This episode explores why Japanese convenience store snacks hit different through cute packaging, perfect portioning, and sweet-savory-umami balance. Claire Delish examines legendary sources like Seven-Eleven Japan, Lawson, and FamilyMart, plus US options like Mitsuwa and H-Mart. Detailed home recipes cover making Pocky with thin biscuit sticks and proper chocolate coating thickness, salmon onigiri with rice shaping technique and seaweed wrapping methods, matcha mochi ice cream using microwave mochi dough wrapped around frozen ice cream balls, and seasoned seaweed snack coating with sesame oil. Learn proper eating etiquette, variations like spicy mayo tuna onigiri and strawberry mochi, and why quality convenience food represents Japanese innovation.
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