What do you get for 250 yen, about $2.50, today. I can buy almost 2 liters of gas, almost a starbucks coffee, or a train ticket across Tokyo. That is, unless you go tho the Obento shop at the bust corner of Asakusa right next to 2 of the entrances to the Tsukuba Express.
At this […]
4 double kitkats in a jar. Sold from a vending machine. Sandwiched between cold drinks on one side and hot coffee on the other. How does it survive? The technology is amazing. What is the best thing that you have ever bought from a vending machine?
Tags: Appetizers/Snacks/Nibbles, Japanese
Today I had the best soba experience I have ever had. Believe me I have had some wonderful soba times but this was the best.
Kake soba, fresh off the noodle bed, served searingly hot in rich and salty soup. It was big, very big and just what I needed to survive the cold. I rode […]
Picture 3 Australians crowded around a table. One is studying Kanji, another is studying Japanese grammar and the third is studying the Japanese Lonely Planet. Out comes a packet of this chocolate with macha and you can probably guess what happened.
Our analysis was short and sweet. One said “great”, one said 8 out of 10, […]
This is the third type of choco pan that I had in mind when I wrote about the three types back here. This one has to be the lowest level of choco pan. Simply a long life type bread stick. Dry and tasteless. Dipped in chocolate. These guys exist on the shelf next to cookies […]
Lisa from Lunchbucketbento was on the same wavelength as me when she picked this one other type of choco pan. Have a look at her description in the comments to this post. You can understand what she is talking about if you look at where I took a bite in the photo. It has a swirled […]
It is found in the refridgerater of the supermarket and comes in a few different varieties. The differences are in the mix of ingredients but they are all based on the same concept.
This one is a mix of tiny fish (slightly longer than a grain of rice), shredded umeboshi, Seaweed and sesame. The mix is used […]
Pino are a classic Japanese ice cream. Typically vanilla ice cream shaped like a tiny fez covered in chocolate. This week I discovered dark chocolate Pino and was very happy. There is nothing particularly unusual about the ice cream or the chocolate but they make studying Japanese Kanji (as you can see behind the box […]
Saturday was cold, in fact bitterly cold. I had been training on my bike up and down Mt Tsukuba until I was almost dead with cold and exhaustion. I had just an easy flat ride to get me back to a shop and about 20 minutes to devise the perfect snack to keep me alive. […]
The last post was about choco pan. Now this is not to be confused with the totally different species known as choco pie. Normally choco pie is a sort of biscuit/cake that lives in with the sweets and cookies in a supermarket. They consist of a sandwich of sweet soft biscuits, some cream and heaps […]
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