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A whole boiled-egg inside?!! Try some UNIQUE convenience store rice-balls!
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Update date
- 2017-11-16
At convenience stores such as Seven Eleven, Family Mart, and Lawson, you can get rice balls that are cheap, delicious, and able to eat at practically anywhere! We call a rice ball `Onigiri`!
So… why are rice balls so attractive and popular among people in Japan?
Convenience store rice balls...
- have many variation! There are usually about 15-20 kinds at a store
- are “cheap”! ($1~2)
- can be eaten at … pretty much anywhere in short time! (maybe not during meetings but… haha)
- are perfect for all meals! You can have them for busy breakfast, for lunch (with some other side dishes like miso-soup), and even for snacks!
Do you know the most popular/standard onigiri in Japan?
These are the BIG 3!
No. 1 : Tuna Mayonnaise
The perfect combination of salty tuna and creamy & sour mayonnaise makes it the firmly established No. 1!
No. 2 : Salmon
When we imagine a typical rice-ball, salmon is the one! It's a must if you're trying onigiri for the first time!
No. 3 : Kombu (cooked w/ sugar & soy sauce)
The sweet and salty kombu goes very well with rice! This would be one of the healthiest rice-balls at convenience stores!
Okay… enough about the standard onigiri… let me introduce you some unique ones that you may or may not try :)
Entry No.1 : Katsudon (deep-fried pork cutlet on rice with stewed egg)
It is one of the popular dishes in Japanese food, but…
It tasted just like Katsudon but it was a little dry… I would just eat the real Katsudon instead next time but it’s only $1.5! Very reasonable!!
Entry No.2 : Soft-boiled Egg (the whole egg is inside the rice-ball!!)
This was actually my favorite! The rice is flavored as weak teriyaki and that goes so well with a soft-boiled egg. This is very filling too! ($2~)
Entry No. 3 : Yakisoba-Rice-Ball
You know Japanese fried noodle, `yakisoba` right? This rice-ball tasted just like that, but is mostly made with rice because it is a rice-ball! haha There were pieces of 1cm short noodle mixed with the rice though! ($1.5~)
Come to Japan and try some basic rice-balls or the Big 3!
If you are down for more adventure, try some weird rice-balls sold at any convenience stores!
