We’ve had so much fun shopping at the Chinatown Supermarket since discovering it last year. I love weird stuff packaged in bright colors, and have had fun wandering up and down the aisles picking random drinks, bags of candy, and packages of Ramen based solely on the cute and colorful packaging.
Last week I spotted this item in the checkout lane, and tossed it into the basket on a whim.
What I thought I was buying was a little box filled with sushi-shaped candy. What we got was so much weirder.
Back at home while unpacking our bags, I noticed the back of the box contained instructions.
A lot of instructions.
Curious, I opened the box. Inside, I found a package that contained a small plastic tray, several packets of “candy powder,” an eye dropper, and a small mixer. The back side of the package has a picture of a table, which, based on the picture on the front of the box, is where you’re ultimately supposed to serve the sushi.
Here are the packets, which were color-coded. The brown one was for soy sauce, the orange and green ones were for salmon roe, and so on. On the left you can see the mixer and the bulb.
Assembling candy sushi from scratch seemed more up Morgan’s alley than mine, so here’s where she took over. The first step involved making the rice. Technically speaking, most of the steps were the same — add powder, add water, and stir.
Once everything had been mixed together, it was time to make the sushi. Apparently the instructions were very good, because the end result looked almost exactly like the picture on the front of the box. That fake serving table worked out pretty well!
The only thing left was to scoop up one of our candy creations and do a taste test!
Horrible. Absolutely dreadful. It tasted like a warm Gummy Bear made from cough syrup. After trying one piece each, we tossed the sushi (fake table and all) directly into the garbage. Morgan had a fun time making it, and I had a fun time documenting it, but neither of us had a fun time eating it. We can officially mark “Poppin’ Cookin’ Tanoshii Sushi” off our list and move on to the next random thing we find when we go back!
Dan TDM did a video on a different variety of one of these…a McDonald’s Happy Meal, all in powder form. He has to work with only Japanese instructions, which makes things interesting. He wasn’t brave enough to actually eat it in the end. https://youtu.be/QF3nxc28TLE
Rob, keep in mind that the package made no claims to the final result being palatable in any way – only that it was “so cute and so fun.”
Best blog post EVER!
That reaction picture of you eating the glop is PRICELESS! I still have the laughing hiccups!
I just noticed this direction on the back of the box….”Prepare a glass of water”
Ming the Merciless obviously wrote those directions.
Man, this made my WEEK!