tasty snacking

Oshidori Milk Cake: I bought this candy because of the cute but somewhat dated-looking packaging, which made me think it was probably an older classic snack. Inside the bag are individually wrapped milk cakes, hard sticks about 2x in length as a stick of gum. They are completely opaque in color but have some air holes in them. Each stick is fairly brittle so that they snap when you bite into it. Flavor-wise, this was definitely one of the worse things I've eaten in Japan. It tastes kind of like I'd imagine... (read more) 1.0/5.0

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La Violeta candies: While these violet, miniature flower-shaped candies are cute, they are the worst thing I have tasted in a long time. I had to spit it out, which is a rarity. It smelled and tasted like cleaning detergent. 0.5/5.0

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