Tokyo - Convenience Store Food

I was in Japan for 9 days and it was freezing. At night it was averaging around 1°C and in the day around 10°C.

Japan is an expensive place to live in. The cheapest food you can find are in the convenience store such as Lawson, Lawson 100, Sunkus.

Note: The exchange rate was 1000 JPN yen - SGD $14.30 at that point in time.

Nissin - Chilli Tomato - 138yen. (approximately $1.80) I bought this in Lawson.

Nissin cup noodles are pretty common in Singapore but I had never tried the Chilli Tomato flavor. Like stated, it taste like chilli and tomato. The soup base is a little spicy and there is mild taste of tomato and sugar. 

I love the fact that the cooking time is reflected on the cup noodles (3mins) which really helps. Noodle is springy and not soggy. The best cup of noodle I had ever cooked.

Beef noodles - 105yen (approx. $1.50) Huge pack of soup base for extra flavor.

Crunchy vegetables, rich soup base and springy noodles. Beef bits taste like something else.

Onigiri - 129yen. (approx. $1.80, from Lawson) 

Another smart Japanese packaging. (The numberings are actually directions to open the Onigiri. There is Mentaiko (明太子)  (marinated roe of pollock and cod) which gives it a slight salty taste. Very tasty and filling. These are kept warm which is pretty nice for a cold day.

Menchi-katsu (メンチカツ) - 120 yen (approx. $1.70 from Lawson 100)

It is a kind of breaded and deep-fried ground meat cutlet on rice. Nothing beats a warm cutlet with rice in the cold. Ground chicken with delicious sauce. It taste peppery and goes well with the rice.

Dydo - 120yen. (approx. $1.70 from Sunkus) This is a japanese brand of roasted coffee. Pretty sleek packaging.

























The reason why I bought this is because they are giving away MJ pin badges which looks pretty sweet.


































Reduced sugar coffee. Strong rich coffee taste. A little bitter.