yamayamayama 2 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Had some fine fine smoked bacon yesterday (not in Japan, of course). My silly gf said it was just like ham. : slap: It really wasn't! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Crunchy Nut Chocolate Clusters cereal Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 For curry fans in Japan, this palak paneer for 180 yen in most big supermarkets is really good! It's just like a restaurant curry. Add some jasmine rice from Costco and you have a well yummy lunch for almost zero effort and the price of two onigiri. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 When you say restaurant curry, you mean not in Japan right? Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sticky rich banana toffee chocolate cake Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Anything banoffee-like is a big thumbs up from me. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I wish Japan did toffee better, Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Never that keen on the caramel things found here. I prefer mine sweeter. Perhaps that's what toffee is/ Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 ザンギ.....theres a place that delivers near my house and the batter n chicken is the closest to a chippy Ive ever had in Japan.....truly finger licking good Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Never that keen on the caramel things found here. I prefer mine sweeter. Perhaps that's what toffee is/ I tried making caramels once using the most popular recipe on cookpad (Japanese recipe site, I looked there because they usually list ingredients that you can easily get in Japan). Anyway, I overcooked the mix and ended up with something that was very close to Thorton's toffee. Very hard, but softens in the mouth, pull your fillings out sticky chewy and pretty creamy. From that conclusive evidence, I suspect toffee might just be caramel with more of the moisture (in the cream, syrup etc.) boiled off before the mixture is allowed to cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Toffee is just butter and sugar but caramel is usually cream and sugar, although sometimes the add a little butter in too Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Treacle toffee. Lovely. Do you get that in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Looking on Amazon, the ingredients for Thorntons Special Toffee include condensed milk before butter. It looks like they use condensed milk and veggie oil as a cheapo industrial substitute for cream. The "special chewy toffee" recipe on epicurious that folks claim to be very close to Thorntons has a lot of cream in it, along with golden syrup. The recipe I used was very similar but had the Japanese mitsu-ame clear syrup in place of the golden one, which is quite hard to find in inaka. Since mine came out as hit with a hammer toffee and not soft caramels, I got to eat it all by myself! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I brought a bag of blackcurrant and licorice sweets from home...I love them....they are all finished now tho Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 They're great. I love anything licorice. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Can't stand it. Very marmite-y for me. As is Marmite. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Its weird actually cos I dont like just licorice on its own, but combined with another flavour I like it....blackcurrant, mint...mmm Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Not keen on myself, but I think I've only had cheap and rubbish stuff so perhaps I need to give it another go. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My mum says it helps with constipation. Always good to know! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Maltesers Brought back a box full of small packets of the lovelies. Plans to make them last. It won't work. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Love those things. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Had one of those bars that is made of Maltesers the other week. Cant remember the name a play on the Maltesers name. Was nice, but prefer the little balls. Link to post Share on other sites
egglesby 1 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Called 'Teasers' Link to post Share on other sites
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