I want to eat Filipino snacks. With that in mind, I visited "Asia Yao Show," a store rich in Philippine ingredients in Kinshicho, Tokyo. I was able to buy various items that looked good with beer knobs, so I immediately tried them.

Go to Kinshicho

The Asia Yayo Show is just a short walk west on Hokusai-dori from the north exit of Kinshicho Station. From imported foods to vegetables often used in ethnic dishes, they are lined up in the store and in front of the store. I randomly bought several types.

Fish-flavored snacks?

First of all, the snack "LALA FISH CRACKERS (SWEET CHILI)" with golden fish printed on the package (110 yen, tax not included, same below). It is a fried confectionery made from wheat flour, and as the name suggests, it uses fishmeal. The bag is exotic, but the contents that come out after opening the bag are not so different from Japanese snacks.


When I grab it, the sweetness spreads in my mouth with a lot of saltiness. The spiciness continues to catch up. The flavor of sweet chili, a bright red seasoning that is often added to Southeast Asian dishes such as chicken rice, is the same. It tastes like fish, but I didn't feel it so strong.

Fried pig skin!

Next is "Best 1 CHICHARON LAMAN Strips" (250 yen). It seems to be a snack made from fried pork skin. There were several flavors in the shop, but I chose the garlic flavor.


When you take one and throw it into your mouth, it has an interesting texture such as crispy, polypoli, and pokupoku, unlike the impression you imagined when you heard it as pig skin. When I put it in my mouth, I don't think it's too stuffy, but after a while after eating it, I'm quite hungry.


Even if it comes out as it is at an izakaya, it seems to be convincing, and it is a taste that makes you want beer. A refreshing overseas brand such as "San Miguel" seems to suit.