I have been asked a few times about what kind of stuff I eat and how it is different or the same. I eat other types of foods at restaurants and such, just as most people do, but these are many of the everyday foods that I eat or have bought to try.
Rice, made in the happy rice cooker for which I traded some stuff with a friend, who had got it from a friend. :)
Canned fish and my favorite crackers --- easy and quick.
If you know me at all, you probably already know I'm eating Pocky and Pocky-style stuffs. :) I have been eating this stuff for years, but here there are so many new fun flavors and varieties to try.
And dark chocolate:
Hot cocoa mix and chocolate milk mix -- the chocolate milk mix is weird. I don't think I recommend it. I haven't actually tried the hot cocoa yet, but hoping...
Bread, which I really like, but it is somewhat expensive and the texture and thickness is quite different than most bread in the US. Some people don't care for it, but I do as long as I get whole grain or wheat bread. I do not like the white bread here, but I'm not a huge white bread fan anyway, unless it is hot, fresh homemade white bread. Japanese bread comes in a package with five thick slices in it, no heel pieces, and costs about double what a medium-priced loaf of bread in Washington state costs right now.
Snacks, of course. I'm planning on taking these hiking this weekend.
Lemon drink powder. I love this stuff.
Yogurt, which isn't much different here except that there are flavors such as green tea that I really don't see in the US. I've had strawberry, blueberry, and apple.
Spaghetti, which those of you who can read kana can easily see this says. If you buy sauce it comes in pouches...and tastes sort of like a slightly upgraded version of Spaghettio's sauce. Kinda weird. I have to admit I like my own homemade sauce better.
Cheese is quite expensive here. I don't know if this particular kind is good or not. I bought it to experiment in making a pizza with a friend who has been pretty busy so far, but I also brought some stuff with me from the US to put on the pizza. Anyway, I miss having readily inexpensive access to cheese a lot probably the most of any food. I am quite fond of cheese.
Tofu: Inexpensive protein that goes in almost anything without changing the flavor much.
Mochi, it's a tasty business. Mmmm. Hard to explain if you haven't had it. It's squishy, and delicious.
Milk, juice, and gingerale...yeah, imagine that. Well, Kagome is much less expensive here than in the US -- a happy bonus as I really like that stuff. The gingerale is not the same --- even though it is the same brand I buy in the US, it is not at all the same. Slightly different taste, and unbelievably a slightly different texture...or something. I'm not sure, but it is definitely different!
Random vending machine juices. The kind in the purple can is my favorite drink I've ever had in my life, I think. It has the texture and thickness of half-set Jell-o and tastes lusciously and richly of Concord grapes.
Breakfast cereal. Well, corn flakes, since there isn't much other to choose from that is in what I consider a reasonable price range. Not much cereal here anyway. I would like to try some of the granola I have seen if I can find some at a little better price, or on sale. These come in plain, frosted, and chocolate. Pretty nice texture and flavor for corn flakes --- well, I only got them the other day and have only tried the plain ones, but they were much better than I expected, not being a huge corn flake fan.
Some other snacks that I saved the packages for so I can remember to go get more! The mult-colored crackers I expected to be salty, but they were actually sweet, well, with a bit of salty flavor, but not at all what I thought. I like both of these.
Well, I also eat random fruits, vegetables, noodles, and such, but other than lotus root I don't have any unusual sorts of those things to photograph right at the moment. The rest are things similar to what I use at home such as potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, green onions and such.
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