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coffee

One of the things I forgot was big in Japan is COLD MILKY SWEET COFFEE IN A CAN! I absolutely love this stuff and you can buy about one million types in Japan, most are ¥ 120 for a ~200mL/7oz can and available from every vending machine everywhere.
So here are my first round of reviews of coffee & a couple of other milk-based beverages.


Boss Coffee - ¥100
My first drink bought in Japan! Purchased from a vending machine at Narita Airport railway station. Webber suggested I purchase this brand because Tommy Lee Jones endorses it on television.
It was a touch too watery, but the flavour I am familar with - 4 stars


Starbuck's Orange Chocolate Coffee - ¥ 160
Had high hopes for this, but it just tasted like Cointreau? Not really like coffee or chocolate either. I was worried it might have been alcoholic, but it was too cheap - 2 stars


Georgie Emerald Mountain Blend - ¥120
Here is where I learned a valuable lesson: check what colour the price of the drink is, if it's blue then the drink is cold, but red means it's hot. So accidentally I bought a boiling hot coffee (I couldn't hold it, and had to just put it in my bag).
Once it cooled down enough to hold and drink, it was kind of gross. I think maybe it was not milky enough for me - 3 stars


Quality Coffee - ¥100
This was the type of quality you can expect from a cheaper coffee in a can. It wasn't sweet enough for me, won't purchase again - 2 stars


Cocoteen Ice Cocoa - ¥ 120
This was delicious! It really tasted like cocoa I have made at home from American recipes, where you cook it on the stove.
Also, I impressed Shara & Webber with how thick the cans are. You cannot crush these with your hands! Exiciting - 5 stars


Maxim Strawberry Latte - ¥ 200
There was lots of weird powdered drink in sachets, like Twining's English Breakfast with milk. I thought Strawberry Latte sounded relatively safe, and it was basically like drinking a hot nesquik - 3 stars.

Misc photos

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Food Review: Tokyo 1

We have been eating quite a lot of things, but many of the pictures are stuck on our phones at the moment and Lyndal and Shara haven't got around to reviewing stuff yet. In the meantime, here are some things that I have eaten.

Weird spicy chips

I got these at Lawson Station (Lawson Station is the best convenience store btw) for about ¥280 (pretty expensive). They are some sort of spicy crisp, but they are way less spicy than the bag makes out. I am a wuss when it comes to hot things but these are no problem. The aftertaste feels a little lacking though. Maybe it tastes... prawny? I dunno. Still good, though. Shara and Lyndal seemed to really like them.

Rating: 4 stars

Meiji Chocolate

This isn't super good chocolate or anything, but it's only ¥100 for a chocolate bar, which is pretty cheap. Enjoyable enough.

Rating: 4 stars

Bag of French Crullers

Shara bought these from Lawson Station (Lawson Station is the best convenience store) for less than ¥300, which seems super cheap to me! I have never eaten a cruller so I can't say how authentic it tasted, but I thought it was real nice. It was megasweet and kind of crumbly. It kind of dissolved in my mouth which was interesting. These tasted like the waffles we used to buy in Shin Osaka JR station which are AMAZING, so they are good. GG Japan.

Rating: 5 stars

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They are pretty excited about the world cup in Japan. They have a clay jar that you can speak messages into and then I guess the players receive those messages? There is also a camera at the bottom of the jar so we got to see many people's upside down faces. I hope they didn't tell the Japanese soccer team all their secrets because now we know them too! Anyway the reason why your country was eliminated from the world cup is that you did not send the team your support via an earthenware jar and also they are not very good at football.