#chiitara

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Pistachio-flavored chiitara, or processed cheese sandwiched between thin sheets of processed fish. Chiitara is a classic drinking snack, but the pistachio thing is new. Usually I’m happy to see a new pistachio product hit the shelves, but I imagine I might give this one a skip. I might even throw it *in* a skip actually—no, sorry, I just can’t resist a pun. Chiitara is fine, if not my favorite thing. If I see this three more times, I am probably gonna have to try it. Further updates as events warrant.

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ブルーチーズのチーズ鱈 // CHEESE TARA W/ BLUE CHEESE This is a very common snack in Japan, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen packaging that would clearly explain to tourists what it is. (It’s pretty common for the cheese-starved souls who are new to the country to snatch these up.) 

This is called cheese tara, or chii tara, or cheese sand. The sand stands for sandwich, and the sandwich part comes from the white rind; it’s pieces of mild cheese sandwiched between layers of codfish (tara) paste. Tasty enough if you know what you’re getting, but an unpleasant surprise if you’re expecting some kind of cheese sandwich.

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チーズ鱈 タコス味 // Cheese Tara - Taco Flavor It’s pretty common for the cheese-starved souls who are new to Japan to snatch these up. They’re called cheese tara, or chii tara, or cheese sand. The sand stands for sandwich, and the sandwich part comes from the white rind; it’s pieces of mild cheese sandwiched between layers of codfish (tara) paste. 

For something that is accurately described as fish cheese, it’s pretty tasty and a decent enough snack with beer. I should say, the taco flavoring is EXTREMELY unusual. Maybe I should’ve snagged these.

[gracie-buns]

BOI I AM HAPPY MESS AFTER WATCHING THE BALLROOM E YOUKOSO FINALE

MISAMIE! And CHIITARA gives me life yo 😭