I took Jackson to the Nikka Market in Goleta over the weekend. His friend Luna had brought him some Japanese candy from her trip to visit family there over the summer, and now he’s hooked. We were pleased to find rice candy (with the wrapper you can eat), soda candy (very fizzy), and whistle candy, which is the size of a Lifesaver but when you place it between your teeth and blow through the hole, it whistles.
And Pocky!!
That looks like a child’s idea of nirvana.
hard to type now. too much drool on the keyboard.
LOVE Pocky!
They make ALMOND CRUSH Pocky??? Excuse me, but I have to go ransack one of the 17 Korean grocery stores in my immediate neighborhood. Or maybe all of them. You can never have too much Pocky, esPECially if it’s coated in crushed almonds.
One time my friend sent me “candy” from Japan. I should have guessed by the picture of the fish on the front that I would be sorely disappointed and wouldn’t be able to get the fish taste out of my mouth for hours . . . beware of the FISH!
I just moved to Honolulu and the access to Japanese candy is fantastic here. Now if I could just learn some Japanese restraint…
If they’ve got Green Tea Chocolate Pocky, I’d highly recommend it.
Please also to explain the “Men’s Pocky.”
That can’t be good.
Those Japanese even have more advanced candy than we do. They are clearly from the future.