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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Japanese Food Review #32: Happiness Chips

Calbee makes a line of chips called "Shiawase" (meaning happiness) chips. Today I'll review two limited edition flavors. First up, Happiness Butter:
Many people assume that butter alone can create happiness, but in fact it takes the harmony of four flavors coming together to create true joy. In this case we have butter, honey, parsley, and sour cream. Sounds like a horrible idea, right?

Ratings:
Gaybot: 3.5   It wasn't horrible, but it was too sweet and didn't even really taste like honey. I don't understand why butter is a standard flavor in Japan.
Girlbot: 5  She wouldn't buy them again.
Overall: 4.25

Next we have Happiness Cheese:
It seems that one of the key components to happiness is honey, because it is the only ingredient found in both chips. The other three flavors are all cheese this time: gorgonzola, mozzarella, and parmesan. The honey flavor was stronger and more distinct this go around, while the cheese was just cheese as far as I could tell.

Ratings:
Gaybot: 7  Surprisingly good.
Girlbot: 7  She would like to eat them again. (This seems to be her standard comment now. Kind of a cool catchphrase I guess.)
Overall: 7

Happiness Cheese, you win this round.

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