Umaibo! Yummy!

What is this?!?!?!

I recently got two boxes in the mail, both identical and ordered from Skoshbox.

Skoshbox is actually a subscription box service that ships at least 9 candies and snacks  from Japan (via Hawaii) every month for the low cost of $12. I have received several of these boxes and have been pleasantly surprised with all of them. The item pictured above is called Umai ("yummy" or "delicious" ) or Umaibo ("Delicious stick"). They have the texture and crunch of an American cheese curl but the flavors are like nothing you've ever tried.

The box came with 7 sticks but after a long night of gaming, I had one of each left and even that was hard to do. They are soooo good.

Let's check them out!

 The pictured one here is the Teriyaki Burger flavor. It was awesome! I literally thought I was tasting teriyaki flavored beef. So yummy! Very savory and sweet!

The one pictured above is Pizza flavored, but this isn't your American pizza flavored snack. The taste of this actually tastes somewhat like a cheese pizza, as opposed to the American snacks (like Pizza Pringles) which taste mostly like basil tomato sauce. Very nice :)

This stick is Curry flavored. I can't believe how much it actually tasted like Curry. It had the subtle sweetness, and yet the smokey taste of cumin and the mouth tingle of curry. Curry lovers, try this one!

 

 This one is Shrimp and Mayonnaise. Wait! Before you draw back in abject horror, this was actually very good. It reminded me of crab cakes!

My personal favorites would probably have to be the Shrimp and Mayo and the Teriyaki Burger. I've also had the Corn Potage flavor and the Cheese flavor.

So tell me, have you tried these before? What did you like about them? What didn't you like? Favorite flavor?

See you next time my beauties!