Enjoy the things you can afford
Brand: 7-11 Cost: 297 yen Found at: 7-11 I don’t know if a strawberry whipped-cream sandwich represents my life peaking or hitting rock bottom. I suppose it depends on which organ you ask. And while it may have dealt a coup de graceto my long-suffering pancreas, it was nevertheless amazing. It’s the dream lunch... Continue Reading →
Brand: Rice Shop Stock Company Cost: 145 yen Found at: Family Mart Why do the snacks in Japan still contain whole, boiled chestnuts? It’s not autumn, chestnut season has passed, but still, I try to have a tasty treat and BAM – a chestnut: just sitting there, soggy and soft and smugly unnecessary. The... Continue Reading →
Brand: Taisho Medicine Cost: 157 yen Found at: Family Mart A biologist friend is doing research on seasonal effective disorder on fish. She told me about it over dinner – how the summer fish cluster together and socialize together in one tank, and the winter fish flee to their separate sides to avoid their... Continue Reading →
Brand: Fujiya & YBC Cost: 130 yen Found at: Family Mart After the first chocolate, I thought to myself, “Ah, yes - just another gimmick to sell chocolates.” The second chocolate confirmed my suspicions: the chips were not nearly salty enough to be truly delicious. The third chocolate, eaten in the interest of fairness,... Continue Reading →
Brand: 7-11 Cost: ~400 yen Found at: 7-11 It is probably, at this point, fairly obvious that eating is not only a hobby, but a passion. I love to eat – and I especially love to eat in the most efficient way possible. This is why I love burritos so much – there is... Continue Reading →
Brand: Bourbon Cost: 147 yen Found at: Family Mart Spring has come to Japan with the celebration of the Setsubun festival on February 3rd. This festival is part of the Lunar New Year and involves throwing roasted soybeans beans at the head of the household, who is dressed up as an oni – a... Continue Reading →
Brand: Otsuka Cost: 113 yen Found at: Family Mart I have never been as conscientious about the things that I put in my body as other people have told me that I should be. In fact, I have this bad habit of “shooting first” in my interactions with food: reading the nutritional label only... Continue Reading →
Brand: Coca-Cola Cost: 129 yen Found at: 7-11 Putting vitamins in coke-a-cola is like putting protein in a potato chip. It’s a nice idea, certainly, but I did not buy this soda for my health. I bought this soda because I had a long day and I needed to mainline some sugar and caffeine.... Continue Reading →
Brand: Taisho Medicine Cost: 200 yen Found at: 7-11 I’m sick again, which means that I have, once again, ventured into the liquid vitamin cabinet, searching for enough vitamin C to provide me with a comfortable placebo effect. And, because I do not learn, I chose based on the picture on the label and did... Continue Reading →
