Japanese Potato Shortage!!!

Japan Potato Crisis! 

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Run for the hills! Or at least a potato farm! It's a zombie apocalypse out there! Oo

Bare shelves, people shuffling from aisle to aisle, an insatiable thirst for crunchy chip goodness...

So heralds the dawning of the Great Japanese Potato Shortage!

When devastating typhoons unleashed their fury upon the potato farms of Japan no one really saw what would happen next, a shortage of potatoes nation wide with far reaching repercussions from the humblest chip factories to mega beasts like McDonald's!

What was once a given is now all for naught. The simple act of picking up your favourite crispy snack is gone, GONE I TELL YOU!!!

Prices have skyrocketed, grown men in suits weep on the streets, the nice old toothless lady with the small vegetable shop wipes back tears and remembers the good old days.

So is and so far reaching the effects of a frisky storm on a nation.

The only thing we can do is unite and stand together as one. There will be a day when this will just be a memory and we can all look back and say ' I was there, I survived! '

History is the best teacher and we should all take the time to learn from our past...

Till then, I'll be guarding my small potato garden with hope of a bountiful harvest and the seeds of a new future.

Till next time, and keep your chips close!

Arigatou! ^^ 

Tokyo Munchies

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An Introduction to Japanese snacks and candy. ^^

Umaibo、うまいぼ,  Delicious Stick.

So, we'd like to take you on a fun and educational tour of Japanese snacks and candy. :)

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To start with we're going for a staple and traditional favourite, the mighty Umaibo!

The Umaibo is a corn puff treat. Basically a hollow stick of corn puff, pretty similar to most corn puff chips but single serve, around 6 inches long and comes in a range of almost 20 different flavours.

Pizza, Cheese, Vegetable Salad, Corn Potage, Salami, etc. Also traditional Japanese flavours like Mentai, Teriyaki and Shrimp Mayonnaise.

Released last year was our personal favourite, the ' Premium Umaibo! ' :D

Longer and stronger and a lot more yummier! ^^

The Premium Umaibo comes in 3 unique flavours. Wasabi Steak, Cheese Camembert and Mentai.

If you've tried normal Umaibo then you have to do yourself a favour and level up to the Premium, trust me, it's worth it! :D

Umaibo are super versatile too. You can just munch it, crush it and eat it in a sandwich, crush it and add it to a salad or as a topping on a pizza. ^^

If you've done any of these then please feel free to post pics on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/tokyomunchies/ or share them with us here on twitter. https://twitter.com/tokyo_munchies

We'd love to see your creations and will be making our own too. You will see them here soon on pinterest, https://jp.pinterest.com/tokyomunchies/pins/

So, hope the Umaibo introduction was helpful and stay tuned for our next Japanese snacks and candy intro. ^^

Arigatou!

Minami Toyama

You got munchies? We got munchies! 

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