Umaibo Stick  (Veggie Salad + Cheese) - Savory Snack Pack: Asian Food Market, NJ

More Umaibo sticks from the Savory Sack Pack I bought from the Asian Food Mart.

These are puffed corn sticks that are really popular in Japan because they are cheap and come in tons of flavors. I already tried the corn potage ones and they were delicious! This time I have veggie salad and cheese.

These two labels had no context clues and no English. I had to google the packages to find out what the flavors are supposed to be.

First up is veggie salad, it smells the same as the corn potage stick. Plastic, and corn.

Does it taste like a salad? No. I honestly don’t know how to describe this taste. It’s kind of sour, like unripe produce and it has the same rice cake texture as the others. This time there is a tangy sour taste. I don’t think I want to eat this flavor ever again.

I hope cheese is better.

The cheese smells faintly cheesy. It’s slightly yellow-orange, and looks like a giant Cheeto. It tastes like an extremely mild cheese curl. It’s better than the salad flavored one, but not by much. I would rather have some actual Cheetos than one or two of these sticks.

Out of the three, corn potage is the winner by a mile. These other two flavors just don’t do it for me. I honestly have no desire to ever eat these two flavors ever again. I am taking a break before I try the other Umaibo sticks.

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