No product more encapsulates the difference between Japanese and American candy than cola Mentos. I picked up two flavors that seem rather easy to find, cola and grape. Japanese Mentos come in packages that appear very similar to American Mentos: long rolls each with fifteen small, round candies (technically dragées, which means they have a hard shell and a soft center). At only ¥99, they are one of the cheapest candies you can find.
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
Mitsuya Cider Gummies – Regular and Grape
As every Japanese school kid knows, ラムネ (ramune, from ‘lemonade’) is a delicious and cooling bottled soda. As I discovered last year, it’s also nigh impossible to open without spraying yourself full in the face with sugar water. So, in the absence of a lifetime’s worth of training and preparation, I’ve turned to Asahi’s 三ツ矢サイダー [...]
Crunky Chocolate and Crunky Almond Chocolate
Crunky is milk chocolate mixed not with rice, but instead with miniature puffs of malt, much smaller than the rice I’m used to in crunchy candy.
Crunky comes in many different varieties, some of which I will hopefully cover in future reviews. This time, I’m reviewing two common convenience store packs, Crunky Crunch Chocolate Slim Pack, and Crunky Almond Chocolate. Both can be found for around ¥105 in Japanese combine, or in many stores in the US and the rest of Asia.
