Hey Guys! Welcome back to the channel
I'm Perth
In today's video I'm going to be trying a bunch of Japanese snacks
as you can see in front of me I have a bunch of Japanese snacks
In Japanese these snacks are known as 'Dagashi'
the word 'da' in Japanese means 'useless' or 'low-grade'
and kashi/gashi means snack
so these are really cheap 'low-grade' snacks
in a good way
some of the snacks I have here aren't technically 'dagashi'
but who cares
let's give them a try
After I try each of these snacks
I'm going to share my thoughts
and also give them a score from 1 to 10
the score will be based on flavour and how fun it is to eat
99.9% of the things in front me
I've never eaten before
but there is one that I have
and it's this one
Yan Yan Tsukebo
These are sold in Australia and I'm pretty sure all over the world
when I was a kid in
in ass-
ass-tralia
when I was growing up in Australia
I actually used to eat Yan-Yan sometimes
on the back it explains the 3 steps to eat it
1. Take the bread stick
2. Dip it in chocolate
3. Dip it in the topping
Okay, let's open it
Oh no!
I spilt the topping
this is some of the spilt topping in the chocolate sauce
but it looks really nice
let's try
topping
here we go
Mmm!
the topping is crunchy!
so yummy
This is nice! I wasn't expecting the topping to be that crunchy
because I ate it when I was young it feels really nostalgic
and the flavour is just as good as it was then
I'm going to give these 8/10. Really solid
I've had them before and they're still super delicious
solid 8/10
the next one is
Umai Bo
today I actually have 4 different flavours
4 different types of Umai Bo
we have cheese flavour
corn potage
and also Takoyaki flavour
I'm not sure if this is correct
but I feel like the corn potage flavour is the most iconic
so I'll be trying the corn potage flavoured on
It's like a puffy corn stick
nice!
an Australian snack equivalent would be like a Twistie
like a long hollow Twistie
it's got a hole inside you can see all the way through
Yaho!
it's super oily
super oily but the flavour is great
but now it's all stuck to my teeth
I need to take a water break
honestly beacuse that was better than I thought it was going to be
I'm going to eat another one
this is the mentai (spicy fish egg) flavour
Oooooh!
orange!
let's try
It's nice!
I think I prefer this one over the corn one
the fact that these get stuck in your teeth is totally fine
it's the consequence of eating a puffy corn snack
I'm going to give the corn potage a 7/10
and I'll give the mentai flavour 8/10
the next one I'm going to try is
Ama-ika-taro
so it's pretty much a big dried squid
in Thailand dried squid snacks are very popular
so I've had something similar to these before
it looks very chewy
and very sticky
let's try
sauce got stuck
in my throat
excuse me
this is really really good
it was surprisingly easy to eat
and also really soft
I really liked it so I'm going to give it a score of...
an 8/10
it's on par with the yan yan
it's just as good but a completely different snack
the next one I'm going to try is
umetora kyodai
I've never tried these before
but I have tried pickled plums before
I didn't really like them
these look quite crunchy
so they might suit my tastes more than regular pickled plums
I just looked at the expiry date
and it's actually already past the expiry date
but let's just try it anyway
here we go
It's so sour!
I'm not sure if you'd call this tasty
It'd be great for a sour food eating challenge
honestly I didn't really taste the plum flavour that much
I'll try another one
just in case just the one I ate was bad
this one I'm about to eat might be better
As expected it's still sour
I feel like the more I eat them
the tastier they get
let me eat try the last one
Now I get it
I wasn't used to the sourness
Once you get used to it they actually taste pretty good
I'm going to give it an 8
I feel like also you get 3 in a packet
and that's pretty cool
the next thing I'm going to try is
Awadama
there are 3 different flavours
apple
pineapple
and grape
I think out of these three flavours my favourite will be apple
so let's try an apple one
the inside is super hard
and because this room's a little hot the outside is starting to melt
let's try it
Mmmm
it's actually really nice
I probably should've sucked on it a little bit more
the inside is just like soda
you bite into it and it starts fizzing in your mouth
not like a sherbet
but kind of similar
it was better than I thought it'd be
but at the end of the day it's pretty regular
it also contains vitamin c
sweet
it's kind of hard to give this a score because it's just regular hard candy
the flavour was nice
I also enjoyed the fizziness
I'll give it a 6/10
6.5/10 lol
I don't feel like it's AMAZING!!!
but it's just a nice regular...
candy
the next one is
baby star ramen
chicken flavour!
we've got some chicken flavoured dry ramen
if I was eating these as a kid I'd definitely eat them one by one
so I could make them last as long as possible
alright, let's try
these are really nice
everything I eat after this
I'm comparing to Yan-Yan
so if it's not as good as Yan-Yan then I can't give it 8/10
I'm going to give this 6/10
it's not bad at all
it's quite nice
but if I had other options I'd probably go with something else
next up is
Don Don Yaki
Sauce flavour
I'm sure exactly what these are
but they're sauce flavoured
and I'm sure sauce flavour will be delicious
let's have a look inside
they look a lot like senbei (Japanese rice crackers)
let's try
I kind of noticed something
even if I feel like the first bite doesn't taste that good
after I eat a few more it starts to get more tastier
really solid
I'm giving that a 7/10 just for the flavour
really tasty
the next snack is 'Corn Potage'
the creaminess of corn soup
and the crunchiness of a corn snack
The kind of funny thing is
this is the third corn potage flavoured snack
overseas, especially in Australia
we have things like corn chips
but I feel like I haven't seen that many corn-flavoured snacks
that's kind of funny
so these are round, puffy, corn soup crunchy snacks
kind of similar to the last one but a different shape and different brand
so I'm excited to see how these taste
let's give it a try
it looks a lot lighter so should be a nice little snack
ah
they're quite sweet
and there's a lot less grease/oil than the 'Umai Bo'
the inside is quite dense but it's still very light
how should I rate this?
I really can't stop myself from eating
quite a delightful snack
I'm giving it 7/10
they're just very nice
light
I GOTTA STOP EATING!
I gotta stop because there's still so much to go
at this point 'Yan Yan' is still the best
next up we have
Sakuranbo
Sakuranbo Mochi
these are cherry-like flavoured mochi
they're not the same as the Western cherry but I think they're pretty similar
what's really cute is it comes with this little wooden toothpick
so you don't need to use your hand to eat them
the flavour is a little on the softer side
but still quite tasty
If I had to compare it to a Western snack
it's kind of like eating the inside of a jelly bean
they're very chewy
and quite fun to eat
because they come with a tool to eat with
the thing is with all of these snacks
they're so cheap to begin with
if you're buying something that cheap and expecting something amazing
I think you need to come back to reality
all of the dagashi
are really good value
of course they're not the most delicious snacks in the world
but for this price I think they're great
I'll give it 7/10
now we're going back to a more potato based snack
Potato Fry
fried chicked flavour
it's pretty similar to a regular potato chip
I feel like it's like a mix between a potato chip and senbei (japanese rice cracker)
let's try
hmmmmmmm
I see.
I feel like there are some people who might like this
but I don't really like this kind of thing
I feel really bad
I'm giving this a 5/10
on to the next!
Fueramune
this is ramune (Japanese soda) flavoured candy
they actually have a cool little gimmick
you can see there's a hole in the middle
apparently if I take it and put it in my mouth like this
you can use it as a whistle!
and that's really awesome
if I had these when I was a kid
I would've annoyed my parents so much
this is the best
Ah
it melted straight away
that surprised me
I thought it was going to be hard solid candy
but as soon as you put it in your mouth it just melts away
what's this?
'for boys'
it even comes with a little toy
honestly the flavour is so-so
but it also comes with a little toy
and the candy can also be used as a toy
I'll give it 7.5/10
the next one is
Cabbage-taro
which means crunchy, light and delicious
let's try them
I wonder what flavour these are
that's strong
this is another sauce flavoured snack
that are like puffed rice balls
I feel like I don't have to be this harsh
but I feel like it doesn't really stand out amongst the other dagashi
but compared to Yan-Yan nothing can beat it
I'm sorry Cabbage-taro
I gotta give you 5.5/10
next up we have
Tabekko Dobutsu
these are butter flavoured biscuits
this is so cute it has the names of the animals on the corresponding shape
lion
horn-owl?
which animal do we eat?
I guess the duck
let's eat a duck
I feel like if I was a kid I'd love these
but they're pretty meh
the fact that you can study English
is pretty cool
so I'll give it an extra point for that
6/10
next up we have
cocoa cigerette
this is the first (and only) cocoa flavoured snack
the design of the box is so good I'm sure these will be fun
Ooooh!
my first ever cocoa cigerette
I'm not a smoker
but when you hold something like this it makes you want to pretend
I'm not sure whether to bite or suck on it
I'll give it a bite
it's so hard
oh it's this kind of flavour...
as a toy they're really well designed and fun
but honestly they taste awful
really bad lol
the box looks so good
but I'm sorry
5/10
this is the last one
I've eaten quite a lot of snacks
the last one is Mini Cola and Mini Sour
I've got to let you guys know
I love cola flavoured lollies
I love cola flavoured gummy
especially the sour ones
so I have high hopes for this snack
they look like this
alright let's try some mini colas
they're so good!
the flavour is soooo good
wow
the cola flavour is amazing
these taste absolutely delicious
the cola flavour is amazing
let's try mini sour
sour ramune flavour
which is just like soda
here we go
hold on a second
I'm not sure if the soda ones are a little old
but the soda ones are way softer than the cola ones
I forgot what they taste like so let me try them again
I wouldn't recommend the soda ones
cola's the best
I'm a really big fan of these. They're delicious
the flavour really is amazing (for the 100th time)
but if I had to compare them to Yan-Yan
I would still go with Yan-Yan
but I'm going to give these a 7.5/10
Fwoah
honestly that was a really fun experience
and the craziest thing is how cheap they are
the bang for your buck is really really good
it's amazing that you can get so much in terms of volume
I'm honestly a little jealous
thank you so much for watching today's video
I will definitely go to Japan next year
If there's anything you'd like me to try or eat when I'm in Japan
please let me know
as always thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one
see ya!