Befco Nori-flavored Bakauke Rice Crackers: This is my first time eating Bakauke, a Japanese rice snack with a glazed exterior and oblong shape. The type I purchased from Hmart was flavored with soy sauce and nori. While the seaweed flavor was distinctive, the soy sauce was overpowering and made the crackers salty overall. 2.5/5.0
hmart japanese ricecrackers befco nori-flavored bakauke rice crackers 2.5
Dunkin Donuts Croissant Donut: I've been working a lot from the Arsenal Project in Watertown, and I commonly find myself very hungry without many options. Right next to the makerspace I've been working at is a Dunkin Donuts, and for the first time in about a decade, I found myself making a purchase from this establishment. I figured I would get the most interesting option, which for me was the croissant donut. The donut is glazed with a thick, crystalized sugar coating that's far too sweet and masks any potential crisp... (read more) 2.5/5.0
fakecronut dunkindonuts croissant donut 2.5
VerMints Wintergreen mints: You may guess that these mints are from Vermont, but they're actually from Massachusetts by way of Canada. The organic mints are pleasant but not very potent. It's certainly not up to the task of cleansing bad breath, which, for me, is pretty much the only reason I purchase mints in the first place. For flavor, it's decent, but for its actual function, it's lackluster. 2.5/5.0
vermints mints organic wintergreen 2.5
三星社 green tea castella: Somehow manages to be both moist and slightly dry. Green tea flavor is not bad, but the cake overall is overly sweet. Expensive ($5 for 4 pieces) 2.5/5.0
greentea matcha castella japanese hmart cake sweets green tea 2.5
Spring Home peanut flavored glutinous rice balls: Small, frozen rice balls with a peanut filling consisting of a thick paste and bits of peanuts. The texture of the peanut filling is not very good, and it gets stuck in your teeth. Not too sweet (contains 4g of sugar per serving). 2.5/5.0
peanut glutinousrice tangyuan chinese dessert sweets hmart springhome flavored glutinous rice balls 2.5
Ritter Sport milk chocolate with praline: Overall, I found the chocolate to be overly sweet and the texture to be too soft. Nutty flavor but no texture. 2.5/5.0
rittersport chocolate milkchocolate praline nuts milk 2.5