One of the foods that you would like to try when you stay in Japan is Rice ball. Moreover, rice ball from Japanese convenience stores comes in a wide variety of flavors!
Rice ball
Rice ball is often referred to Onigiri in Japanese. It shapes usually triangle or round. It’s covered with dried seaweed and coated with a little salt. The filling can be anything! Baked salmon, pickled plum and tuna and mayonnaise are popular here.
Furthermore, it’s very easy to cook at your home so that Japanese people often enjoy onigiri!
Japanese convenience stores
Japanese people call convenience stores “Konbini”. The word of “Konbini” is well known for other country’s people. Why? Because Japanese Konbini is very special.
There are huge variety goods at Konbini such as foods, beverages, books, dairy necessities, medicine, under wears, stationeries and more. Furthermore, the foods are fresh fruits, hot snacks, salads, main meals like pasta or Humburg stake and authentic desserts. Any foods at Konbini are tasty!
Chicken, Wasabi and soy sauce Onigiri
Let me share one of the Konbini Onigiri. It tastes chicken, wasabi and soy sauce. Onigiri from Konbini is truly tasty and there are many kinds of flavors.
Have you tired Wasabi before? Wasabi is a Japanese condiment made with the root of Wasabi plant. Japanese Wasabi is different taste from one that is served in other countries. Wasabi in overseas is often made with horseradish, mustard, and green food coloring instead. Authentic Japanese Wasabi is sharp, pungent and tangy! The spiciness is totally different from chili pepper. It has fleeting heat that tingles the nose rather than the tongue. Wasabi’s spicy tastes clear the sinuses, but its heat dissipates quickly! It is commonly associated with Japanese cuisine and is most famously paired with sushi, sashimi and other seafood dishes.
Such a pungent wasabi is in a Onigiri with chicken seasoned with soy sauce. How Japanese-ish it is! The tangy spiciness gets mild thanks to the rich chicken flavor, but the pungency comes your nose after one bite. It’s just right! In addition, the chicken is tender. The soy sauce flavor chicken goes well with wasabi so much. Wasabi makes the chicken light and refreshing taste! Ony fillings are too much overpowering so that the part of rice is necessary. The rice is chill but it’s soft interestingly.
Just try it once! It’s sold at Seven Eleven Japan!
Please check more konbini in my article if you could.
Summary
The tastiest point for Onigiri is crispy dried seaweed. Japanese konbini Onigiri has a unique wrapping style to keep a seaweed crispy. Thanks to the wrapping, you can enjoy a delicious Onigiri anytime and anywhere! Let’s check the wrapping as well at Konbini!
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