Iwata Kokutoh Almond-Brown Sugared cover Almonds Review

The snack review of the day are these brown sugared covered almonds by the Japanese brand Iwata. I received these as a sample from a vendor and they retail for $4.19

The package is kind of small for the price, but that is common amongst most snack products form Japan.

 

 

My first reaction when I popped one into my mouth was that 'whoa, thats a lot of coating.' The brown sugar that coats the almond is a lot more than I was expecting, but it was surprisingly nice and not too sweet. I think the texture wasn't too hard and after chewing for awhile, it becomes kind of addicting.

 

Not sure if you can see from the picture, but there is quite a bit of the brown sugar coating around the almond. Overall, I did enjoy this a lot and found myself almost eating the whole bag in one sitting. I feel that it isn't too different from American candy coated nut snacks and people from all over would enjoy this.

Calbee Curry Flavoured Chips: Review

Tonight, i'd like to share my thoughts on these Calbee Chipes: Curry flavor.

 



 

These were made in Hong Kong as opposed to what most people associate flavored calbee chips to be from (Japan). As with most chips from any brand, it is filled with air to hold freshness and once opened , the bag is only about half way full.

After opening the bag, there was a definite curry smell to it, mainly of what reminds me of curry powder (as opposed to say thai red curry, etc).

 

 

taste wise, I will have to honestly say that I am kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a strong intense curry flavor, or at least around the same level as some of the Japanese curried snacks i've had. I even had my mom try it and she did not like this at all. I asked her if it was the curry flavor but she said that it just tasted bad to her and would never repurchase it again. I would probably not repurchase this item again either and rather buy heartier snacks with curry flavor. I feel that the chip size and texture (being so thin and all) does not fit well with this flavor either.