Croquette of 3 convenience stores
7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart, Lawson croquettes from the back on the left. It's a typhoon.

Do you remember "typhoon croquette"? It is a fashion from the Internet to buy croquettes and prepare for typhoon days. Suddenly, I ate and compared the croquettes of 7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart, and Lawson because it was such a day.

"I'm not doing typhoon croquette"

Speaking of typhoon croquette, it became a bit of a topic in 2017, and it became a bargain sale at some supermarket chains. So, on the weekend of July when the typhoon was approaching, I called the store and asked, "Are you doing sales again this year?" But the answer is, "I haven't done it. I have no plans for the time being."

I was a little disappointed, but the typhoon croquette is not a big game, but a play that you can enjoy in a small way. 7-ELEVEN's "Hokujaga Beef Croquette" (90 yen, tax included, same below), FamilyMart's "Famikoro" (80 yen), Lawson's "Side dish croquette" (80 yen) I bought each one.

Croquette of 3 convenience stores
The contents are croquette in the bag of Famichiki

Comparison of eating croquettes from 3 convenience stores
From the left, 7-ELEVEN, FamilyMart, Lawson croquettes

I often buy croquettes at convenience stores when I'm hungry, such as in winter, but I always eat one or two croquettes in 30 seconds to 1 minute, so I decided to taste and compare them for the first time.

7-ELEVEN beef croquette

7-ELEVEN beef croquette
7-ELEVEN's "Hokujaga Beef Croquette" potatoes are lumpy

First of all, 7-ELEVEN's Hokujaga beef croquette. The feature is that the taste of potatoes is firm. It contains a lump of loose potatoes. Black pepper is also good, and it also insists on the flavor of beef. The batter is crispy. It seems that it wasn't fried originally, but it had a better texture because it was put in an oven toaster.

I get the impression that I'm eating potatoes and meat. You can enjoy the sauce that comes with it with or without it. If anything, I liked the taste of the ingredients because it was easier to understand.

FamilyMart's FamilyMart

FamilyMart's "Famikoro"
FamilyMart's "Famikoro" tastes like a side dish

The potatoes of FamilyMart's Famikoro are often crushed. For some reason, I love you for putting it in the "Famichiki" bag. When I try a bite, it feels like a side dish with a strong flavor reminiscent of Japanese "nikujaga", but the taste at home is so pure that it is easy to bite outside.

The clothes are also crispy. It went very well with the attached source. The seasoning of the croquette itself is not defeated by the sauce, and it may be well balanced.

Lawson side dish croquette

Lawson's "Side dish croquette"
Lawson's "side dish croquette" is an impression of Western food

Lawson's side dish croquette, as the name suggests, is a well-flavored croquette, but it feels more like Western food than a side dish. The potatoes are put in small chunks, but the impression is that they are suppressed so as not to insist too much.

The crispness of the batter is on par with the croquettes of other chains. I wonder if all the convenience stores at this time are like this. Maybe the timing of buying it was good. It goes well with the sauce, but it gives a different impression before and after the sauce. After sprinkling, it has a flavor that makes you want rice. Or you can put it in a bun with lettuce or tomato.

All of them are hard to put on, but if I had to give it the best, I liked the Nikujaga-style flavor of Famikoro.

However, there is no doubt that any croquette will be a light pastime if you buy it at a nearby convenience store on a day when you can't go out and grab one while looking at the rain that hits the window.