Limited edition Japanese Chestnut Kitkat.It smells and tastes like chestnut alright, especially those in chestnut cakes from Chinese bakery that uses canned chestnut paste. Ya know, the canned syrupy taste. But there's no chestnut in the ingredient list. It's all flavoring. I'll have to say they've done an excellent job on faking this one. The chocolate is white, though, playing tricks on my mind, making me think it's got heavy milk taste, but actually it doesn't. Oh, this one doesn't taste bitter. Hey wait a minute! The back of the box says carefully selected Japanese chestnuts have been used. So... real chestnut or flavoring???
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About this kind of japanese flavoured candies : a japanese friend of mine always says they are "matcha flavoured", 'cause of the amount of artificial products.
"Matcha"? As in green tea???
Yep, I don't know how to write it in Romanji (matcha ou macha).
Here on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha
It is japanese green tea in powder. It is used in tea ceremony, but also in cooking.
So, the Matcha flavor uses real green tea, I suppose...
Then why was it used as a metaphor for artificial flavour???
It was a way to say that most of the Japanese candies have strange artificial taste, I think, and not often one closely related to the taste it is meant to have.
I don't know if the Japanese flavored candies are really like this.
PS I'm sorry, I believe my english reach its limits. It was meant to be a funny anecdote :)
Hey, no need to be sorry. I'm ELS too! It's more likely that I'm the one who don't get the joke.
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