Comments on: Sugar Rush: Straight from Kyoto

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:14:42 +0000

Hi Kevin,
That’s great that you could find it in Toronto!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:41:01 +0000

Look at all of that Japanese candy! I just picked up that KitKat at a local Japanese grocery store.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:11:53 +0000

Hi sharon,
Thanks, it was a fun night opening up everything and giving each a try!

Hi manju,
It didn’t taste like cherry…and I usually don’t eat that leaf on the mochi so I’m not too sure. It did taste like sakura flavored things I had in Japan though. It has a similar taste to sakura tea, sakura cake, etc. It’s hard to describe but it’s kind of like a floral taste…in a good way. Similar to cooking with lavender or other fragrant ingredients. Thanks for stopping by!

By: manju

manju — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:08 +0000

Hi, Lori,
I found you via Rowena’s site, and was instantly mesmerized by all these incredible sweets esp. the matcha ones! What a lucky prize. Did the sakura chocolates taste like cherry or more like the leaf in sakura mochi? Japanese sweets can have the most interesting flavors, I love that! ; )

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:41:39 +0000

I dont even know what all of that is, but I can tell its sweet & I’d like it! Congrats on winning such a great stash.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:29:37 +0000

Hi noble pig,
When I was in Japan I also had the kinako (soybean flour) Kit Kat. They had all kinds of different flavors that we don’t see here!

Hi Ashley,
I heard once that Shirokiya had the green tea Kit Kat, but the last time I was there I didn’t see any. Maybe it’s seasonal? The dango ones were good too…chocolate with a little mochi center!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:51:35 +0000

The sweet treats look yummy!! I just got back from Japan and LOVED going into the little stores to find new snacks. Those matcha kit-kats were yummy and I’m glad that you enjoyed them too!! I wrote a little tid-bit about snacks in my latest entry from my trip to Japan. How were the “dango” candies? I would be so excited to receive a package like that!! I don’t think I’ve seen any of those at Shirokiya or Marukai!! Thanks for sharing your treasures, I can almost taste them!!

By: noble pig

noble pig — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:21 +0000

These are so cool…Green Tea kit-kat…now that’s a new one.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:25:18 +0000

Hi kat,
It was quite a stash! I had to bring some of it over to my parents’ house so that the two of us wouldn’t eat all of it!

By: kat

kat — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:19:10 +0000

What a stash!
Satoshi and I recently tried that Chiroru matcha with the mochi in the center and really liked it.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:14:42 +0000

Hi rowena,
It was very much like Christmas, I was so excited to get it! We just laid all the chocolates out and started ripping into it. It was so hard to stop and take pictures first.

By: rowena

rowena — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:11:50 +0000

Grrrr..sorta reminds me of the care package that Kat had sent me but arrived the day after I had left Kauai! My boss ate all of the goodies! Doesn’t it feel sort like xmas?

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:05:34 +0000

Hi Peko,
Thanks again, and thanks for translating the kanji on that blue package. All I can read is hiragana and katakana so I just knew it was vanilla something. That was my second favorite!
Aloha!

By: Peko

Peko — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:56:59 +0000

Seeing a bunch of junkfood turn up on a blog called ‘Made Healthier’ now makes me feel a little guilty! ha ha

Thanks much for taking the survey!! (And enjoy the Sugar Rush!) At this moment I am enjoying Laphroaig (part of my diet regimen — ha ha).

Very happy to see that you are pleased with your prize loot! I personally like the ones at the very top (blue package). Did you understand, that is ’salt-vanilla’ flavored chocolate? It is a bit cheap in character, but novel! The maccha kit-kat is pretty classy, I do believe though. Good choice!