Tag Archives: Otsumami

Review: Cheeza 53% Gorgonzola / Camembert

Cheeza is and remains one of my favourite Japanese snack foods, and a blue cheese snack is still pretty rare in North America, let alone in Japan, so this seems like a pretty special treat all-in-all.

A quick visit to the Cheeza website reveals that this is 1 part gorgonzola to 4 parts camembert, meaning the flavour probably won’t be that intense… still, Cheeza is one of the most intensely flavoured Japanese snacks I’ve ever come across, so who knows, maybe this will surprise me? Continue reading

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Review: Cheeza 50% Camembert Basil

Review: Cheeza 50% Camembert Basil Purchased: November 2012 Review: January 2013 http://cheeza.jp/ I don’t know how much of a surprise this review this will be, considering jussssst how effusive I was about Cheeza crackers during my previous reviews: 51% Smoked … Continue reading

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Review: Cheeza 52% Cheddar

Cheeza 52% Cheddar (Crackers) Review: February 2012 Best Before: June 2012 As you might remember I reviewed the absolutely amazing CHEEZA Camembert flavoured crackers a while back and my effusive praise for just how delicious they are made many of … Continue reading

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Review: Cheeza 51% Camembert

It’s important to point out that Cheeza 51% Camembert has a picture on the back featuring a plate of the delicious crackers next to a glass of beer, and so the several beers I have consumed before these snacks, as well as the beer I consumed with them, are more of a ‘serving suggestion’ than any sort of impairment to writing this review… got it? Got it. Continue reading

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Review: Ichibiki Otsumami – 3 Varieties

I’m really enjoying the seasonal, warm-weather “beer snacks”, salty snacks meant to be enjoyed with a beer (or two, or three). On my August trip toNew York, the JAS Supermarket, a Japanese Import Market, had these three snacks on clearance while I was visiting, and so I had to pick them up. Continue reading

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