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This is part of a Very Special Blog Series where we review random Korean and Japanese snacks. This time it's Japanese...
1.
When the packaging advertises "Octopus" flavor, I know to be worried. But these are actually ok. They're corn puffs, they're light, salty and savory. As stated on the package, they're supposed to taste like octopus/seaweed but whatever that is, it's just a light dusting and it's mixed with teriyaki. I would call these "not bad, but not good."
I wonder what they mean by "Texas Corn" - whether that's just a claim, whether that's a flavor or - I doubt it but - are they actually importing corn from Texas?
2.
Walter and Jesse got together to do a cook, it appears. These have some Japanese text but it's faint and small and so I didn't have it translated.
The taste of these, whatever they are, is exactly as you'd expect. It's crystallized sugar, it tastes like rock candy. I like rock candy. I like these just fine.
3.
Translated Name: Unclear other than that it's strawberry flavored.
Review:
Yes, it's that famous Japanese icon Felix the Cat. Remember Felix from all the Japanese cartoons?
As far as packaging goes, this is an A+. I would like to take that wrapper and frame it (if it wasn't just a few square inches). I love that image.
As far as the candy, it's a very light and pink square. At first I assumed it was something like Hi-Chew but it turns out it's strawberry gum. It's lighter than we would have in America both in terms of density and taste. There's nothing great about the gum but it's good. You can't go wrong with strawberry gum.
4.
Translated Name: "Cola-flavored gum"
Review:
Speaking of packaging, this is another outstanding package and another thing I would frame if it wasn't so small. As it's cola-flavored, what they've cleverly done is combined the Coca-Cola and Pepsi logos into one.
Inside the fantastic package, are 4 small brown gumballs. They certainly taste like cola. People say that one of the things that differentiate Coke and Pepsi is that Pepsi has a pronounced citrus taste and it's that taste that's really emphasized in this gum. It's almost too much but I can tell why they would give it such a punch - the flavor starts wearing off immediately and it becomes pretty flavorless pretty fast. Not bad.
5.
Translated Name: N/A
Review:
The history of this candy must be that some aunt said "You're so cute, I could just eat you up" and immediately Japanese engineers went to work. This is the very definition of the phrase.
What does it taste like? Who cares with looks like that! Ok, I'll tell you. At first I expected a gummy candy but it's actually hard like a lollipop. It's like a lemon-flavored lollipop. And it's a good one. Looks great, tastes great.
And that's it.
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