Snack Revelation - January 2023
It’s time for the year-end festivities, and we prepared you an awesome pack full of snacks from Japan. You’re about to experience some new flavors, perfect to end the year with a hint of originality. Get yourself the Snack Revelation pack now before it runs out!
MIYAKO MONAKA from Toshoan
Allergens: dairy Processed in a facility that also processes egg, wheat, buckwheat, and peanuts This might be one of the best treats we’ve included in your boxes this year: Miyako Monaka. You can enjoy the taste of fresh Erimo Azuki beans from Hokkaido, with aromatic “monaka” skin and some delicious sticky rice flour dough called gyuhi. What’s special about this, is that you have all the 3 ingredients separately, and can set up your very own tea time in the afternoon. It goes well with ice cream or seasonal fruits! It’s packaged in a very elegant box that incorporates azuki beans and lots of small details. We hope you enjoy this, to finish 2022 on a sweet note!
Ebi Mame Hana Senbei from Kanazawa Kenroku Seika
Allergens: shrimp, soy Processed in a facility that also processes egg, dairy, wheat, peanuts, crab, squid, orange, beef, chicken, pork, walnut, apple, sesame, and almond It’s the end of the year, which means it’s time to prepare for the next one already! We know you have some resolutions, and we want to help you achieve them! Those shrimp and black soybean senbei are said to bring good fortune. The flavors are kneaded into a sweet and fragrant baked flower shaped rice cracker. It is a perfect little present, or treat for yourself!
Kuchidoke Kouji Saku Maro Curry Aji from Oyatsu Company
Allergens: wheat, dairy, beef, soy, chicken, pork Processed in a facility that also processes shrimp, crab, buckwheat, egg, and peanuts Are you ready for a little nostalgia? This puff snack with its retro packaging brings back a lot of memories of people in Japan. It looks like a curl with a lovely texture, and still has its classic curry flavor. Curry was brought to Japan by foreign sailors, and has quickly made its mark on Japanese cuisine. Today, you’ll find a lot of local restaurants offering curry, and some chains even specialized in making only this delicacy!
Jaga Choco Creamy White from Bourbon
Allergens: dairy, soy Processed in a facility that also processes egg and wheat Are you the sweet and savory type? Bourbon broke a couple of traditional snack making rules here, but we are more than happy about it. Classic potato chips are gently covered with a sweet, creamy white chocolate coating and an explosion of flavors. What a way to end the year.
Tsumami Dane from Kameda Seika
Allergens: shrimp, wheat, egg, peanuts, squid, sesame, mackerel, soy, chicken, gelatin Processed in a facility that also processes dairy and crab 10 different flavors in one little bag! If you want to experience diversity, this is the snack you should go for first. Otsumami are usually small snacks to be enjoyed with friends at the dinner table with a couple of drinks. They can be sprinkled in salt, mixed with roasted seaweed, sprinkled with sesame, covered in soy sauce: so many delicious options available. They are kind of the Japanese version of Jelly Beans, except that there is no bad flavor!
Sushi Ame from Takara Seika
Processed in a facility that also processes dairy, wheat, peanuts, and soy Sushi-looking candy because, why not? Squid, salmon roe, shrimp, egg, tuna, those are the 5 different shapes that you may have in your box! Sushi is such an iconic food when it comes to Japanese cuisine, its image alone evokes an association with Japan. Whether you get to try fine dining sushi, or conveyor belt sushi, each is an experience on its own and worth trying. For now, we hope that you enjoy those little sweets!
Mocchan Dango from Kyoushin
Processed in a facility that also processes dairy, egg, soy, and peach Dango (団子) is a Japanese dumpling made from different types of rice flour mixed together, such as uruchi rice flour and glutinous rice flour. They are usually piled up on a skewer, 3 by 3 and coated with different flavors!
Umai bo Gyutan Shio Aji from Yaokin
Allergens: wheat, dairy, egg, soy, beef, chicken, gelatin Processed in a facility that also processes shrimp Umaibo (うまい棒), Japan’s most iconic retro snack. We promise that one day, we’ll have delivered you every single flavor available. But there are still many to explore. For this month, we went with an original one: a mix of spices and lemon. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Sonomanma Cola Gummy from Coris
Here we have a very popular flavored-gum series. We selected the classic Cola taste for a sweeter note in this month’s box!
Aji Curry from Yamato
Allergens: wheat Processed in a facility that also processes egg, dairy, soy, and shrimp Curry is heartwarming, satisfying, and addicting. So after the earlier curry-flavored snack, we knew that you might be keen on a second on! We went for Yamato’s crackers because they are so simple, it’s actually hard to do better. With its retro packaging and original flavor, they are everything you’d want from a curry cracker.
Almond no Thunder from Yuraku
Allergens: wheat, dairy, almond, soy Processed in a facility that also processes egg Blackthunder is the equivalent of Mars or Twix in Japan. It has a near iconic status, and reputation to its chocolate bars. This one, is different. It contains 12.2% almonds, a very specific number for a very unique taste. Meet, the Almond Thunder (アーモンドのサンダ), and let your taste buds decide the rest.
Mochi Tarou Shio from Kadou
Allergens: wheat, peanuts Let’s start with the obvious here, the packaging. It’s old-fashioned, yet unique, different, and tells a story. Look at those couples and the large wooden bowl they are standing around. This is how mochi is made. You can find some pretty amazing videos on the internet, and you may have seen the one about 2 men preparing mochi at lightning speed. It leaves you speechless. Now this snack is a classic, nostalgic mochi for you to experience some traditional Japanese treat at home.
Onigiri Senbei from Masuya
Allergens: egg, wheat, soy, pork, sesame Processed in a facility that also processes dairy, shrimp, and crab Senbei (せんべい) are crunchy and tasty Japanese rice crackers. They are traditional, have been around for a long time, and if you’ve never tried one, we’re happy to have you eat this Onigiri Senbei as a first! It is seasoned with soy sauce and sprinkled with roasted seaweed.
