Since the last time I wrote about
Japanese chips I've tried
to take pictures of some of the ones I found more interesting. It seems like
every month there are new flavors. The only bad part is if you find a flavor you
crave they'll be unavailable in just a few weeks. I'll miss all this variety
when I go back to the states.
American Burger
Hamburger flavored potato chips. What could be more awesome than junk
food inspired junk food?
Carmel Butter
Dessert potato chips. Hey, not that far from a cookie but much lighter.
Caesar Salad
It's just like the salad if it was all croutons.
Qīngiāo róusī
Calbee got into Chinese dish flavored chips for a while. I think this
is green peppers, pork, and various spices.
Cheese Cake
These are like cheese puffs except cheese cake flavored. Great! The
"Caramel Corn" part is a sub-brand from
Tohato of puffs,
all of them sweet. Think Captain Crunch.
Cheese Curry
There are generally often potatoes in Japanese curry so just make
those the main part and here you are.
Corn Potage
Cream of Corn soup flavored puffs. Mmmm Mmmm Good.
Cream Croquette
Think of a cream croquette as breaded deep fried cream of something
soup. Now turn it into a chip flavor.
Gara Masala
Garam masala flavored tiny fried nan chips. They're pretty spicy but
in an "I can't stop eating them" kind of way
Gara Masala Curry
Same as the previous one but these are corn chips instead of tiny nans.
I like the ones above better.
Gorgonzola
Don't feel like making gorgonzola macaroni? Eat this instead.K
Possam Kimchee
I
like kimchee so I like these chips. Tangy and spicy.
Carbonara Tongari
Corn
These are like
bugles but with ham and cream sauce pasta flavored.
Louisiana Cut
What is "Louisiana Cut"? I couldn't find anything on the web and I've
never heard of it. The flavor is "Fond de veau" which is apparently a
French beef based brown sauce.
Mapodoufu
Mapodoufu is tofu in a spicy pork sauce. It's AWESOME and yet I've
never seen it in the states. What's up with that?
Mayo Mania
These are mentaiko and mayonnaise flavored. mentaiko is a spicy fish
egg so tiny it's like a spice and goes perfect with mayo.
First Kitchen even
features it.
Mushrooms & Bacon
With butter and garlic. How can you say no to that?
Okonomiyaki Chips
Okonomiyaki is often
called Japanese Pizza. I prefer the real thing.
Pizza-La
I
wonder if the "la" is from the Chinese version of "yo!". Pizza
flavored corn chips. "For people who can't get enough garlic"
according to the bag.
Ebi Mayo
More Pizza-La brand corn chips be these ones are mayonnaise and shrimp
flavored. Shimp and mayo on pizza? Don't knock it until you've tried
it!
Gekikara Indo
Curry
Super spicy Indian Curry flavored chips. I think the Gara-Masala chips
above are spicier.
Tandori Chicken
I
guess Indian spices are popular. I certainly gobble them up.
Tonkatsu
Deep fried battered pork plus ground sesame seed sauce. Now I'm hungry
for tonkatsu.
So much temptation! The only salvation is the portions are much smaller than American portions. Thank you for small miracles.
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um... One word....... interesting... O_o... cheese cake flavored chips... weird...
posted by anikamazeDecember 22, 2006 at 13:25 [ e ]
Cheese Cake Chips
Think of them as fitting in with Carmel Corn and Cracker Jacks.
posted by greggmanDecember 22, 2006 at 23:14 [ e ]
Some Weird Potato Chips..
Hello!
i will tell you a short story, of why i'm here writing this comment ^^
when i was a young boy and dragon ball were on tv, i was a freak of that anime, so in a type of black market (LOL) i found a VHS with some rare episodes of Dragon Ball GT so, i was really excited about and when i get in home i was watching the episodes but i didint understand anything of them cus they were in japanese filmed directly from the TV.... so they got commercials and all thatn stuff withoout cut them and everything...
so, my question is this
do you guys remember a brand of potato chips (i wonder they were potato chips) that the commecial were two weird guys coming from the inside of the bag and start to dance and all dressed in white
i think it was something like 4/8 (the name of the brand) or 5/8 y really dont remember
so i want to look that commercial again cause i really love it
it makes me laugh so hard...
so can you help me guys??
well... thank you, if you read the whole thing
^^
ps: i'm from mexico, so please forgive the bad english
my email is didier.av(at)gmail.com
if you find anything of that commercial or you know something about
Glad to see that I wasn't the only one intrigued by the vast variety of chips available in Japan. I moved here about 2 weeks ago and have found Miso soup flavoured chips, curry, beef, and some other good stuff that I don't know what it is (can't read the kanji) but it is mighty good. Add the chips to a candy bar I found last night called "Crunky" and you have all you need to "get crunk"!
When I lived in Japan about 14 years ago, my favourite chip was some sort of horseradish flavoured variety. The bag was light green I think and it had a cartoon sketch of a cow and a radish. Horseradish steak maybe?
Anyway if you know what I'm talking about and it still exists I'd love to see a picture.
I'm pretty sure you mean Wasabi flavored potato chips. Wasabi is a kind of horse radish and it's green. I'm sure I know the chips you are talking about as well.
I am a Japanese girl, and apart from Japanese dishes I also love Indian curry. I knew how to make Japanese curry, but I did not know about how to make Indian curry. Recently I purchased one great book of Indian curry recipes. And it was so good and simple to follow, now I can make Indian curries and other recipes just the same as any Indian restaurant in Tokyo like Samrat, Ashoka or Maharaja. You can check the book at
has anyone ever tried cassava chips, they are the best !!! they are light and very very yummy i get them in NZ on the plane ride back, they were the best thing about that flight, i think the brand is 'crunch kitchen"
has anyone ever tried cassava chips, they are the best !!! they are light and very very yummy i get them in NZ on the plane ride back, they were the best thing about that flight, i think the brand is 'crunch kitchen"
has anyone ever tried cassava chips, they are the best !!! they are light and very very yummy i get them in NZ on the plane ride back, they were the best thing about that flight, i think the brand is 'crunch kitchen"
has anyone ever tried cassava chips, they are the best !!! they are light and very very yummy i get them in NZ on the plane ride back, they were the best thing about that flight, i think the brand is 'crunch kitchen"
I'm an Indo-jin working here in Tokyo, on & off. I miss spicy home flavours... sorry to say but "Curry" is as Indian as Chop Suey... but that's the face of Indian food that the world sees FYI, we *NEVER* eat "Curry" at home. And by "we" I mean Indians, not just me.
In fact the word itself is a corruption of a "soup"(for want of a better translation?) made from chickpea flour with fried spiced curd added - called 'Kadhi' - tough to pronounce for the average Anglophone, I guess?!
What I've rarely seen done outside India, is frying the spices in crackling oil, before adding them to whatever is being spiced - by not doing that, to the Indian tongue, the 'uncooked' spices are discernible, destroying the authentic Indian taste.
and the guy on the Garam Masala nan chip packet is...
Rajnikant!
Mega super film star from South India famous for outrageous (even for us north Indians ) ridiculous, over-the-top movies which are so 'Ed Wood' campy to be entertainingly funny.
Oh! He has legions of fans down south, though.
The chick is unrecognisable - maybe some 'Southie' reading this post can help? Usually they're just 'eye-candy' starlets...