Thursday, March 19, 2009

Chocolate Kaki-no-tani

"Kaki" means "persimmon." "Tani" means "seeds." That is the shape of these rice-cracker snacks. Kind of like a crescent moon. They are traditionally brushed with a spicy soy sauce mixture and...fried? baked? cooked, anyway. And, often combined with peanuts.

The first time I had these - covered in chocolate, I couldn't imagine THAT spicy with chocolate. And they are SOOOO delicious! Crispy, but with enough chocolate to melt in your mouth! Tooo good. I buy mine at Lawson's Convenience Store. 105 yen. 236 calories. Must be fried.

For snack time, I combine one of these packages with some of the regular ones with peanuts, and add some raisins. Japanese trail mix! HAHAHA! I've served it to guests. Hmmmm. I AM hospitality challenged!
Please share YOUR favorite snack - from the convenience store! I'd love to try it!
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Abigail (aka Mamatouille) said...

Kim, oh my word. I want that kind of hospitality!!! When you sent me a bag of these things I devoured them - I was going to post about them but I just never got a good picture - they came out blurry. I'M GOING TO LAWSON TOMORROW! Now I know where they're hiding and they can't hide from me ANYMORE. Bwah ha ha! I'm gonna make that trail mix, too. Need to buy some pnuts. Got the raisins already.

March 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM

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