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It's mind-boggling that people in here think some fanfare is unnecessary. People _love_ Taco Bell in America. Why? Because it's healthy? No. Because you get a
by spike021 5y ago
It's mind-boggling that people in here think some fanfare is unnecessary.
People _love_ Taco Bell in America. Why? Because it's healthy? No. Because you get a large portion of food? No. Because you know the filling is even? Nope.
Why can't people come to Japan and love conbini sandwiches for what they are? An easy, cheap meal.
As someone who isn't a breakfast eater and actually dislikes Toxic (lol) Bell, I love visiting Japan and getting to grab a quick breakfast or morning snack for dirt cheap. A tamago sando, plus a hot bottle of tea, really warm me up and get me going for the day in a different place.
Sure the MSG that is likely in the tamago salad helps matters, but why's that an issue?
It's odd to see.
I have made several friends in Japan who are locals, and most of them enjoy their conbini food as much as I do and are surprised when I show them what we get (or explain what we don't get) here in the US at our convenience stores.
It seems lately that there's this anti-foreigner hate thing going on, mostly by expats (?) where it's like non-expats aren't allowed to enjoy things that are common in Japan or something. Clearly in general, sandwiches there are good because otherwise they wouldn't be such a popular item that even many locals will grab on their way to work or a picnic or...
Again, mind-boggling.
- makeitdouble 5y agoReading your comment it reminds me when I was drinking 4 to 5 times a day from the coffee dispenser at my first job. Was it good ? Hell no. Was it cheap ? Actually no, granular coffee would have been cheaper. Was it convenient ? Yes, it was the only hot drink available without going outside and lining at some register. If someone came to me and said “that coffee is awesome, so distinct, why can’t people enjoy it more ?” I’d be dumbfounded. As you say, we shouldn’t brigade people from enjoying what they enjoy, but we shouldn’t be barring people from criticizing what they think is really subpar either. As long as it’s just an opinion and nobody’s feelings are hurt, it shouldn’t matter.
- Timpy 5y agoI'm assuming the author is from the US. Convenience stores in Japan (and Taiwan) fill a niche that's desperately missing in the US: they're actually convenient. I can't get good tasting, cheap, fast, not-unhealthy food anywhere in the US. I'm not saying it's the greatest food of all time, it just sits in a nice spot on the taste/price/convenience/doesn't make you feel like shit when you eat it axis.
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- humanrebar 5y agoWawa usually has good options meeting your criteria.
- Timpy 5y agoI'm not refuting you at all, but I had never heard of Wawa and I had to google it. Maybe if I grew up in a Wawa area I wouldn't get the infatuation with convenience stores in Asia.
- rdiddly 5y agoIt's not anti-foreigner hate in that case, it's the desperate status posturing of an expat trying to convince themselves there's a difference between them and a tourist.
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- suction 5y agoThere are many more countries than the US and Japan, my friend. And many with much better cuisines than those two.
- oska 5y ago> An easy, cheap meal. They're not; combini sandwiches are junk food. So this is a shallow, faddish paean to junk food and deserves to be shot down. Just because Japanese people also eat junk food doesn't mean it should be celebrated (while all the healthy, delicious Japanese food gets ignored).
- esyir 5y agoI'll celebrate junk food all I want, thank you very much. I love the absolute junk heap of fast food, mass produced puddings and cakes and the combini bentos too. The retort pouches and freeze dried meals occupy a special spot in my heart.