Tokyo Banana Kit Kats (+ Japanese Treats From My 2017 Trip)
This is an overview post of some of the tasty goodies I bought for the trip home. When you travel, it nice to be able to have a taste of the country you were visiting weeks after being back in your house.
Tokyo Banana Kit Kat
These were the latest and greatest Japanese Kit Kats available when I was visiting Tokyo in December 2017. A collaboration between Tokyo Banana, famous for their little sponge cakes filled with cream, and Kit Kat. You could only buy these at a food souvenir store near Character street in the basement mall of Tokyo Station. There were short lineups for them still when I was visiting as they had been out for a few weeks already.
Some of the reviewers said they had a great banana flavour. When I had them, I thought the banana flavour was actually a little artificial tasting. Another guy from the office thought the same too. Nice to try, but I wouldn't get it again.
The Other Snacks I Packed
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Tokyo Banana Kit Kat
These were the latest and greatest Japanese Kit Kats available when I was visiting Tokyo in December 2017. A collaboration between Tokyo Banana, famous for their little sponge cakes filled with cream, and Kit Kat. You could only buy these at a food souvenir store near Character street in the basement mall of Tokyo Station. There were short lineups for them still when I was visiting as they had been out for a few weeks already.
Some of the reviewers said they had a great banana flavour. When I had them, I thought the banana flavour was actually a little artificial tasting. Another guy from the office thought the same too. Nice to try, but I wouldn't get it again.
Attractive gift box, something that is almost always done right. |
Back of the box |
You get 8 bars inside the gift box. |
The Other Snacks I Packed
Matcha almond berry Kit Kats. By the bag! |
Muji dehydrated strawberrys covered in green tea chocolate. These are yummy, with a nice matcha taste mixing with the tartness of the whole dried strawberries. |
Chocolate covered strawberries and deep fried veggie chips. |
Japanese peanuts and crackers mix. Yummy with beer or other drinks. |
Muji squash chips. These were pretty good, but I didn't quite meet my higher expectations that I had imagined. Nice squash flavour though. |
These are ume sheets of pressed pickled plum. Kind of reminded me of Chinese pickled and dried plums. These were really good and I wish I had bought like 10 packs as they aren't very big. |
Rice crackers from Muji. These have always been really good. |
These were a new item for the fall of 2017. I had tried the previous sake Kit Kat before, but this deluxe Sake Kit Kat lives up to the hype and has a great sake taste to it. Very authentic. |
Sakenomy - side of the box. This Kit Kat is made with Masuizumi, a sake that has been made by its brewer for over a century. |
Back of the Sake Kit Kat Box. |
Some more typical chocolates with strawberry as a theme! |
Strawberry Cheese Cake Kit Kats in the Mt. Fuji gift box. |
You get like 9 bars inside the box. This is a really tasty strawberry Kit Kat. One of my favourites. |
Two kinds of gum. The Xylish is like a mint fruit gum, while the Lotte Brain Gum is supposed to help you think as it has some ginko extract. |
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