Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

I've often thought about compiling lists on this blog, list like the best chips, favorite Kit Kats, and sourest treats ever.  If I was to make the list of sourest treats ever, this candy would be on that list.  If there are ways to measure sour, I'm not sure if it would rank very high, but this candy is relentless and keeps the sour coming for much longer than any other candy I can think of.

I'd like to thank the fine people at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with this extremely sour treat.

Click here to read this intense review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

I'm not really sure how long I'm going to keep up this Wednesday Japanese Candy Review thing?  I happen to have many Japanese candies to review, but I'm wondering if this subject is getting a little old.  Maybe I should mix it up a little, or maybe (as my dentist suggests) I should just take a bread from eating an extra sweet treat every Wednesday.  I'm not really sure what's on the horizon, but for now I'll just keep it up, dental issues be damned!

Again I want to thank the great folks at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with this awesome, and sticky on the teeth, treat.  Make sure to visit their site and pick up some Japanese treats for yourself.  Enter the word "candycritic" and you'll get a great discount.

Click here to read the review, unless you're my dentist.

Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

Japan isn't really known for its gum.  Most of the gum I've sampled from Japan is fairly similar to North American gums, with the exception that many have some kind of green tea flavour.  You just don't find a great deal of creativity in Japanese gums.  Today's review is the exception to that, but for the most part it's true.  I think that it might have something to do with the Asian gum market on the whole.  If I'm not mistaken there are several Asian countries that don't even allow you to eat gum, and many with strict gum chewing laws.  This tells me that there's probably little market to sell gum outside of Japan, so few manufactures bother.  It's just a theory, and I could be wrong.

Today's exception to the rule gum review is provided by the great folks at oyatsucafe.com.  If you want to sample some really strange Japanese gum, visit their site, and make sure to use enter the word "candycritic" for a discount.

Click here to read today's Japanese gum review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

Sometimes when I write a review, I realize that I've spent more time explaining the story behind the candy then the candy itself.  I'm sure some of the time I can blame myself for losing focus, but sometimes I think it's the candies fault.  Some treats have a more interesting story than an interesting candy.  Sometimes the candy itself is fairly common, but the package, or "extras" are far more fascinating.  Take for example all of those M&M toys you see at airports.  Sure M&M's are tasty treats, but you're really buying this for the robotic like M&M character that dispenses candies and blows a stream of cool air with a fan.

Today's Japanese candy with a story was provided by the great folks at oyatsucafe.com.  Make sure to check out their site and maybe even buy something.  If you do, enter the word "candycritic" to get yourself a nice discount.

Click here to read today's Japanese review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

You may not know this about me, but I am not a huge fan of seafood.  I don't hate seafood, I just don't really understand what all of the hype is about.  In Japan people don't really understand how you can't love seafood, and it reflects in everything around them.  Even their candy can have a seafood theme to it, take for example today's Japanese candy review.  This sweet, and complicated, treat is based on one of the most popular Japanese street foods, and yes it contains fish.  While some may see it as strange, I'm sure in Japan this candy kit is very popular.

I'd like to thank the gang at oyatsucafe.com for being brave enough to send me some really strange treats to review.  As always you can order this week's review on their site, and if you want a discount, enter the word "candycritic" when you order.

Click here to read today's strange review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

Most people in western countries don't associate the colour green with tasty food.  It's often connected to vegetables, mold, or slime.  In Japan however green is often associated with tea, in particular matcha tea.  So when you see a tube of green cookies, it's not a gimmick to try and gross kids out.  Instead it's a flavour choice, and in the case of today's review, a good one.

Once again I'd like to thank the folks at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with this weeks matchatastic treat. Remember to enter the word "candycritic" when you order something from them to get a great discount.

Click here to read the review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

This week's Japanese review was filled with hits and filled with misses.  Sadly the biggest hit of this whole treat had nothing to do with the candy.  I loved the cheesy little plastic monster man I got with this box of grape whistle candies.  It will sit on my shelf until I'm old enough to forget about where I got it and I end up selling it at a garage sale, only to regret selling it because it's just that awesome.  I think I have an attachment to cheesy little monster action figures since I lost my very large collection of Muscled Things (a toy from the 1980's).  So for now I'll keep this little guy, he'll be guarding over my toy empire.

Once again I really want to thank the folks at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with these awesome Japanese treats to review.  Make sure to check out their store, and use the code "candycritic" to get yourself a nice little discount.

Click here to read the latest Japanese review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

Every single culture in the world has some kind of sweet treat.  I have traveled all over the place, and I always find something local, sweet, and something kids go nuts for.  This is what makes candy great.  Even better is that each culture takes their sweet treats and presents them in a way that reflects the culture.  Some cultures are rustic, others are very organized, and some are bright and flashy.  No matter where you go, you'll see a little of every culture in their candy.

This week's Japanese candy review is a little different than most Japanese treats.  Most of the time Japanese sweets are not only tasty, but works of art for the eyes.  This week is the exception, and a rare one at that.

As always we want to thank the folks at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with our Wednesday Japanese Candy Review treat.  Make sure to visit their site and enter the word "candycritic" to get yourself a discount.

Click here to read this week's Japanese Candy Review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

The Japanese people love fish, if you ever need proof of this, visit Tokyo and head over the Tsukiji fish market at around 5 am.  You'll see more fish than you could possibly imagine any city eating in a week, but all of it will be sold in a day, and the next day it opens again.  With this love of fish, fish flavoured snacks are very common.  Japanese people love fish so much, they even have non-fish flavoured snacks in the shapes of fish.  I guess that's what happens when you live on an island.

As always, I'd like to thank our friends at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with another great (and strange) Japanese treat to review.  Make sure to pay them a visit, particularly if you want to sample this week's review.  Also, enter the word "candycritic" in the coupon box to get a great discount.

Click here to read our latest Japanese candy review.

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Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

When oyatsucafe.com contacted us to say that they wanted to send us all kinds of strange Japanese candy to review, this treat was pretty much what I had in mind.  It's a gooey candy, with cute cartoon characters all over it, and detailed instructions on the back on how to eat it.  If you ever need a definition for strange Japanese candy, this might fit the bill, as an added bonus it's pretty tasty too.

On another note, we still haven't come up with a better name for our weekly Japanese candy review than "Wednesday Japanese Candy Review".  If you have a better idea, please let us know.

Finally we would like to once again thank the folks at oyatsucafe.com for providing us with all of the treats for this new weekly review.  Visit them, buy something, and enter the word "candycritic" to get yourself a fine discount.

Click here to read this latest strange review.

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This Week In Candy/It's Canada Day!!!

When you live outside of your home country, your national day starts to become one of your favorite holidays.  Within your country the national day tends to be more of an inconvenience than anything worth celebrating.  You find yourself just trying to get out of the city and away from other Canadians, rather than celebrating how cool the country and the people of Canada really are.  I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing on this Canada Day (I'm writing this in advance) but I think I'll probably eat the Oh Henry bar that a friend brought me while waving a flag (I'll post a picture on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram if I can).

Now back to the business of Candy Critic.  If you haven't noticed already, we've started to post a new review both Monday and Wednesday.  Our Monday review is still our featured review, but now every Wednesday we're posting a new Japanese review, with help from our friends at oyatsucafe.com.  Remember, if you want to sample any of the treats we review on Wednesdays, you can go to their site, pick it up, and if you use the code "candycritic" you also get a great discount.

Finally, I'm just finishing up a few articles I've written about the candy world.  I hope to get them published in print, but who knows.  I'm looking for suggested places that might be interested in publishing them.  If you have any suggestions, let me know.

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It's Our Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!

I really want to come up with a better name for this new regular Wednesday event where we review a Japanese sweet treat.  Our friends at oyastucafe.com once again provided us with this week's treat, and they deserve to have an awesome title for helping us out.  Maybe I could call this our "Weekly Japanese Sweet Treat", or "Fun, Strange, Tasty, Japanese Review".  I have to give it some thought, but I'm also welcoming any suggestions you might have.

All of these reviews are brought to you by our really good friends at oyastucafe.com, and if you want to buy anything you see being reviewed for this special weekly review visit them and enter the code "candycritic" to get yourself a nice discount too.

Click here to read this week's Japanese review.

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It's Our First Wednesday Japanese Candy Review!!!

We've decided that every Wednesday we're going to post a new Japanese candy review.  It all started with our friends at oyatsucafe.com offering to send us a bunch of great treats to review.  Then they also added that they'll give each of our readers that orders from them a discount by simply putting the word "candycritic" in the discount box when you order.  So for the next little while we'll be sampling a lot of fun Japanese candy, if you want to try some yourself, head over to oyatsucafe.com, pick some up, and get a discount while you're at it.

Click here to read our first special Wednesday Japanese Candy Review... I think we have to come up with a better name than that.

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This Week In Candy

I've decided to bring back a fun little project that I started many years ago, it was called Chris Stuffing His Face.  I used to post pictures on the blog of me stuffing my face with various foods that I was eating that day.  Instead of posting these photos on the blog, I'm going to post these photos on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr instead.  I assume that the number of followers I have will most likely decline, but since I enjoy putting lots of food in my mouth, nothing's really going to stop me.

This week we're also posting our first of many Japanese candy reviews sponsored by the folks at oyatsucafe.com.  They've agreed to keep us in the loop about Japanese treats with a bunch of candies to sample, and I think it's only fair to share the love in return. They've also agreed to give any of our readers a discount with the discount code "candy critic".  So you can learn a little something about a new Japanese treat, and if you think you might like it, you can buy some for yourself at a discount price.

I have a few other small projects on the go as well that I hope to post this and next week, so stay tuned.

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A Non-Fishy Fish Review

This is to be the first of many special Japanese reviews, sponsored by our friends at oyatsucafe.com.  They're not only giving us a bunch of Japanese treats to sample on a regular basis, but they're also giving all of our readers a discount if you want to buy some for yourself.  Just visit their website, pick out what you like, and enter the code "candy critic".  This is a great way for you guys to sample some awesome Japanese treats that you may not find where you are.

Click here to read today's special Japanese review.

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This Week In Candy

Last week I had the privilege to taste the worst chocolate bar I've ever tasted in my entire life.  I posted the review this morning, but nothing can take the memory away of biting into a bar and being filled with such disappointment   People often ask me what I look for in a candy, it's not an easy question to answer because I look for so much in a treat.  The only thing I can tell you is that I'm most certainly not looking for disappointment   Fortunately for me, the candy world often doesn't disappoint, and I'm often blessed with great treats to taste.

We've just put together a deal with a Japanese candy store called Oyatsu Cafe.  They're going to be sending us a whole bunch of awesome treats to try out and review, but that's not all.  If you happen to want to sample one of the Japanese treats we review, Oyatsu Cafe will give you 15% off your purchase if you enter the code "CANDYCRITIC" in your shopping cart page.  They've got a pretty good selection of treats, and they'll ship anywhere in the world.

I also want to remind you about the photography show happening this Thursday in Athens at the Finnish Institute at Athens for our sister site bewarethecheese.com.  If you want to come down and say hello that would be very awesome.  Not to be outdone by the folks at Oyatsu Cafe, if you find me there, tell me the words "CANDY CRITIC" and I'll give you something cool.

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