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Just a quickie post to get back in the swing of this.
These were one of the items that my roommate brought back from his trip to Japan.  Excitingly, I’d never had them before.

Galbo minis are fun-to-eat little chocolate pods with a strawberry flavoured coating.  Texture-wise, they’re similar to malted milk balls, but not quite as [...]

I love that people think of me when they see Japanese biscuits with pandas on them. These, along with a box of Apollo, were a gift from a friend while he was away on a business trip.  He picked them up at an airport bookstore.  Japanese snackage is becoming more and more readily available.  It’s [...]

But these have been around for ages, Naomi, and everyone has tried them.  Where have you been?

Apollo is quite the classic, but it’s one of those candies that always got pushed aside for something more intriguing.
And for good reason, it seems.  I love Meiji, we all know that, but I was honestly pretty disappointed by [...]