You know when you think up something as a joke,
and then realise it could actually be a good idea?
Last year, KitKat Japan came up with an April Fool's
in the form of sushi KitKats
and then presumably a few days later, someone at Nestle thought,
"wait a minute, this could actually work."
Almost a year later, the crazy fools have only gone and done it -
they've gone and made 'Sushi KitKats'.
These aren't just limited edition,
they are -insanely- limited edition.
They're on sale for just 12 days
in only one shop in the whole of Japan, called 'KitKat Chocolatory'.
Lots of people asked me to make a video about it, and I'm pleased to report,
we were actually able to get a hold of some,
after lots of queueing early in the morning.
If you're wondering if this is sponsored by KitKat, by the way,
it's not.
Although it should be, because to get this,
you have to spend ¥3000 in the shop
before you get it, as a kind of 'gift'.
It's kind of like a 'special gift' you get.
Only a few dozen customers per day are eligible to get hold of one.
So, it's very very rare.
It's wrapped in this rather elegant bamboo leaf,
just like sushi used to be,
because bamboo leaves are actually good preservatives,
so they kept the sushi fresh.
And if you're wondering what we spent ¥3000 on in a KitKat shop,
you'll be impressed at some of the stuff --
I mean, I certainly am -- that we got.
There's 'Champaign Raspberry KitKat' in this nice little box.
We've got this KitKat Chocolatory 'I ♡ Fruits' box,
which is filled with little-- lots of different varieties of flavours.
And then we've got 'Chocolatory Sublime',
which is a bitter kind of chocolate.
But they're just as impressive as the Sushi KitKats, as far as I'm concerned.
I've never seen these before.
And you need to go to a special KitKat chocolate shop to be able to get them.
I must admit, I can't help but think this would work outside of Japan.
It's really annoying! Why do only sell this stuff in Japan?
Damn you, Nestle.
Uh, so anyway, let's go ahead
and unwrap the bamboo.
(*Chris sings fanfare*)
Wow.
That's a bit weird.
So there we have it - three KitKat sushis.
Here are the flavours:
So this one here is modelled on 'maguro', or tuna sushi,
and it's got raspberry KitKat with white chocolate rice underneath. Like a Rice Krispie.
And it's stuck together with wasabi.
This one here is sea urchin, and it uses Hokkaido melon and mascarpone cheese-flavour KitKats
wrapped in seaweed.
And the third and last one is modelled on 'tamagoyaki', which is egg,
and it uses a pumpkin-flavoured KitKat, and again,
with the white chocolate Rice Krispies underneath.
To put things in perspective, here's some real tuna sushi,
which is this one.
And as you can see, they're basically the same, there's no difference (sarcasm).
One appears to be missing.
Don't know where that went...
That's, uh... a mystery.
The one I'm most excited about is
definitely the tuna one, here,
because there's no seaweed.
And there's something about seaweed and chocolate
that doesn't really excite me that much.
It also, it's a bit-- it looks like it's going to be a bit awkward to eat,
because with normal sushi, you just...
take it, dip it in soy sauce, and off you go. You know.
*om*
Don't know if it's a good idea eating sushi, just before eating KitKat 'sushi'.
It's actually about the same size as a normal 'nigirizushi'.
So, this is a raspberry KitKat
with white chocolate, kind of, Krispies, and wasabi.
Hm.
Om.
That actually worked quite well. That was quite nice.
Raspberry KitKat - nice sharp, fruity taste with the white chocolate.
Actually really good.
Alright, let's be a little bit more daring,
and go for the mascarpone cheese and Hokkaido melon.
A little bit weird.
I-- yeah.
Mm!
(appreciative noises)
The melon flavour's pretty strong,
and, actually it's not bad.
For reasons I can't explain the seaweed-- the taste of the seaweed
goes pretty well with the taste of the melon.
To my surprise, I prefer that one to the raspberry one.
I don't even like melon, so I don't know why like that.
The raspberry one was an 8/10.
The second one - the mascarpone cheese and melon - 9/10.
That was really good!
And now we've got the last one - the tamagoyaki egg one -
which is pumpkin-flavoured KitKat
with rice and seaweed.
I didn't taste any wasabi, though, in either of those,
so let's see if there's any difference here.
So f*cking messy.
(*more appreciative noises*)
That's good! That's very good.
That was really nice.
The pumpkin, again, pumpkin and white chocolate seemed to go together quite well.
8.5/10.
Not bad! I must say, I'm quite impressed.
A little bit difficult to eat - that's my only criticism.
And also, no wasabi -
I was looking forward to some sort of wasabi aftertaste.
But other than that, quite good!
Is it worth queueing to buy? Ehh, probably not.
But is it worth sending someone else to queue for you and buy it?
Yeah, I think it is.
And if anyone from Nestle's watching,
take this great concept--
or what was there a minute ago--
and sell it in a box for, like, ¥500 or something at airports in Japan -
you'll make a killing. That's my advice.
People will buy this. People will definitely buy it.
But, yeah. Not bad.
8/10. Would buy again.
Thanks for watching, guys! I'm off now to tidy up this ridiculous mess.
The downside to...
eating sushi KitKats on a table.
It's a messy affair.