With this awful virus still around, I find it unlikely we'll be travelling to Japan this year. So inspired by that sad fact, I decided to order home a few Japanese goodies! I bought this stuff from www.mangacafe.fi and this was my first time placing an order there. I know they've been around for years, but I never came about to order anything from there before. I have occasionally bought something (usually Pockys & Ramune) at their table at a convention. But I guess we won't be having any conventions this year either, so all the more reason to buy something home, where I'm stuck anyway.
Pokemon Soda
I think they had about 13 flavors to choose from, all with different Pokemon print on the can. I really wanted a Mewtwo - strawberry soda, but they were sold out. So instead, I chose the can with the Pokeball print, just because it looked nice. I'm a bit skeptical about the taste though.... it's mint flavored. And yeah, it wasn't that good. Just carbonated water with a weird side taste. Not worth the 4,50€ this thing cost. Now I really wish I had picked another flavor!
Pokemon Cola Taffy
The print on the papers that are wrapped around the taffy is really bad. With this kind of quality I don't see anybody even wanting to collect these, if that's the intended purpose. The Mew I got, is different from the others,it has a plastic layer on it, so I thought maybe it was a sticker, but nope. It's the same cheap paper just under a protective layer for some reason. So about the candy... it's good! The cola taste comes through and is neither too subtle or overbearing.
Ichigo Daifuku - Strawberry mochi and Mochimochi Chokora - chocolate mochi
My mom fell in love with mochis on our trip to Japan, so I ordered these with her in mind. I like mochis just fine, they take a bit to get used to. I really like the outside "dough" or whatever it's called, but I usually find the filling to be a disappointment. First off, these mochis I ordered are super tiny! Like, the ones we had in Japan were the size of a chicken egg, these ones are so little and cute (like a cherry tomato)! So about the strawberry mochis, they are all right. The filling is like a tiny speck of strawberry jam inside a marshmallow, a bit too "meh" for my taste. Now the chocolate mochis, on the other hand..... they are the best mochi I've tasted in my life! Seriously, it's like they wrapped a rich, dark chocolate cake inside the mochi dough, what's not to love?! The only problem is that they are so tiny, I can't get enough of these!
Pocky Cranberry and Astor Matcha waffle stick
I think these cranberry sticks just became my new favorite Pocky flavor! They smell damn delicious right out of the box. I should have ordered more of these! About the matcha sticks... I don't like tea, any tea, but the exception to that rule seems to be matcha. No, I wouldn't drink matcha tea, but so far, everything that I've tasted that has included matcha as a flavor has been so good. Matcha ice cream, matcha chocolate and now these waffle sticks. They're all good! Here, the taste of matcha borderlines on being too subtle, but still good.
Fettucine Peach sour gummy
I know these are good. Last time we were in Japan, I bought a random assortment of different candies from Daiso just to try out new stuff, and this Fettucine sort stuck out to me for being especially good. I was happy to find out Manga Cafe had this in their selection. I'm a sucker for sour candies, and I have yet to find a peach flavored candy I didn't like.
Senjakuame - strawberry milk paws
I bought these with hesitation, considering to leave them out of my order, but my curiosity got the better of me. The idea of candy shaped like paws is cute as heck, and the illustration on the packaging are also too cute. The reality is nowhere near as pleasant. First off, the smell that comes out of the bag when you open it is awful. They look slimy and they don't taste any good. Big disappointment! It's the "milk" part that ruins it for me, had they've been pure strawberry, I think they could have been good.
Top 3
1. Mochimochi Chokora
2. Fettucine Peach
3. Pocky Cranberry
I wouldn't buy again: Senjakuame - strawberry milk paws, Pokemon Soda (not this flavor anyway)
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