7pm in Tokyo - Kaldi

I absolutely love Pocari Sweat, but the only store in town that sells it that I'm aware of involves taking an extremely annoying detour to get to. :|

nice way to compare a restaurant and a content page ^^;; Also Danny if you want a good coffee try the Colombian one, we are known internationally for our coffee after all ^-^

Oh nice they have Snyder's in Japan too. I spy Ferrero Rocher in you hands ^^ Good stuff. Do they have Mexican food there too?

Nice to see that char siew rice is available in Japan^^ I like the fanta grape juice drink that's sold in Japan, but I have to travel all the way into the city if I need to get it T__T

fresh melonpan ^^;;

well, i guess it's not too difficult to get... just not exactly convenient to have to drive to a japanese bakery.

love snyder's... will have to pick some up next time i'm at the grocery store ^_^

The coffee is a nice touch - I see customers browsing because of it, could even compel them to buy something just for the free coffee.

That's really cool... kinda like an inverse Pica Pica store (sells Japanese goods). I go there alot >.<

Hey Danny, I always meant to ask, and you'd be in the know more than most people, are there any delicatessens in Tokyo? It's hard to imagine that cold cuts and cheese would be in the Japanese diet, but 2 out of the 3 girls that my cousin hosted a few years ago loved slab bacon and bologna of all things. Just curious. ^^

I now know what store I'll be frequenting should I opt to live in Japan.

that sure is one heck of a way to compare sites with stores
i've haven't thought about it 'that' in-depth before but it certainly is an interesting insight

Don't really drink coffee too much because it stains my teeth...

Shops like this are always awesome and you tend to find unique items each visit.

My all time favourite Japanese chocolate/snack thing has to be Meiji Choco Baby. I love the Coffee Beat too...so much yummy Meiji stuff... but ChocoBaby chocolate is soooo yummy.

Other favourite foreign(and hard to get...) food? Meronpan is a new favourite.... but I'm a fairly decent baker...so if I got my mits of a decent recipe I bet I could try making some. Might do when I'm at home over easter... Ramune is a gimicy-favourite. My friend got hooked more than I did. She went and ordered 6 more bottles from CyberCandy lol. Along with other sweets n stuff for her and her sisters birthday. I would order some more stuff... but its only worth it if I order over £15 of goods... since shipping is like £6-7....(food=fast delivery lol)

Ooooh, have they honey mustard flavored ones of Snyder's? That stuff's yummy!

Meiji's Melty Kiss...
Their advert really got me addicted to EXILE as well（＞＿＜）あつしいい〜！！！

Danny...how come you never talk about music on your site?? Tell as what you like（＾。＾）

Coffee is a complicated world, it's not just about quality of beens.
Usually I like to get in a new shop and look around, and after a few times realized I had skipped stuff.

It's not Japanese, but I miss Norwegian mayo, chocolate, and coffee.

Ferrero Rocher are really good, as are Snyder's but I don't think I've ever tried the jalapeno kind. I usually just pick up a couple bottles of Calpico Peach, strawberry, and normal whenever I'm at the asian market and I also try to pick up a new snack that I've never tried before just to see what's good.

In that case, how would a wagashi shop fare in Toronto?

That's a cute looking store. :D

Quick question: do they have decent cheese at Kaldi? I've heard anything beyond processed cheese food is difficult to find in Japan, and the thought of spending an entire academic year without decent cheese terrifies me. XD

As for Japanese food that I love, I'm in love with nikuman. I found a Japanese conbini in LA while at AX last July, and got completely hooked on those doughy, meaty buns. Unfortunately, being in a small town, I can't find them where I live. I did find a recipe, but it definitely needs some tweaking, and takes forever too. They came out too bready, and not doughy enough, were a little dry, and took something like 7 hours to make a batch. >.< Yeeeah, recipe tweaking is definitely in store.

I want some coffee now >_<

I go down the international foods isle at my HEB from time to time. Sometimes I get the uhh, I forget the brand name but they are soups like miso soup and spring lemon with rice noodle. Also pocky is down that isle! ^^

i think what danny is saying about the " need thumbnails to see what goods" is kinda a guy thing that u need pictures and everything and prices instead of having to ask for it and slowly browse through? the need to see everything in one glance

You should check http://www.yamaya.jp/ I always take products from Europe there, specially from Italy and Spain :)

I like Yamaya for international foods, plus I see more of them around. Can't find store locations on the Kaldi website.

Snyders' has a factory about 30 miles from me, those Jalapeno flavor pretzels are among my favorites, i can send you big bags ^^

We have supermarkets here called T&T that has a lot of Asian imported foods. Very convenient, but I'm sure there are a few things from Indonesia that I can't find here... salak or snakeskin is hard to find. I miss Manggis (don't know the English word for it). But getting IndoMie Mi Goreng is VERY easy here! I even got bored of it because we bought a whole box XD

food again and again !!!!!

I miss this delicious milk-yogurt ish drink I had in China last winter.

I grew up in Holland and have been living in Canada since '96.
Mostly I miss the Dutch junk food (fries with mayonnaise or peanutsauce, frikandellen, korketten) and the Dutch licorice (sp?)

mmm... Snyder Pretzels, I got hooked on those while staying in Rochester, Minnesota. ^^ never got to try the creamy caramel on the bottom of the picture though. ^^

I just had some coffee...yum. That store looks good and I love getting free samples of food! ^_^

Reminds me of "Glodok Electronic" here in Jakarta.. though they didn't sell food & drinks from overseas. they're selling electronic stuff & household supplies, but they also got free snacks & coffee...

I guess I'll try to check how much would it cost for a Snyder's in Jakarta... I think I've seen them somewhere in imported goods 'high-class' stores... It will definitely be expensive, but..
Jalapenos are tantalizing enough for me :D

huh strange, never had maple tea before though I live here. Will give it a try if i see it. I bet if you asked us, we would do some shipping for you Danny haha

It's nice that they give food, it's like Costco. I would rather not have to pay more for food though. And what an interesting way to look at websites...

The Snyder pretzels are awesome, but the cheese flavour is absolutely the best!

There's a shop which sell all Japan snacks, a lot of variety & I can get whatever popular Japanese snack there.

YAY! Love Snyders! O_O What if it was Schniezel from Code Geass! O_O He has his own brand of crazy pretz! LMAO J/k J/k
~HK

I'm not surprised at those parallels, Danny - technology changes, habits change, but in the end people and the way attraction/wants/needs work don't change.

As for food? Any sort of Asian junk food. We can get them here, but there's helluva expensive. x_x Going back to HK for the summer - I can guarantee you I'll be stuffing all my luggage and carry-ons with junk food instead of padding, and it'll still be gone before the month is over.

It's really hard to find marzipan in my town, there are only small cake decorations and candy with marzipan "taste" that don't taste as marzipan at all. But when I was about 10 there were loads of marzipan candy imported from Germany and other yummy stuff.

Interesting comparison, like transferring one mental mapping across contexts...

Gotta love little shops like this. Our mechanics' joint is kinda like that, real community feel. Always takes forever when we go there 'cause you always stop for coffee and a chat. Otherwise just bounce over into the older parts of West End for coffee, cheese and awesome :D

Man I really want a coffee now... time to go grind-ze-beans me thinks.

Hahaha... poor you Danny...

We can get Char Siew Rice anywhere in here... well in most Chinese Kopitiam or restaurant surely...

Is there any China Town there ? Maybe you can get them there... I never been to Japan, so I don't know about it... poor me >_<

How about other Chinese food like "Dim Sum" ... can you get them there?

Interesting thoughts on the similarities between web sites and restaurants. I agree on them mostly. But you have to consider that there are many types of clients and some may be scared away if you try to direct them around with too strong directions/suggestion, eg they want to discover stuff on their own pace:)

I never really liked Snyders they always have this weird taste to them that lacks in flavor. Rold gold FTW.

I miss the seasonal Meiji Rich Maccha Chocolate. Seems you can only get that for a few weeks at the end of the year in Japan or you have to have it shipped out via Jlist. Shipping really makes for an expensive treat though.
Like the comparison of the store/restaurant to a web site. It's human perception isn't it. Interesting...

The parallel between web sites and stores is interesting, will keep that in mind when I'm going to buy stuff.
About foreign stuff, not really food, but I'm addicted to Djarum Black, a fine Indonesian tobacco product, which I heard has a ridiculously low price in Indonesia, but costs a fortune over here. Well, guilty pleasures have their prices.:)

"Lately I've been comparing how physical retail stores and restaurants are similar to websites. Customers go to a restaurant for good food (quality of posts) but generally don't want to eat the same thing every day which is why there has to be a variety of dishes (diversity of post content)."

That's a very nice analogy you got there and I agree to it ^_____^

I'd follow this analogy in the revamp of our site ^___^

Craftys here on shoots in LA have an abundance of those snyder things as well.

i love coffe and i love japan so i guess that would be like a mini paradise for me.

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free samples are awesome... hahahah i go to Costco wholesale sometimes with my friends just to check out their free samples and eat hot dogs =D

free coffee! w00t! w00t!

Yess! Kaldi is definitely one of my favourite shops in Tokyo right now. I usually hang out in the 2 shimokita branches... last xmas I spent there way too much money for cookies ingredients!

i luv those pretzels you get on planes

Those Snyder's pretzels are the tops . Try the cheese flavor.

What I miss? Haggis and Haddock fish from Britain, fried golden Tilapia with egg strings from Malaysia, Corned Beef sandwiches from Katz Deli in New York and Beef Brisket sandwiches from Nathan's, also in New York (I think).

Pedestrian fare maybe, but very memorable eating experiences for me.

Kaldi is made of awesome. There's one by my place in Sasazuka. They got all those luxuries I love to waste my money on. The only mystery to me is why they have that constant salsa playing in the background all the time. PORQUE?

Two years ago, when I tried to compete in a Japanese Speech contest back in Brunei (which I lost in the preliminary), my Japanese teacher gave everyone a bottle of melon juice (I think).
It was a green bottle..I don't remember whether it was carbonated or not..but I really love it and miss it :(
I still keep the bottle in Brunei..and now I'm here in the UK..
If only I remember the name... =_="

And I miss the local food back in Brunei...can't wait to go back there..but I'll miss the PG tea in UK if I do go back..

Twinkies買いたいなああ

Man, I used to be addicted to those Snyder's pretzel pieces too, specially the honey mustard. I still love them but by avoiding the snack section when I go shopping, I usually don't buy it.

Wow. You don't see shops like that here.

Love Rose's chocolate.. A friend from the UK brings us a bunch when they visit. Only really thing I've tried that I can't get somehow or another in the states.

Can't believe you like a Savaloy, im not a fan of them. Surprised you like them since you always eat what looks like quality food and the odd Macd.

I'd go just for the free coffee^^;...

I miss traditional Japanese dumplings that I would get from a specialty store back in Ann Arbor Michigan as well as some cookies and other food.

There are a lot of foods from Japan that I enjoy but are sometimes hard to acquire in my neck of the woods. For instance, I love those Meiji Muscat flavored gummies with the chocolate covering that are sold in a tube, Pocky(about any flavor), Meiji Melon flavored soda,Morinaga Hi Chews,Kasugai fruit gummies, Shushi(eat about every Friday), and many others, and many many more items that I really can't find very many places in my neck of the woods. I usually stock up on these items when i get the chnace because it might be awhile before I can get them again. As for other international food items,besides Japanese cousine, I really don't have a hard time finding what I am looking for.

i. want. one. of. those.

I spy Ferrero Rocher. Yum! ^-^

For me, I have never left the country of the US so I have probably not tried foods or other imported goods besides the ones you would find at a Asian store like Ranch 99 Supermarket in the Bay Area. Closest I've been to being out of the country is San Diego (Mexico) and Hawaii (probably the closest to Japan I will get in a while).

Wow, that's amazing ~ Snyders will always be one of the great snacks to snack on at all times !

o_o;; it looks really crowded in there... xD just looking at the pictures make me really hungry ^^;;

Looks like dogfood :P

I loved Kaldi when I was in Japan. Practically lived there.

damn thats tore looks mint, wish there was one over here though selling japanese food at low prices, coz i have seen thr prices on japanese imports and they cost a bomb.

I love coffe, looks like a nice clean store.

Thailand Salt Fish Chips, best snack ever. Can't find it here in Canada :(.