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winter only limited time japanese snacks
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i don't know about all of you but it is
super cold here in japan and to be
honest i don't really like the cold
unless i'm up on the mountain
snowboarding or something like that but
one of the things i do love about the
winters here in japan is that the snack
companies bring the heat with all of
their new products they have a limited
time only winter specials that you can
only get during this time so it just
gets me really excited and i wanted to
share all of these snacks with you this
time around for this year but you all
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fire for this cold ass winter you want
some i really like it you want some
will look good number one fuyu potato
powder snow cheese flavor from calby
calvi come in hot with their fuyu potato
eating winter potato actually they have
several different kinds of potato for
the season they have their hadoo potato
which is like spring they have their
nuts potatoes summer and so on and then
they have this special potato for the
winter so this here says kona yukichizu
konayuki means powder snow so it's kind
of like a powder snow cheese one thing
to note is that these potatoes are from
hokkaido so it actually uses three types
of cheeses caramel cheddar and gouda and
it's not just like caked on there but
they've taken it and just lightly
sprinkled it on top
ah fry the winter potatoes in a bag take
a bite of this crispy little chip you
can see
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i cannot get enough of these chips in
fact this is one of michael's favorites
for the winter i love really really
cheesy potato chips but this is cheesy
but it's not super strong it's more a
gentle cheesiness like a adult luxury
type cheesiness and it is kind of
addictive where cheese taste builds and
build makes you want to eat more so this
is actually my favorite so good i was
waiting for paolo to be done so i can
finish this whole bag
um anyway
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they made it powder snow cheese flavor
but the powder is no flaky like melting
goes away quickly part is i think in the
picture more so the flavor it's like it
says here sakusaku
means like it's flaky and like crispy
yes
it also comes in another flavor powder
snow salt it's an extremely light saute
so it's not really one of my favorites
but you can taste the potato chip a bit
more i don't know if we're going to see
michael again but i'm just going to
finish these chips
number two name raka pudding by mato
what time is it pudding time
this is the pudding that is only served
in the winter i love what it says here
it says
meaning happiness only for this moment
what a motto maybe i should make a
t-shirt wow
look at that blown out loveliness
if i were to try to pour it it would
definitely come out maybe it has a 45
degree consistency do you always use a
spoon or just like do some people just
try to get their pudding like this
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am i the only one that just tries to
drink it like out of the cup that is so
creamy it definitely has a milk taste
it's super super light almost so light
that it's close to bordering on just
drinking straight up milk there is some
consistency here but once it goes in
your mouth it just melts like sweet milk
heaven
it's kind of so rich that you think that
this is
quite a small serving but to be fair i
feel like this is all i need it is that
rich and creamy but wow that is so good
let's bring on the next one number three
take noku no sato milk tea flavor by
meiji winter edition takenokonosato
coming at you
check this out we got milk tea for you i
don't know but i feel like in japan
people are
more in love with milk tea than cocoa
that's just observations observations
here it says right here earl grey
milk tea
and bam you got the limited edition
sticker right there this is around japan
it is your chocolate snacks kind of like
a biscuit cookie on the inside and they
have the chocolate on the outside bam
bam bam
takenoko is bamboo and then sato is kind
of like village i guess you can see they
have a bamboo village
oh
usually it's kind of like a cookie
biscuit smell but in here you can
definitely smell the milk tea
i feel like milky is getting poured all
over my head right now i'm like just
immersed in milk tea that is so milk tea
they've done this so well with making
this milk tea flavor you can't even
taste the chocolate i love just how it
has a crunchy biscuit center and they've
solidified milk tea in this little
chocolate biscuit just amazing this is
something another product they can
probably sell throughout the year number
four odin kansai style by toyo so
nothing says winter in japan like oden
and look at this it comes in a super
duper mobile package you can take this
on the road you can take it to school
you can take it to work and whenever you
need it you can just pop it in the
microwave and you are good to go with
your odin love warm it up chris i'm
about to warm it up chris that's what i
this one is their kansai version and
then the other one that i've seen is
wafu version
oh this is the most lydioden i've ever
seen in my life that smells like a
japanese kombini in the winter
for those of you that don't know wooden
is like one of those typical winter
meals here in japan they have it in the
convenience stores like sitting at the
register just all heated up and then
like put it in a bowl and then like they
charge you per item look at all of this
loveliness i love how you have this kind
of like side window pane here so you can
see all the ingredients inside let's
just take a sip of the soup real quick
that is the odin soup it's like dashi
but a little bit lighter um i think
that's what the the kansai i think they
have like a lighter dashi area first of
all you have you suji here
it's a fairly tender piece of meat not
bad it's like kind of like a tripe it
has a full egg right there
wow that is amazing you know like having
a full egg usually fills me up it takes
a lot of room in my stomach and there
you go you have daikon radish
whoa
that is super soft makes sense it's been
marinating in this juice for so long
that is so soft like it just melts when
you take a bite so nice
it has konyaku which is i think um maybe
an english con jack
it has bouncy very firm jelly texture i
think one of the reasons why japan has
such an interesting selection of
products in the winter is because it's
really the time where people get
together go home see family and you're
sitting literally inside of your house
because it's so cold watching tv hanging
out so people go to the kambini they buy
a lot of food and bring it home you just
have all of these like interesting
snacks that people want to try so that's
why a lot of snack manufacturers bring
some of their best products during this
time number five ghana white truffle by
latte truffle shelf or chocolate
chocolate shuffle truffle shuffle yeah
we got the premium ghana white truffle
this box just feels premium look at this
i feel like this should come with like a
louis vuitton bag or something look at
these wonderful pieces of white truffle
chocolate it's so premium only five come
in the box little mini snowballs look
how white that is it's like a moon
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like this is the chocolate that they
give you if you are riding first class
on an airplane it almost looks like a
reverse egg mini quail egg i guess
basically you have kind of like a
powdered sugar on the outside you can
see how like powdery it is and then just
on the outer shell you have their ghana
chocolate and then in the center if i
read this correctly in japanese
so put in a chocolate just by checking
online put out in a is supposed to be
like roasted nut and mixed with caramel
and like kind of like mashed up and it
just has that luxury feeling it's pretty
hard but it is very rich and creamy on
the inside whoa i lost all my balls i
think i said that long it's okay five
seconds right look at that it's even
served on a gold spoon you know that is
luxury let's see if we have a gold spoon
i have a ton of silver spoons but i
didn't really have a gold spoon so i
think this is the closest we're gonna
get right there this is wolfy spoon and
let's try it let's see how this feels
i don't know if the spoon made that much
of a difference but it is still pretty
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with the food number six fantasket by
coca-cola you all ever want that sweet
japanese winter nectar then here you go
coming straight at you with the shine
musket fanta bringing it straight from
the hood from their hood from their
neighborhood i guess but you do have
this shine musket which is a brand of
grape in japan just have a little drink
see of this open it up
whoa whoa whoa what do we have here wow
this is a very uh like a fresh vineyard
scent like a punch of leafy green like
when you open up a leaf and you smell
inside
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it brought it back for the winter this
is a musket that our grandparents used
to tell us about what a historic flavor
michael michael this tasteless drink
yeah i would put white wine
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you put
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winter is here
so there you go michael's recommendation
mix it with alcohol number seven ghana
pink chocolate by latte this next one is
literally one of my favorites and
go-to's but it's their winter edition
special this is their ghana pink
chocolate i eat this one on the regular
but it's their black chocolate with
vanilla inside look they got the pink
strawberry chocolate special and what i
love about this i think i've actually
shown this other videos is you're
supposed to like eat this part first
because it has kind of ice cream at the
end and then you have like ice cream
sandwich you can eat it without getting
your hands dirty let's take a first bite
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that puts a smile on my face that is
just like a strawberry shake you just
can't
beat this you have the crispy outer pink
chocolate shell then you have the
strawberry ice cream in the middle and i
have the strawberry ice cream sandwich
at the end
wow even the sandwich itself is a
strawberry what a beautiful treat number
eight powder snow chocolate by bourbon
what do you get when you mix fire and
chocolate you get this bourbon
loveliness the powder snow
again you guys maybe you're familiar
with this word it is kona yuki so
powdered snow chocolate let's open this
up and breathe some life into our bones
look how nice they are even in the box
here it says have a wonderful winter
everyone is just so nice in the winter
two for the price of one in fact this is
one of those like let's go on a date
packages hey baby i got the powder snow
chocolate you wanna
share so check this out it has two
individually wrapped packets so you open
it up and you're like boom two cups of
chocolate and one pick let's take a bite
of this looks like your standard it
almost kind of looks like fudge
that is silky smooth it is almost like
having pudding but kind of like more of
a condensed solidified form this one is
mild so you don't get that like really
really bitter taste but it's also not
like super super sweet it's more like
the texture is smooth and like more
melty than anything they've like
powdered some of the cocoa on it so you
do get kind of like this powdery layer
on top if you take a bite you can see
almost kind of like it's two or three
layers of chocolate very very delish
number nine
soba so with this one we are going a
buck wild with some buckwheat noodles on
this tanooki soba and basically it is
buckwheat noodles and it has a dashi
broth that's seasoned with soy sauce and
then on top of it they have like a
tempura flakes you can kind of like keep
it all inside this is huge this is like
family style cooking right here or maybe
three to four people maybe five you can
see these people right here that all
around the table having a nice bowl of
tanooki soba
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just look how big this bowl is so let me
just open this up before i heat it up
just to show you what's inside
this
is awesome basically you have five
slices of tempura in here and then you
have all of this powder right here the
seasoning the spices if you look inside
you have five like packages of solo let
me just cook it up real quick since it's
gigantic preparing it was just a little
more work than a single bowl of ramen it
even needed 2.8 liters of water
this is what i consider family style
cooking look at the steam coming from
there supposed to only cook for three
minutes i think i had it cooked for a
little bit longer so as you can see when
i start mixing this around and trying to
get the pieces of tempura it's starting
to how do you say fall apart a little
bit so these are regular chopsticks
right here and i'm using these
chopsticks right now because the bowl is
so big these are usually used for
cooking but yeah we are doing this look
at all of those noodles right there let
me just take the first sip there
and let's have one of the five pieces of
tempura while it is just falling apart
there's some tempura right there
oh that's good but kind of melted away
so it's kind of spongy this is quite
delicious i am really enjoying this i
like the tempura though it has some
shrimp i think inside you can see it's
kind of falling apart but i got my big
spoon
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this dashi broth is so good man this is
perfect for the family you guys just
have to get five different bowls and
just separate it out it even has some
kameboko fish cake there are some onions
standard dashi
man i am not making a dent in this at
all i think if i tried to eat this
entire bowl all by myself it'd be one of
those food challenges maybe if you guys
are interested in me doing something
like that like a food challenge type
video let me know in the comments oh you
want to say hello to the camera while
we're doing this let's go mr steve jobs
i just want to sit here
he wants to be part of the video i guess
i've never had someone watch it behind
me it's kind of creepy
you want to try
yeah yeah
no
like really digging this soba
and number nine
yuzu lemonade sour and condensed milk
strawberry by santori japan wouldn't be
japan if they didn't have their winter a
special alcohol brews this
is their chuhai the one on the right is
a condensed milk strawberry and on the
left is a yuzu lemonade sour horoyoe
means a little buzz and it's a popular
chew high drink series for light
drinkers in japan in fact both of them
three percent alcohol to be honest i
haven't tried these ones so i'm just
gonna have to quick try i'll let you
know which one is my favorite out of the
two so when you come here you can try
let's quickly start with this strawberry
milk
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oh that's light and then strawberry and
it has a milk aftertaste the alcohol
isn't strong at all that's actually
pretty refreshing i love how it says
happy winter ginte not just like a
winter gunter it just happy winter and
if you have a few of these i guess you'd
be super super happy now let's try the
yuzu lemon
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oh
that's a little spritey right there
again not a strong alcohol taste the
yuzu is the strongest kind of flavor
very fantastic if i had to grade the two
i think they're all like pretty good if
you're a too high drinker i would say if
you just are gonna have like one then
maybe the strawberry milk just kind of
feels a little more fancy and rich feels
more fun whereas if you're going to have
several you might want to go with the
use of lemon because it's probably
easier to drink but overall yeah pretty
good pretty good yeah i just wanted to
throw these in there just in case you
know any of you love your chew highs so
those are my top limited time only
winter convenient snacks if you guys
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