[Review] Mango Milk Tea

Yes, mango milk tea. Mango drinks by themselves aren't bad. I like mango juices and stuff. But I wasn't sure how it would be when combined with milk tea so I got it. Hehe.



Honestly, I'm not too sure what to think of it. There's definitely a mango taste, if that's the most important thing for you. But the combination with the tea is kinda funky. You can taste the mango, then a little later you can taste the milk tea, but then it kinda mixes together and you're not quite sure what it is anymore...

It's a good sweetness though. Not too horribly sweet like some drinks, so I like that. After drinking about half of it I've gotten used to its weird blend and it goes down quite nicely. I probably wouldn't get it again for the 158 yen though...

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Store: Lawson

[Review] Beef Kabob Pringles Chips

I was totally amazed and ready to try this when I first saw it. Beef kabob is yummy. Pringles is yummy. It should work!



But really? Not as good as expected. It was basically a toned down version of BBQ chips. And I'm not a big fan of that. This was a total let down. I know I shouldn't be expecting much, but still...

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Store: Lawson

[Review] Banana Pucca

Pucca is kinda like another version of the chocolate koala cracker things. Both taste about the same. But there was a banana filling version of Pucca on the shelf today! And at only 105 yen I couldn't resist trying it. Hehe.



It's not bad. It definitely has a banana taste, but not like a real banana. A fake banana. Like other kinds of banana snacks that aren't made of real banana. If that makes any sense? Haha. But again, it's not bad. It might be a bit too sweet for me to eat all the time though.

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Store: Lawson

[Review] Curry-flavored chip sticks

This is a review for the curry-flavored chip sticks I posted a couple entries earlier here.

This was a disappointment, sad to say. Well, for me at least. The curry flavor was way too spicy, and didn't really taste much like curry. It was more like lots of pepper and lots of random spices mixed together. I actually got sick after a while and couldn't finish it all. And there was also definitely no potato flavor, despite it being potato chip sticks.

::sigh::

The lesson? Not everything curry in Japan tastes good.

And I had such high hopes for this......

[Review] Beef Curry Pan

Came across this today, and it just looked amazing delicious. I have, surprisingly, never had one before, so I thought this was a good chance to try it since the onigiri I normally get wasn't there.



The bread was nice and soft and the curry wasn't spicy, which is good for me because I'm horrible at spicy food. And it had a decent curry taste. It wasn't too strong, but you could definitely tell it was curry. Which is, of course, a good thing.

My only problems were that the bread was too thick and there wasn't enough curry, and that I couldn't tell if there was actually any beef in there. It might've just been beef-flavored, and not contain any beef at all.



But it was worth the 105yen.

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Store: Lawson

[Review] Hamburger onigiri

Yup. That's right. It's a hamburger rice ball. Well, at least that's what it's called. The rice isn't really in the shape of a ball. More like a thick patty rice cake thing. And then there's a hamburger patty on top of that with a piece of seaweed half wrapping it all.



It was actually pretty tasty. The rice was sticky so it didn't come completely undone. The hamburger had a sweet-ish sauce with it, which was rather yummy. And I think there was a very thin layer of mayonnaise in between. Although I normally hate mayo (mustard is even worse though), I could barely taste it so it was good for me.

Verdict? I'd definitely get this again.

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Store: 99

[Review] Beef tongue chips

I also got a bag of the beef tongue chips. The first impression I had of it was that there was a lot of pepper. I could smell it when I opened the bag, and I could see all the pepper sprinkled in with the chips.

The taste was definitely a lot stronger than the sakura chips, if mostly just the pepper. I could taste a bit of beef tongue every now and then. It's the BBQ kind, not the kind of beef tongue you would find in Western Chinese restaurants that come in steak-like form (which I personally find to be delicious). It was a bit too salty for my taste, and the pepper added to that effect too. I finished the bag, but by the end I felt like I was drowning in salt.

I might not eat this more than once either, but I liked it more than the sakura chips. This one at least had a discernible taste.

[Review] Sakura Chips

I recently bought a bag of the sakura chips that I had posted about earlier. When I first opened the bag, there was an immediate waft of flower fragrance that smelled sweet, but not too overpowering. I'm not sure if it really did smell like sakura, because it felt like there was something else along with it.

The taste was a bit weird at first. It took me a while before I could eat a second chip. It had a strange aftertaste, but not a strong one. Just felt like there was something left over that you hadn't been able to completely get rid of. I can't pinpoint a taste, but I think it was more sweet than anything, which might have been what caught be off guard, because chips aren't normally sweet. But after a while I got used to it and I finished the whole bag. It really did feel like I was eating flower petals though. Not necessarily in the texture, but mostly because of the smell, I think.

I wouldn't eat this more than once though.