KracieLet's Make a Snack of Japan Taiyaki & Odango

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すごくいいです。すごく美味しいです。本当にお徳です。ありがとうございます。

Where do I begin with this set? Hmm...well, got it for me as a Birthday present while buying the ramen set for my friend. Only other experience I had with this line of product was the Sushi set with its bubblegum flavored rice and general "too sweet for my tastes" content. (Though the Roe was my favorite. But this isn't about the sushi set.)My curiosity regarding this one was stirred when I saw the Taiyaki. Those fish-themed munchies one sees in manga are full of mystery, so this was my biggest reason for getting it.Now, let's see if I can explain flavors without being distracted.The rice-cake mix is slightly sweet, but otherwise flavorless. This is good, because it makes a sort of stage for the other flavors to act upon. Like how a pizza crust is just there to hold the sauce and toppings.Perhaps I should start with the Taiyaki, now that I think of it. The cake/batter smelled faintly of vanilla as I was mixing it, and it retains said faint vanilla in its flavor. For a microwaved batter, it is slightly dense and spongy. (And it was quite amusing to watch it "swim" in my microwave, having had to put it on the edge of the turntable per the instructions.) The chocolate sauce is, surprisingly, mildly bland at first, with the milk chocolate flavor not revealing itself until after it has melted on the tongue. Eating it as a whole is similar to, but not quite, like eating a blob of Nutella between two waffles. Heck, I bet one could substitute Nutella for the chocolate sauce and this set would be even better than it presently is.The Daifuku had me wary, initially, due mainly in part to the strawberry. I'd feared that it would be a repeat of the Sushi kit and its gritty-textured fish, but I was pleasantly disproven. The combination of both the strawberry-flavored jelly and the chocolate sauce was much like the flavor of a chocolate-covered strawberry here in the states. Sans the fruity tang a real strawberry hides up its proverbial sleeve.What one needs to understand is that I, personally, am one of those odd people who cannot imbibe carbonated beverages of any sort. So this made for my first experience with the soft drink known as Ramune. To describe the taste of Ramune is to explain how a raven is like a writing desk. That is not to say it is unpleasant. In fact, it is quite the interesting flavor that encourages repeated tastes, as though tempting one to fully explain its intricacies. Or maybe I'm just not used to the wonder of Japanese beverages? Hard to say.Last, but not least, is the Mitarashi Dango. As mentioned before, the rice cake itself is slightly sweet, but otherwise nothing to write home about. The sauce, however, is like a mix of honey and miso, which can flavor-wise be compared to soy sauce. The relative flavorlessness of the rice cake actually shines here as a nice contrast to the rich flavor of the Mitarashi sauce.As always, this was fun to make, and a wonderful way to unwind from a day at work. I'm not all that good at leaving reviews on this site, but 10 out of 10, would buy again.

This is the only one I had not been able to try and its honestly awesome. The flavors were quite surprising and it was really fun :)

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