{"id":2488,"date":"2021-01-05T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T09:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2021-01-07T01:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:36:30","slug":"battle-of-the-snacks-turkish-vs-japanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2021\/01\/battle-of-the-snacks-turkish-vs-japanese\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Snacks: Turkish vs. Japanese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Christmas, I got my husband a package of dagashi<\/em><\/a> or Japanese snacks. He went to Japan for work years ago, and fell in love with the place, but has never been able to return. A snack won’t make up for the lights of Tokyo or the majesty of mount Fuji, but it should at least remind him of the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $25 box promised 30 snacks, but it was more like 20 snacks and several one or two bite candies. Still, it should give us at least three weeks of daily treats – and reviews!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My husband then reciprocated by getting me a box of Turkish snacks<\/a>. My trip to Turkey was right after my year abroad in Egypt, and while I loved the country and the food, I don’t think I ever tried any snacks. I was traveling at a super small budget, and snacks didn’t enter into the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don’t know if Turkish snacks were a big deal back then, but they apparently are now – at least in Amazon. Whether that’s because they’re particularly good and varied or relatively cheap, we’ll have to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The $28 box my husband got me is supposed to have over 1 1\/2 lbs of snacks or at least 20 full size snacks. It came with a sheet explaining what they all were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see, this was true. At least from a price point, the Turkish box was a better value than the Japanese box – but Japan is a more expensive country. The question will be what’s the best value in terms of food and experience.

Our plan is to try one of the snacks every day and see which we like best. I’ll blog about them as well. I start with the first couple of days, and will add more blog postings as I go along.

Day 1: Ozmo Burger Chocolate Chip Cookies<\/a> vs. Yaokin Unaibo Corn Potage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The burger cookies were super cute and very detailed. They would make great play food for dolls. Flavor wise, however, they were a bit lacking. They were a bit dry and they had a soft chocolate flavor, maybe with some hazelnut thrown in. Not something I’d be craving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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