Must Try Food at a Japanese Convenience Store - Our Favs ✨

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Here is a our selection of excellent snacks, meals + drinks at the Japanese conbini! Including 7/11 & Lawson!
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Комментарии • 190

  • @TokyoCreativePlay
    @TokyoCreativePlay  4 месяца назад +27

    Did you agree with our conbini favs? What are yours?? Let us know below!

    • @YasmeenMO
      @YasmeenMO 4 месяца назад +1

      love the choco almonds

    • @じゃが天丼
      @じゃが天丼 4 месяца назад

      I agree !
      I like cold noodles in summer (ざるそば、ざるうどん、冷やし中華)

    • @BobbyDazzler888
      @BobbyDazzler888 3 месяца назад

      A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. Eat protein. Eggs are the most efficient and nutrient foods on the planet. Carbohydrates wont satisfy you for long.

  • @jaadus
    @jaadus 4 месяца назад +65

    whoever did the audio engineering to make sarah intelligible over those bags deserves a raise

  • @Questchaun
    @Questchaun 4 месяца назад +1

    Sarah 😍😍😍😍

  • @johan0021
    @johan0021 3 месяца назад

    As much as I love combini and their products... apple pieces in a plastic bag is crazy. What's wrong with a whole apple 😅

  • @pppantz
    @pppantz 4 месяца назад +56

    been a minute since we've seen Emma😍 These two need a full time exploring gig.

  • @byghostlight1
    @byghostlight1 4 месяца назад +48

    Its great to see Emma again, it feels so long since I have seen her!

  • @seerasan
    @seerasan 4 месяца назад +70

    Does anyone else like any of my favs?? I am a proud fan of the simple onigiri!! 🍙

    • @tastyneck
      @tastyneck 4 месяца назад

      Sometimes you just feel like eating something simple and plain. I eat pieces of nori with just steamed rice all the time. Nothing wrong with it!

    • @janusu
      @janusu 4 месяца назад +3

      Mentaiko-mayo and miso for me! They were my favorite go-tos.

    • @thebestmediocregamer
      @thebestmediocregamer 4 месяца назад +2

      Always love a nice cold udon!!! My fav as well

    • @Truecrimeresearcher224
      @Truecrimeresearcher224 4 месяца назад +1

      I have to eat gluten free so I'll try anything. Also if you ever find lays dill pickle potato chips they might help with your salt and vinegar chip addiction. Or hope Amazon has some. I don't like salt and vinegar chips but I like the pickle ones

    • @princess-violet
      @princess-violet 4 месяца назад +1

      lol I make fun of it, but I eat the exact same; hot water, water, plain rice, you not alone !

  • @dodiatkins4515
    @dodiatkins4515 4 месяца назад +31

    You can’t go wrong when you put these two together. My favorite duo. 😊

  • @GameGingo
    @GameGingo 4 месяца назад +21

    Always love the energy of Sarah and Emma together. It was interesting to see what their favs are since there was a great variety of things that aren't too mainstream I'd say. Definitely will keep some of them in mind to try out when I get the chance. ^-^

  • @TheRedPandaQueen
    @TheRedPandaQueen 4 месяца назад +20

    Watching Emma happily devour a cream puff makes me feel happy haha. Ooh soothing eye mask

  • @18godman18
    @18godman18 3 месяца назад +2

    枝豆の食べ方は歯で引き出すのではなく、人差し指と親指で押し出しながら口に入れた方が前歯に負荷が掛らなくて良いですよ❣

  • @NoFace89-z6z
    @NoFace89-z6z 3 месяца назад +7

    So glad to see Emma in this TC vid! Sarah and Emma are always so fun to watch 👏👏👏

  • @VanillaCoke1956
    @VanillaCoke1956 4 месяца назад +7

    Zaru soba was my absolute favourite dish to eat from June-August when I lived in Japan. So many small restaurants that had it no matter where I was and it really did feel quite refreshing to eat. One of the very few things that made summer bearable hah.

  • @CormacWrites8
    @CormacWrites8 4 месяца назад +8

    "Please, Sarah, open the chips closer to the microphone."
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @DHJakon
    @DHJakon 4 месяца назад +5

    During this trip I rarely went to conbini. Depachika is the next level up and price isn’t a big jump.

  • @Fun-pf9lw
    @Fun-pf9lw 4 месяца назад +8

    You two are a very entertaining team. Laughed through the whole video!

  • @scotteot
    @scotteot 4 месяца назад +8

    Pretty sure Sarah was subconsciously singing the Australia's funniest home videos theme.

    • @frangipanisandgirl
      @frangipanisandgirl 4 месяца назад

      "Australia! Australia! This is YOU!"
      You just unlocked a memory I'd forgotten about.

  • @Official-OpenAI
    @Official-OpenAI 4 месяца назад +4

    Guys, trust me on this and please try the new released Lawson bread called 'じゅわバタ塩メロンパン" Salted butter Melon-pan. It's the new biggest thing and I've been addicted to it. its only 150yen but its michelin star quality dessert. PLEASE TRUST ME

  • @princess-violet
    @princess-violet 4 месяца назад +4

    Is this a 'Lunch and Learn' ? in my old company this used to be code for no lunch but work for lunch break meetings. At least here you get to eat !!

  • @ryanbrane8019
    @ryanbrane8019 3 месяца назад +6

    Glad to see Emma back hopefully some more videos will follow

  • @leconistern7593
    @leconistern7593 4 месяца назад +3

    Do you know that the Koala-Version is from Germany? ;) That's our "Panda" Cookies version. :D

  • @mizusenshi8172
    @mizusenshi8172 4 месяца назад +4

    I love those steam eye masks! My eyes get itchy from my allergies and eye masks here don't usually cover your eyes (they're usually under eye instead). I found one of them at some Japanese store I went to and tried it and really liked it! I like that they just use steam and not chemicals like a lot of Korean face masks do. I've used them at home and when traveling. Recently I bought a whole box of them off of Amazon (not the specific brand Sarah showed, though I did recognize it) because one of my eyes had gotten puffy from my CPAP mask blowing air into my eyes.
    I've also tried those chocolate covered almonds. Most candy packaged that way has an "adult" vibe, I feel. (Sometimes they're even marketed that way, like the "otona" Oreos I bought one time that were basically just like regular Oreos, except they were sugar wafer-type cookies rather than sandwich cookies). When I bought them I didn't expect them to be actual almonds wrapped in chocolate for some reason. They were quite good though! I don't eat almonds much, but I really like the Hershey bars with almonds in them, and this kind of reminded me of that.

  • @lostnthenoise
    @lostnthenoise 4 месяца назад +5

    OMG those little panda cookies are great... A friend sent me some strawberry ones and I am sooooo addicted!

  • @T0getherAlone
    @T0getherAlone 4 месяца назад +4

    I dream of the Melon-Pan I had on my trip to japan at the Combini's. Not overly sweet and just delicious.

  • @winslow8779
    @winslow8779 4 месяца назад +9

    Yayyyyy, Emma!

  • @MiddleAgedSwedeGoesForAWalk
    @MiddleAgedSwedeGoesForAWalk 4 месяца назад +4

    Now I got really curious about the citrus chips, I don't think I've ever had chips with any citrus flavor and don't even recall seeing any in the chips section of the local store. I usually just buy the more basic, salted chips, but after both of you picked citrus flavored chips I'm kind of feeling the urge to go look through the chips sections of all the local stores to see what I can find :)

  • @chrisyravenconlin
    @chrisyravenconlin 4 месяца назад +4

    I could sit and eat edamame all day.
    Plain onigiri all the way as well.

  • @jlee1522
    @jlee1522 4 месяца назад +6

    I know these sit-down standalone videos kinda suck to do for Emma and Sarah, but at least there's food. Girls love their snacks. And I'm here for it

  • @klaudiusz6233
    @klaudiusz6233 4 месяца назад +4

    So excited to try ALL your recommendations, when I fly to Japan in September and stay there for six months x3

  • @janusu
    @janusu 4 месяца назад +4

    Yay! Sarah and Emma together again! My go-to onigiri were usually the mentaiko-mayo (I think I've been mentioning mentaiko a lot lately) and the miso flavors. Tuna-may was also pretty decent. I guess the addition of mayo helps, because I didn't care for the plain tuna onigiri as much. For a savory snack, I loved the pizza-flavored potato chips. And for sweet, there was this old-fashioned glazed donut that was stick-shaped with a twist about halfway. I think that was from Lawson. Another summer favorite was the chocomint ice cream bar. I liked trying all the unsweetened teas, as well. I seem to remember Soukembicha was a favorite (not sure of spelling, it's been a while), and there was this lovely English milk tea I would get occasionally.

  • @lukekao8136
    @lukekao8136 4 месяца назад +3

    Few decades ago when I went to Japan with my mom, I saw "Onigiri" but didn't know what it was because we can't read Japanese, but I found some chef boy R-D and got that instead. Shrug. lol

  • @emiliaskreativeschaos9975
    @emiliaskreativeschaos9975 4 месяца назад +3

    The two of you together is always so fun! ❤
    Also you two always look super cute. I love Emmas outfit here especially! She looks adoreable with her bow and glasses! I miss her red hair, but also love her new hair style quite a lot though! ❤

  • @loganhanssen6004
    @loganhanssen6004 3 месяца назад +1

    Warm Eyeballs. I snorted when I heard that.

  • @元絵描きで元新聞屋
    @元絵描きで元新聞屋 3 месяца назад +1

    さけるチーズを割かないだと!😂
    セブンのカレーパンおすすめです👍

  • @ruthlessx
    @ruthlessx 3 месяца назад +2

    Gosh Emma, it's great to see you again... I really hope everything is going ok

  • @tobynmanthorpe
    @tobynmanthorpe 4 месяца назад +4

    My local convenience store's best food is stale nachos and dried up hot dogs.

  • @schmidtikovsky2825
    @schmidtikovsky2825 3 месяца назад +2

    we even have these little koala thingies in germany. I really liked these as a child. Now i have to try them again XDDD

  • @Its_just_me_again
    @Its_just_me_again 4 месяца назад +4

    from an aussie guy watching 2 aussie girls on a japanese channel - i for the life of me dont understand why so many channels translate and put the price in USD? at least TC put both JPY and USD, but when channels do just USD it is near impossible to figure out prices. id have to see the exchange rate between USD and AUD at the time of the video lol iv looked at tourists stats by countries in to japan and all i can think of is your channel stats and pretty much all japanese channels must overwhelmingly have US viewers? - which is not always consistent with the folk in the comments. im just curious...maybe a lil excessively :P

    • @Evikeuklavier
      @Evikeuklavier 4 месяца назад +2

      this hurt my head trying to read

    • @Its_just_me_again
      @Its_just_me_again 4 месяца назад

      @@Evikeuklavier soz panadol in the post :)

  • @LePetitNuageGris
    @LePetitNuageGris 3 месяца назад +2

    “I just get to have warm eyeballs… it’s luxurious.”
    A sentence I never thought I’d hear in my life. But now I must know this luxury of which you speak…

  • @bruchett4799
    @bruchett4799 3 месяца назад +2

    Editor calling out Sarah 😂

  • @xXNekou
    @xXNekou 4 месяца назад +2

    Every day I wake up and I'm sad I'm not in Japan

  • @praeothmint2273
    @praeothmint2273 3 месяца назад +2

    I simply LO-VE the butter and maple pancakes. I have them every time I can, sometimes twice a day... I'm a junkie for them... 😁 Also partial to the egg steamed cake... Ok, I'm partial to ALL combini treats...

  • @annaalinablogs
    @annaalinablogs 4 месяца назад +4

    I hope i can come to try it all one day

  • @Skgaton
    @Skgaton 3 месяца назад +1

    外国人に人気なのはイチゴサンドとたまごサンド、ブラックサンダーっていうチョコとメロンパン
    セブン、ローソン、ファミマのフライドチキン食べ比べも色んな国の人が楽しんでるよ

  • @CitadelX
    @CitadelX 4 месяца назад +3

    The best thing is the chocolate chip cookie from 7/11 one of the only decent soft cookeis you can find easily in Japan

  • @eileene8836
    @eileene8836 3 месяца назад +2

    When I was there, I lived off those pancakes and CC lemon. We had to travel there in September and it was still so hot that I was stuggling big time (chronic pain sucks) and the cc kept me going.
    I miss the conbinis so much that I get irrationally angry sometimes just thinking of them.

  • @hcm9999
    @hcm9999 4 месяца назад +1

    I try to avoid buying at convenience stores as much as possible.
    I always try to buy at normal supermarkets.
    It is much cheaper and better at supermarkets.
    And there is much more variety also.
    Most supermarkets have their own kitchen so they make the 弁当 (bentō) on the spot.
    The 弁当 sold at convenience stores are made at factories at night and need to be transported to the stores.
    So they probably add preservatives and other chemicals so the 弁当 don't spoil.
    So the 弁当 is not as fresh or healthy as the ones from supermarkets.
    And most supermarkets sell at discount after 6pm.
    So you can buy a large 弁当 for 300, even 200 yens.

  • @ShortWhiskersBJD
    @ShortWhiskersBJD 4 месяца назад +5

    I hope Emma is okay. She smiles, but it looks forced. I might be just imagining things, but I hope everything is good.

  • @Tojozomi
    @Tojozomi 4 месяца назад +2

    Coincidentally tried the shikuwasa crisps a couple of days ago and they're amazing, they really reminded me of lime doritos actually

  • @scaremeister
    @scaremeister 4 месяца назад +2

    yes ! the Zaru soba w Inari from Lawsons is my fave ! what ever happened to the peanut butter sanwiches and fruit sandos? seems rare these days

  • @einfachnurleo7099
    @einfachnurleo7099 4 месяца назад +2

    I got some fussili noodle looking pea chips in taiwan a couple of months ago. They were also lemon flavored with pink rock salt. Super tasty though I haven´t seen anything similar in germany before. Also I still have an empty box of the meiji chocolate covered macadamia nuts sitting on my desk... which is empty... but I find the box so pretty I can´t bring myself to throw it 🤣

  • @Balince
    @Balince 4 месяца назад +3

    Emma was on one this video in a good way haha

  • @wasabigirl2004
    @wasabigirl2004 4 месяца назад +3

    My absolute favourite duo! Soooo funny! 😁

  • @Truecrimeresearcher224
    @Truecrimeresearcher224 4 месяца назад +3

    Emma doing the chicken she did with aki

  • @giochacon8354
    @giochacon8354 4 месяца назад +4

    Wow the ending was unexpected 🤣🤣🤣

  • @warpspeedmage7182
    @warpspeedmage7182 3 месяца назад +1

    Love how it turned into a "Let's see what we can shove down Emma's throat" mukbang there at the end. lol

  • @シノブコマツ
    @シノブコマツ 3 месяца назад +1

    メープルパンケーキのファミチキ?のサンドイッチは、思いっきりUSジャンクフードですねWWW♩
    観て居ると、お腹が空いて来た😿

  • @Truecrimeresearcher224
    @Truecrimeresearcher224 4 месяца назад +2

    I really wanna go to conbinis in Japan. They are way nicer than America

  • @lexnite22
    @lexnite22 4 месяца назад +11

    Hope Emma is doing ok

    • @Mike-Eye
      @Mike-Eye 4 месяца назад +5

      She chugged that beer very quickly

    • @markw1247
      @markw1247 4 месяца назад +2

      I mean.. she's not, it's obvious.

    • @James-mi5hi
      @James-mi5hi 4 месяца назад

      ​@@markw1247?

    • @lexnite22
      @lexnite22 4 месяца назад

      @@Mike-Eye a sign of stress and not thirst

  • @xotoast
    @xotoast 3 месяца назад +2

    Mushipan is my absolute favourite.

  • @antigravityinmotion
    @antigravityinmotion 3 месяца назад +2

    Great ASMR food session, I love it 🎉❤

  • @jdion79
    @jdion79 3 месяца назад +3

    finally some emmaaaaa!

  • @Highwind2013
    @Highwind2013 4 месяца назад +3

    Melon pan is my favorite snack but I hear combining an egg sandwich with Famichiki is suppose to be the best snack ever

    • @nc30guy
      @nc30guy 4 месяца назад

      Mother and child is a common fav in Japan ....chicken and egg

    • @Official-OpenAI
      @Official-OpenAI 4 месяца назад

      are you from Japan? Have you tried the じゅわバタ塩メロンパン from lawson yet? Everyone's talking about it and its actually real good. Try it when you can

  • @ellen_globetrotter3783
    @ellen_globetrotter3783 4 месяца назад +2

    thosee Meiji Almond is my goto when I travel by train! they are soooo good!

  • @noisehippo1561
    @noisehippo1561 3 месяца назад +2

    Perfect duo!🎉

  • @rainbowashford2325
    @rainbowashford2325 4 месяца назад +2

    First to hop onto this video!! I love all your contents!

  • @quietusplus1221
    @quietusplus1221 4 месяца назад +3

    Yay! Emma!

  • @TheMakoyou
    @TheMakoyou 3 месяца назад +1

    That cheese is fun to crack open, like peeling bark off a tree. That is why it is named “peeling cheese."

  • @scloh1
    @scloh1 4 месяца назад +1

    Uhm..I'm not in Japan at the moment, but the next chance I get I'm sticking a piece of fried chicken between maple pancakes. That looks amazing! Although there's something intriguing about plain-a** onigiri..

  • @AbbottFrizzell
    @AbbottFrizzell 3 месяца назад +1

    That White Peach bev Emma had was my constant go to while I was visiting. It tasted SOO good and sometimes gave me a lil buzz

  • @mayan226
    @mayan226 3 месяца назад +1

    Seven-Eleven's frozen peperoncino spaghetti is the best. It's also cheap, so be sure to give it a try.

  • @yazz5608
    @yazz5608 3 месяца назад +1

    コンビニじゃないけど、ぼちぼち成城石井の良さに気づく人がいても良さそうなんだが😄

  • @crimsondawn020
    @crimsondawn020 Месяц назад

    Sarah nooooo THAT'S CALLED A STRING CHEESE FOR A REASON GURL lolol

  • @uuu12343
    @uuu12343 4 месяца назад +1

    I can pretty much attest that with the konbini alone, you could probably identify 5 days worth of food to have if you really cant think of what to eat
    Then on the weekends, go for Ramen, rinse and repeat
    Just the famichiki alone would work for breakfast, albeit...unhealthy

  • @kochichris
    @kochichris 4 месяца назад +1

    I like edamame snacks(from the rabbit dried chips, dried flat chips, and puffy version)for lunch mostly chicken yakkitori with egg salad sando~☆ dessert i like soymilk yogurt with kinako powder. For drink is green tea like hocha or genmai, or barley or matcha with soy milk, or plain soymilk😊

  • @DukeTogo505
    @DukeTogo505 4 месяца назад +2

    That yogurt drink looks good

  • @pollyjeanz
    @pollyjeanz 4 месяца назад +2

    ♥♥♥♥💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗♥♥♥♥💗💗💗💗

  • @thepsychopotato
    @thepsychopotato 3 месяца назад +2

    I wouldn't be surprised when Emma appears on a TC vid again, she would still be wearing the eye mask.

  • @svenp.8378
    @svenp.8378 4 месяца назад +2

    Schönes Lied 😂❤ Im hungry now

  • @rebeccaprendergast8596
    @rebeccaprendergast8596 3 месяца назад +1

    Daiso in Australia sells those chocolate almonds and I am totally addicted.

  • @ohabsolutelynot
    @ohabsolutelynot 4 месяца назад +2

    Emma! Yes.

  • @MsHetha
    @MsHetha 4 месяца назад +2

    Emma, I thought you were lactose intolerant. Your poor tumbly!

  • @alstonjacobs4934
    @alstonjacobs4934 3 месяца назад +1

    "did you put the mic in the bag this time" 😂10/10 editing

  • @ehtcom
    @ehtcom 3 месяца назад +1

    Pretty sure I had Famichiki every day.

  • @faitht.685
    @faitht.685 3 месяца назад +1

    Omg yes the 7/11 apples are my fav !!

  • @fruiitpunchsamurai2158
    @fruiitpunchsamurai2158 4 месяца назад +1

    Not a conbini but I love the 99 yen castella cake at seiyuu

  • @kklchau
    @kklchau 4 месяца назад +1

    Fujiya cream puff beats Beard Papa

  • @liverpoolfc1023
    @liverpoolfc1023 4 месяца назад +1

    The best conbini snack in Japan is a black thunder bar 🔥🔥🔥

  • @areasevenpro
    @areasevenpro 4 месяца назад +5

    My go-to snacks in Japan are Black Thunder, Big Thunder, and Noir cookies.

  • @vashtor4048
    @vashtor4048 3 месяца назад +1

    Loving Sera's ASMR bag opening

  • @jeffrey88888
    @jeffrey88888 4 месяца назад +1

    7 Eleven in Thailand has really good onigiri

  • @stephaniegrady8
    @stephaniegrady8 4 месяца назад +2

    Lawson ❤

  • @rockinrootbeer1795
    @rockinrootbeer1795 4 месяца назад +1

    IIRC, Sharmeleon recommended the convienence store zaru soba/udon in one of her videos, too. I was looking forward to trying it when I eventually go to Japan, but that won't be happening now that I know it's only available in the summer since I'm planning on visiting later in the fall. Oh well, at least I'll still be able to get warm soup-style noodles. That'll probably be more practical for the colder seasons anyways.
    I also want to try different kinds of onigiri, especially the ginger flavored one Emma tried in the "trying every onigiri" video she did with Abroad in Japan a while back.
    Edit: changed the noodle from ramen to soba/udon because I my memory is atrocious, apparently.

    • @sharlainjapan
      @sharlainjapan 4 месяца назад +3

      You can find zaru soba in cooler seasons too, it’s a regular item at lots of conbini :)

    • @rockinrootbeer1795
      @rockinrootbeer1795 3 месяца назад

      @@sharlainjapan
      That's good to know, thank you!

  • @sankyuu_eikaiwa
    @sankyuu_eikaiwa 3 месяца назад

    Whenever I need my Aussie/Japan hit I just give you guys a watch 😂
    Not any fellow Aussies anywhere near me here in Gunma 🤣

  • @andrewwylie8968
    @andrewwylie8968 3 месяца назад

    Aloha from Maui 🌈 Thank you for another fun video and your recommendations! I will be in Fukuoka for three weeks studying at Meiji Academy in June and July. I will be on a student's budget, so this is perfect. I am looking forward to discovering my favorites. Do you have any favorite spots that I shouldn't miss? And it's great to see you Emma. 😊

  • @jaredbowhay-pringle1460
    @jaredbowhay-pringle1460 3 месяца назад

    Strawberry yoghurt drink and melon pan was my go-to conbini breakfast. Citrus (or honey) flavoured crisps on the other hand...ergh.

  • @konroz
    @konroz 3 месяца назад

    i must be missing something? how can Emma be healed from her milk allergy? my doc said that ship sailed without me around my 18th birthday, the allergies i had that time was diagnosed as permanent and i just keep developing new ones. Except for pet fur, if i am not in contact with them for a year, i can be around them for a few hours, than it comes back, if i extend the period T-T so that one is renewing one. And i was never really allergic to pets anyway, it is bothers my body, if there are many pollens in the air; and i took several allergy test during my life, that i know pet fur was several times negativ, but if the next period i did not keep distance from pets, it got positive again

  • @deaddrunkgamer7399
    @deaddrunkgamer7399 3 месяца назад

    pretty sure Jordan would be all over that popcorn xD
    Though yeah the convinient store pasta oof i eat way to many of those one my way to the hotel from drinking, besides that, i've been avoiding them recently.
    besides 7/11 atm that is.

  • @konroz
    @konroz 3 месяца назад

    14:26 what's the risk? XD burning eyes, if you are allergic to lavender or idk what is inside :D i hate the smell of lavender and i am allergic to camomile, but maybe if there are other options and i will be lucky to fly on a plane for a whole day, i will try something similar :3

  • @hozay6552
    @hozay6552 4 месяца назад +1

    yummy snacks!