1) Ethnic grocery stores
2) Eye-catching packaging
3) Eye-catching packaging found in ethnic grocery stores
So, I've created a new category here on Ham. Calling it "Grocery Gamble".
I know I'm not alone. One of the best things about living in LA is the wealth of restaurants and specialty stores, the product of our melting-pot culture. I hoof it over to these stores from time to time and travel up and down each and every aisle. The ingredients are so enticing, as are the convenience foods and novelty items. I can barely contain myself....
Sometimes I am overcome and I end up buying stuff that's a complete mystery. Sure, the photos on the packaging can provide hints, but sometimes they don't. I love when they paste English ingredients stickers on the back because they'll often have a translation of the item description. Other times, I look to the store's shelf tag. When that fails, I throw caution to the wind and buy blind. LOL
So, now I've got a place to post about it, and hopefully my friends will too. That remains to be seen. And, now, without further ado...
Bob and I grabbed these at Nijiya Market in the Japanese Village Plaza located in Little Tokyo. They were last-minute impluse buys while we were checking out. The only Romanji on the package is the url of the manufacturer. Shigekix
What the hell are they? We tore open the packages for a taste-test today. The green one has an image of a glass with a straw in it, so Bob decided to try dropping the pellets into some water to see what would happen. In a word: nothing. They're candies. The aforementioned green package shows a cherry, and the gold one a bunch of lemons. Basically, you're looking a jujubees covered in super sour powder. I ate one of the lemon ones and liked the flavor, though it was really difficult to chew. Bob liked the sour component but spit out the candy due to the texture.
Kudos to their graphic designers. They earned their dough on this one!
Nijiya Market
(213) 680-3280
124 Japanese Village Plaza Mall
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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tags: Japanese+candies, sweets, eating
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