thought was that the texture was wrong. I mean, not ‘wrong’ wrong, just, not a Kit Kat. It’s like the cheap wafer-cookies that you’d get at the supermarket. That surprise was followed by another—the wafers here are chocolate flavoured and coloured chocolate brown, which is another Kit Kat first for me as usually the wafers are just a standard sort of ‘cookie’ flavour, though honestly they have almost no flavour at all. These tasted alright, not spectacular, but it was nice to get a little something extra. All this before the first bite. Continue reading

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Review: Iwatsukaseika Ltd. Noukou Cheese Agesen (Cheese Crackers)

Hi there! I’m currently in Japan, and trying all kinds of different snacks and things. I hope you don’t mind this shortened review format while I blaze through some new snacks! Iwatsukaseika Ltd. Noukou Cheese Agesen (Cheese Crackers) Best before: … Continue reading

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