Special flavor Kit Kats
Dec 21, 2017, 7:15 pm
#61
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tokyo
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Not that KitKats are normally very natural tasting, but these were just overwhelmingly fake smelling/tasting for me and I didn't care to finish one
Dec 21, 2017, 7:46 pm
#62
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Nope. 😂 More of a sable girl when it comes to Tokyo omiyage, so I'll have to leave it to others as to whether it's a good representation of a Tokyo Banana. For me, it was just unpleasant and not worth the time spent queuing in the basement of Tokyo Station.
Dec 21, 2017, 11:37 pm
#63
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Kit Kat should be more selective instead of churning one flavor after another. I've finding more mediocre flavors in recent years. About 10 years ago, most every gotouchi Kit Kat I had was good. I remember having jasmine tea, cappucino/espresso, Itokyuemon edition maccha one... all very good. Now a lot more misses than hits. They still sell the Itokyuemon one in Kyoto, but I find it hard to believe it's made the same as before. Unless the one I had before was different. Now tastes a lot blander and sweeter than I remember. I've not really been wowed by any Kit Kat recently.
Dec 28, 2017, 2:39 pm
#64
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 485
For those looking for something differnet, they are selling bakeable kit-kats
https://japantoday.com/category/feat...e-cream-flavor
https://japantoday.com/category/feat...e-cream-flavor
Jan 13, 2018, 4:16 pm
#65
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: SFO
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If you are thinking of KitKats as gifts and you want a bunch of different flavors, these would be great, although each box has only 12 KitKats packs (2 in each pack) and they cost 1,000 yen per box. They only got released recently (fall 2017?).
Amazon Japan (East version) https://www.amazon.co.jp/ネスレ日本-キットカッ.../dp/B075X11XS6
Amazon Japan (West version) https://www.amazon.co.jp/ネスレ日本-キットカッ.../dp/B075WYZ2LM
Amazon Japan (East version) https://www.amazon.co.jp/ネスレ日本-キットカッ.../dp/B075X11XS6
Amazon Japan (West version) https://www.amazon.co.jp/ネスレ日本-キットカッ.../dp/B075WYZ2LM
Nov 27, 2018, 5:26 am
#66
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 97
How much does this cost in Japan - what is the mark up here?? Is this even available in Tokyo? http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Kit-K...=azuki+kit+kat
I had a taste of this getting the sampler from NRT and it's been on my mind. But must I pay this much $$$$?
I had a taste of this getting the sampler from NRT and it's been on my mind. But must I pay this much $$$$?
12-packs of mini-bars cost about $3 or less, and full size bars are the same price as a normal Kit Kat.
Last edited by wolfman888; Nov 27, 2018 at 5:30 am Reason: Added info
Nov 27, 2018, 6:06 am
#67
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kobe, Japan
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I can pick up a bag for around Ą300 on sale at the supermarket. Maybe has 13-15 per bag.
I kind of take it for granted there will be a new flavor everywhere I go in the country.
Otona (adult) dark chocolate is a favorite.
I kind of take it for granted there will be a new flavor everywhere I go in the country.
Otona (adult) dark chocolate is a favorite.
Nov 27, 2018, 6:49 am
#68
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: New York/ DC
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I have had most of these flavors. Im
thinking like $3 ish a bag I think. I do know there are many cool flavors to take home as souvenirs. They are more expensive. When I go to Japan next year I’ll chrck the supermarketand get the curry bun and matcha kit kats. . I’m here for new flavors. A curry flavor one might be disgusting but I like to try new things lol
thinking like $3 ish a bag I think. I do know there are many cool flavors to take home as souvenirs. They are more expensive. When I go to Japan next year I’ll chrck the supermarketand get the curry bun and matcha kit kats. . I’m here for new flavors. A curry flavor one might be disgusting but I like to try new things lol
Last edited by kimikoftokyo; Nov 27, 2018 at 6:58 am
Nov 27, 2018, 9:44 am
#69
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: London, England
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Well of course all KitKat's are flavoured. But the idea that anything other than the original Kit Kat, produced in York, England by Rowntrees - who were bought by Nestle and then cynically closed down - is worth eating is , well, gross! And they have never been the same since they did away with the original 'silver paper' wrapping in a paper liner and replaced it with the plasticised junk which, I imagine, is now being eaten by turtles and whales!
Nov 27, 2018, 10:45 am
#70
Join Date: May 2006
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I thought I'd mention, I understand that Chrome browser will translate websites ( to English as well as other languages).
The link below will also help translate websites between various languages.
https://translate.google.com/
The link below will also help translate websites between various languages.
https://translate.google.com/
Nov 27, 2018, 5:23 pm
#72
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I love the strawberry kit-Kats! Picked up a huge box of them at NRT in February upon finishing the island Hopper.
Nov 27, 2018, 10:00 pm
#73
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Nov 28, 2018, 5:12 am
#74
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Eating an original KitKat, produced in York, England by Rowntree before it was bought by Nestlé in 1988 is gross. That's a 30 year old sweet. Throw it away.
Last edited by jib71; Nov 28, 2018 at 5:18 am