So, a lot of the stuff in my crazy box of Japanese food is pretty scary. I wanted to go with something that might be a little familiar, easing from the very familiar Kit Kats to whatever Shark Fin Slurry might await.
I picked these becayse they seemed to be highly processed, which for some reason I thought would minimize scariness. Then I opened one and was like WTF?
I really have no idea what the heck these are. The pictures on the packages sort of look like a bowl of ramen or rice… and the flavor is herby and vaguely earthy… It reminds me of some not entirely bad snack food you’d buy from hippie-packed co-op. But the consistency throws me for a loop. It’s like a cross between a puffy Cheeto and pork rind in a disturbingly tubular shape. I have a slight suspicion it could be a tentacle rind.
In any event, they were good!
I love looking through the food section in Japan at Epcot for this very reason. I found something there with squid ink in it. I didn’t buy it because I’m morally opposed to the possibility of food containing squid ink, but look how it brought us together here today.
Mmmmm. Puffed ri… wait. Not mmmm. Not mmmm at all.