Low Calorie Nikuman

This is from a few months ago, but it relates to my recent tendency to eat nikuman for breakfast. Sunkus Circle K convenience stores introduced low calorie nikumans to their stores.

One nikuman typically has 208 to 220 calories, while this new low calorie nikuman only has 128 calories.

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Yogurt Named Trend of the Decade in US

When I was young, very few people ate yogurt in the US. It was considered to be something for vegetarians or tree-huggers.

Yogurt eventually came to take up lots of shelf space, but the varieties I have seen in the US have not been very appealing - they all seem to be no fat for adults or overly sweet and a strange color for kids. Yogurt in Japan and Europe tastes better, in my opinion. It is very good that yogurt's nutritional value is becoming well known.

The news as I see it is that Americans are finally starting to realize the benefit of probiotics, for which yogurt is a natural match.

The realizations of yogurt and probiotics lag way behind Europe and Asia though. Sort of like finally discovering the obvious.

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100 Yen Sale at Mister Donut

Periodically, Mister Donut in Japan runs 100 yen sales where most of the donuts are on sale for that price. That ends up being a pretty good discount, because the regular price for donuts is between 120 and 147 yen.

We were reading and drinking coffee for about 2 hours in our local Mister Donut this past Sunday and it was pretty amazing. There was a constant line of people extending out the door, and most people where buying in bulk for takeout.