Jinja and Shoga: Life in the Land of the Rising Sun

  We found these at 7-11 on Friday: Bitter Almond and Aloe Yogurt. The bitter almond was wonderful: dark chocolate with a nice almond-y aftertaste mixed in. 9 out of 10 on that one. I was especially amused by the collaboration with TBC (Toyko Beauty Center), a Japanese aesthetics company. The back of the package says something to the effect of: 'Don't give up beauty or chocolate. You have individual beauty'....that's a really rough translation since my Japanese is awful, but you get the idea. Kit Kat still needs to work on their philosophical statements a bit, apparently.

 Next: the aloe yogurt...hmm. Props to Kit Kat for actually giving it an aloe taste...but then again, it's...aloe! Enough said. I was kind of excited to see it, though, considering that I'd just been talking with someone about how Westerners don't usually EAT aloe; they use it in skin products.
 I've had real aloe yogurt here too; it's ok but nothing to go out of your way for. Which is the same for this Kit Kat. Worth trying because it's kind of weird, but probably not worth a buying a second one. Maybe a 5.5 out of 10?
                         
They're only selling mini-sizes...apparently Kit Kat wasn't expecting big sales on this one, either

                     Sushi had a great time tossing it around, though