red_swirl

Ah, dear, should've remembered what it's called again.

Obviously, it's wrapped in seaweed, which is good, I like seaweed. And it's covered in a thin layer of savoury sauce - if you like soy sauce or teriyaki sauce, you'll probably like this one...

Inside is a white glutinous substance, maybe very smoothly ground rice. A bit stretchy, but not as stretchy as cheese on pizza. And kinda tasteless, not in a bad way, but the only taste comes from the seaweed and the thin brown sauce ... which is ok, just kinda not what I was expecting (I thought the sauce would go the whole way through, or there'd be something different inside).

From Tokyu department store, the one that's integrated into Shibuya station (there are a number of Tokyu stores in Shibuya).

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These were bought at Takashimaya, Shinjuku, I should've asked what they're called. They were quite heavy, but distort ever so easily, I messed up the pretty flower shape just picking one up... guess that's why the assistant warned me to carry them carefully, not bump them around.

They were sweet, not sickly sweet, but getting there... certainly not good on an empty stomach. Kinda slightly grainy, I don't mean that in a bad way, but otherwise I can't really describe the taste - just sweet, no real other flavour. There was, what I assume to be red bean paste inside, but it didn't taste any different to the outside really, and it all got smooshed together as soon as I put it in my mouth.

I guess the main thing about them is they look so pretty.

Oh, and the colours didn't have different tastes, either. Anyone else living where they go past interesting food but never try them? Want to join in?

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