Trying a Japanese Raindrop Cake

Several months ago my Dad got my Mom and I a combined birthday gift: A year getting Bokksu boxes. A Japanese snack box.  We share them, and a lot of snacks come in pairs so they're easy to split. Our first box was the April Sakura box, which was so much fun. And each box that has followed have had a variety of really nice snacks, both sweet and savory.  

When starting I thought the sweet snacks would go first, but it's been the savory snacks! The black sesame snacks are so good, as are miso snacks. Suddenly my mind is forgetting flavor terminologies! The fishy snacks haven't been so good, apart from those Osaka octopus snacks which are delicious.

The latest box has a Raindrop Mochi Cake. According to the description these snacks have become very popular.  Honestly, I hadn't a clue what to expect.

The mochi cake really does look like a raindrop!! Looking like water.

The mochi jelly was sweet. And when putting on the soybean powder or the syrup the taste... I haven't a clue how to describe it. Sweetly soyish. There's a reason I'm not a food commentator. Eating this snack was fun. I liked picking it up with a fork and making it jiggle. The taste wasn't one of my favorites, but it was still really nice trying such a unique snack.

Have a great day!! :D

Sarah

(Japan, I miss you!)

Flavor from the Past: The Cherry Icee

This is a nostalgic post.

When I was a kid I remember getting Icee's.  It was a treat, and the only place in town was at the local Kmart.  At the front of the store sat a little booth/cart of sorts, and there you could get Icee's.  Was anything else sold there? No idea, because all I wanted was an Icee.

The past has moved on.  Kmart went out of business in my hometown a loooong time ago.  I just got done looking at a Google map of Porterville in satellite typography mode, and so much is unrecognizable.  Seems like there's been a lot of change in the last 20 years.  I can't figure out where the Kmart even was.  Fractured memories.  And sometimes I wonder if childhood memories can even been trusted.  But I remember that stand.  And I remember how lucky I felt drinking the Icee. 

With all the change, it's just kinda nice drinking the familiar drink.  These days I don't get it at a grocery store but at the movie theater, and super occasionally at Burger King.  Those are the only places I know that sells them.

Now the only trick is to not drink the whole thing before the movie trailers are finished playing.

Sarah

 

If You're Craving In-N-Out Fries . . .

UTZ Potato Stix.

That's the name of the potato snack my Grandma discovered at a Walmart while visiting Ventura this last week.

They taste just like In-N-Out fries, only tiny and crunchy.  They even look like mini french fries!

We were immediately addicted.

Is this a bad thing?

Nah.

I don't need to eat a lot to feel satisfied.  A tiny handful is enough.

So before hitting the road for the long trek home, we went to Walmart and bought the last 4 cans on the shelf.

They're probably available in Utah, but we didn't want to take a chance.

I love a good tasty treat.