Skoshbox September 2014
I walked in the door from vacation and dove straight into my newest Skoshbox (after a nap and a shower). Skoshbox is a subscription service of Japanese treats for you to try. If you want to see what I said last time, you can check out the other posts
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This month there were eight exciting Japanese snacks to taste!
Pizza Umaibo (Pizza flavoured puffed corn stick)
Again with the umaibo, Skoshbox! I’ve gotten an umaibo (puffed corn stick) every single month and they are all just icky. I have yet to find any flavour that I enjoy. Please Skoshbox, stop sending me these. This one does indeed have that generic pizza-flavour taste
Dragon Ball Classic Fruity Bubble Gum
I always find the cartoon branded items more gimmicky than delicious. This is gum, so it's pretty hard to mess up. It holds its flavor for a long time compared to a lot of other chewing gum and is pretty tasty.
Mint Pocky
I love Pocky. The chocolate covered cookie sticks are addictive and delicious. They're even better when they're mint falvored. It's like biting into one of those Girl Scout Thin Mints cookies. Definitely the best item in the box.
Macademia Oreo Bar
This was odd. It tastes like a ground up chunky oreo that has been formed into a log. It's not bad, but it is strange.
Mario Chocolate Crisps
These are gross. Think soggy rice krispies coated in artifical chocolate. Do not want. They also look like rabbit poops.
Matcha Look Chocolate
Again with the matcha. This tasted remarkably similar to every other matcha chocolate square I've recieved so far.
Haihan Veggie Senbei
This wasn't as crunchy as the other senbeis. This kind of disintegreated in my mouth and didn't taste like anything at all. It seems like the kind of thing you give to an infant to gum on.
Whistling Ramune Candy
This was another item that didn't taste like anything. The consistency was weird though. It fell apart like loose chalk. Do Japanese children actually enjoy this?
So that's this month's Skoshbox. This month was...not great. The pocky was good though, and it was a full-sze package. It's still something fun to do over a couple of nights. It's also something out of the ordinary.
Do you get a food subscription box?