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TGS 2012 - The Crazy Snacks of Japan Part 2

10/1/12 11:41pm

The fun is just beginning as Craig, Bryan and Chad continue on their culinary quest to expand their palates... with some not-to-good results.

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

zero10593

October 15, 2012 - 12:21pm

I was in my lunch wile seeing this and at 2:41 with WTF panda I almost choked whit the food, soo hilarious

Darali

October 8, 2012 - 1:54pm

"Help me, Don Taco!"

COTW. Make it, guys.

MaximusPrime

October 6, 2012 - 4:15pm

Tips on eating asian food, coming from an asian of course. NEVER EVER smell it, you wont like it lol, most asian food taste MUCH better then they smell

darkhyrulelord

October 5, 2012 - 10:40pm

I can't believe that they even have such a thing as Cream Colon.

BitCloud21

October 5, 2012 - 12:27pm

Chad got voted down 2 to 1 that the last thing was not caramel.

NewGrangle

October 4, 2012 - 12:21pm

What did they eat? Part 2!!!

1) Those are senbei (rice crackers), in this case with sesame and likely a very strong-smelling soy-based flavor on the outside. I'm very sorry you picked a generally bad senbei flavor. They have some pretty... "unique" flavors: I've seen sea urchin and even horsemeat senbei before. Some of them can be surprisingly good, actually.

2) Never had Cream Collon, but if I ever go back to Japan, I gotta pick some up! When I said before I tended to stay away from most uniquely Japanese snacks, I forgot about the candy-like stuff. They can actually have some pretty delicious choices in that department and it sounds like that Cream Collon is one of them! If you like that, also try the sticks (I can't remember the name of them now) that are like Pocky in reverse, with the cracker/pretzel on the outside and the chocolate on the inside. Those are great too.

3) Koeda Ball also looks a lot like another popular Japanese candy called Black Thunder (yes, that is seriously the name), which is something like oatmeal or granola and a hard chocolate wafer coated in chocolate. That's another thing I seriously recommend and wish they had over here in the States. I wonder if you can import some?

4) Interesting to note that Chad says he would put those on a salad, as I think they're known as "salad crackers". They're crispy yet puffy, and have a unique "salad" taste. Another one of the things that if I was going to pick up a Japanese snack, I would sometimes get.

5) The box says SakuSaku Panda, which if I remember right, means "crunchy crunchy panda". Fully explained by the guys in the vid.

6) Mochi is made from a type of rice, and making it is a common Japanese tradition in the autumn and winter. They cook large amounts of the mochi rice, then put the rice in a large wooden pot outside. Then they take a giant wooden hammer and smack the hell out of the rice with it until it mashes together and softens into the substance you see the guys eat. The inside of the ball actually tastes really sweet. It's called An, a sweet red bean that was essentially the Japanese form of sugar until sugar itself was introduced to Japan. They don't really use an like sugar now, but they still use it extensively in snacks and other traditional foods. A common winter treat in Japan is to put a ball of mochi in an An-based soup, which is actually really good. And the stuff on a stick is probably mochi coated in a soy-based sauce.

mychael

October 6, 2012 - 8:11am

Wow, really useful infos! Could you do the same for the drinks?

JJCobra

October 5, 2012 - 12:12pm

Cream Collon is definitely good. I prefer chocolate flavor a bit more through. I'm guessing its a flavored Ogura (aka An or Anko) on the inside of the Mochi ball.

Wish they got some Bourbon Every Burger snacks. Highly recommended. Speaking of which I just ordered a crap load of Bourbon Every Burgers a couple of days ago.

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