UMAYA - Okabe Kanikko - Ready To Eat Fried Japanese Baby Crabs - With A Hint Of Sweet Honey and Savory Seasonings - Crunchy Gourmet Snack From Japan - Individual 2.3oz (65g) Snack Size Bag - Pack of 1

I purchased this for me and my sisters to try after seeing them on TikTok for years. We were so excited! Until we opened the bag... The packaging itself is very cute, I like the cute cartoon crab. It's also kinda crazy seeing how many little crabs fills one bag alone, it makes you wonder how exactly they harvest them. That being said, as soon as you open the bag you are hit with an overwhelming fishy smell. I hate the smell of fish, I stay away from eating it just because the smell is unappealing. I do, however, love crabs, squid, octopus, shrimps, and anything else. I figured this snack would smell like the sea, but I was not expecting such a putrid odor. Imagine a dirty fish tank, fish food, or the girl your ex told you not to worry about. Anyways. These crabs are like hardened stink bombs. As soon as you take a bite, the smell hits you again like a bus. Ugh, I'm shuddering just thinking about it! The consistency is really hard and stale, again, I was expecting something crunchy but not THAT stale. The taste you get right off the bat is sweet, followed by an overwhelming putrid fishy taste. I simply couldn't, I kept on spitting this out every time I tried to eat one. Even that was hard to do, the desecrated crab shell kept sticking to the inside of my mouth and I'd have to literally wipe my tongue with a napkin. Stay away from these, please. If they were cheaper, I'd say go for it, what's a couple bucks? But this is too much of a price to pay.

I never want to yuck someone else’s yum you know. You are eating a whole crab, shell and all so the texture is as expected, once it’s chewed into really small pieces it’s like eating egg shells or chewing sand. The smell is also as expected, yes, fish food is what it smells like because most fish food is ground crab and/ or shrimp but in reality that’s what crab smells like if it didn’t come to you drown in butter and Cajun seasoning. The seasoning was sweet but not spicy, you’re meant to taste the crab not just the seasoning. This isn’t for everyone but the quality was good, packaging was reasonable and responsible. I cannot eat them again but that’s my personal preference and nothing negative about the product itself.

The flavor is more bearable if you take small bites instead of eating a crab whole, and in doing so I can somewhat how this kind of snack could be an enjoyable. But these just have too much off-putting (and somewhat concerning) flavors that left me feeling slightly nauseous. Like others have said, these have a strong and somewhat rotten taste. They have a strong fish food like smell, which I didn't find too bad. But the taste was concentrated fish food with some off-putting/rot flavors and a hint of sweetness. The aftertaste lingers and tastes like wet dog. At the very tail end you get a secondary aftertaste of ocean similar to seaweed. Not only is it not worth the money, it's not worth it in general.

I'm from the South, and I've been eating crabs for over 50 years. When I saw all the hype and positive reviews for this crab snack, I was hoping it would actually taste like crab. Needless to say, it was awful. I honestly don't know how anyone tasted these and thought they were delicious or even decent tasting. There was little to no real crab flavor, and whatever flavor was there certainly wasn't worth the hype. This is the last time I buy a snack just because it's trending and getting good reviews. Lesson learned. I'm good!

I thought these would be fun to eat, and I expected a savory, crabby flavor. However they are cloyingly sweet and leave an unpleasant aftertaste.

Its not as bad as the other comments make it out to be . Is it fishy ? Yes..... its sweet and and acquired taste. Is it crunchy? Definitely, however it is too sweet too my liking, I think it would definitely taste way better if it was spicy

I saw these on TikTok a few times and decided to try them and i don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t this. When you take a bite all you get is a hard shell that stabs into your gums with an overwhelming smell of the ocean and a slight sweet taste that clashes so badly with everything that’s going on. Great price and something fun for a gag gift. I may not be the target audience for this but I won’t waste my money again.

After first the taste is real fishy but then you gradually get used to them little by little. I love them 🦀

Pas très bon

It’s absolutely amazing 🦀 It literally tastes like the ocean, lol It is fishy, sweet, and not spicy at all. I understand it’s not for everyone, but I really enjoy the crisp texture and that rich seafood flavor. Diffidently will buy again The negative part it is bit pricy bec of the shipment.