Azuki Sandwich Kit Kat

T'other day on Twitter I heard mention of a Pumpkin Cheese Cake flavoured Kit Kit. Oh how I craved that particular flavour for, hmm, a day or two until, UNTIL, this landed in my lap.

Azuki Sandwich Kit Kat.

It's the sandwich bit that gets me. I've never seen an Azuki sandwich. Had plenty of Azuki sweet type things, but a white bread sandwich?

I *suppose* I should at least google it, hold on...

Hmmm well, from my 5 seconds of research, there are plenty of pancake/pastry Azuki combos but plain old white bread? Seems a bit weird, but then this is Kit Kat Japan, what did I expect. Perhaps this paves the way for that staple of the American diet, peanut butter and jelly sandwich Kit Kat.

Anyway, what are they like? Pretty good! Kind of like a normal Kit Kat with subtle Azuki undertones. Nice. I wonder who got to synthesise the TOAST element of this Kit Kat in the Nestle Japan labs. 'OK, Hiroshi, you do the Azuki flavouring, and Akira-kun, you do the toast', 'Oh what!? why do I have to do the toast, I always get the supporting flavours'. Something like that anyway.

That is ofcourse IF Kit Kat actually have bothered to include bready elements to this release, or perhaps they're hoping the Azuki slant will pull the wool over our eyes. I'd hate to think they came up with all these weird and wonderful flavours and then didn't follow through. They want to be careful, Watchdog will be on their case.

Originality - 9/10

Niceness - 7/10

Soy Sauce Kit Kat

Been a little slack of late which has lead to a katastrophic lack of updates on here, the Kit Kat Factor.

So, here we are with one of the heavyweights. The kind of Kit Kat flavour that elicits a perfectly reasonable WTF?

Soy Sauce.

WTF?

See, told you.
I'd heard tale of this particular Kit Kat and was given a box of them (They're the small ones) after a friend risked life and limb on a hunting trip to Tokyo.

I have a great sequence (when I say sequence I mean 2) of photos of my little friend and some time Kit Kat taster Moe, trying this particular flavour. I don't think I should upload them without her permission though so I'll talk you through them;

Photo 1 : Moe takes a tentative nibble.

Photo 2 : Moe looks like there's been a small explosion (about the size those plastic green soldiers might have set off) on her desk.

It would make a nice gif.

However I think Moe was playing up to the cameras a little because, actually, Soy Sauce Kit Kats are quite nice. There, I've said it.

Moe's mum was telling me there's a white soy sauce and perhaps that's what these Kit Kat's are based on as ineed they are white. I did a little bit of research. Literally a little. I googled it, confirmed it existed and came back here. If you'd like more information on it, off you trot.

But, anyway, yeah, they're alright. Not bad. Quite good. Hardly a eulogy I know but really, what were you expecting from a SOY SAUCE flavoured chocolate bar.

I wouldn't write home about them. Neither would I kick them out of bed (unless they started to melt). I did however write this blog about them.

Originality - 9/10

Niceness - 6.5/10

Pretty high scoring there.

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FRIDGE - This Friday @ EDGE

This Friday at Bar Edge myself, Paul, Rinn and Jin will be hosting FRIDGE. A night of house, UK bass, Tech-House and perhaps more, it's free. ノーチャージです。

Starting around 11ish, pop in.

Here's a handy map for public transport.