Take a bite out of Kyubey's schemes!

Kyubey's head available for consumption!

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ) is a magic girl anime that broke stereotypes and brought the genre into new territory, becoming popular across the world. If you haven't seen it I recommend it, especially after 'that' episode which completely changes the tone. I was sceptical of the series at first but it quickly grew on me.

The series featured a magical creature called Kyubey, he could create contracts to make wishes and give power to girls who desired it. However, beyond his cutesy exterior was a much darker hidden motive. Now, if you go to Lawson you can enact sweet delicious revenge by eating his cute head!

For a limited time you can buy a steamed meat bun adorned with Kyubey's cutesy features...doesn't he look adorable!

But much like in the series, if you bite him in the wrong way, he begins to take a sinister turn...not so cute now huh?

The bun itself is actually really, really tasty. With a sweet and tangy sauce and plenty of meat to go with it. Sometimes with convenience store meat buns you can barely taste or notice the difference between fillings but not in this case!

I had only intended to but it once for novelty value but have bought it twice since and its better than the standard offerings, perfect for warming you up on the chilly days that have crept up on us recently.

Seek out your revenge at a Lawson store near you before he disappears!

Tower Cheese Monstrosity Returns!!

Cheesy Monstrosity was back for one day only!

Despite my intended focus of this blog being games and Japanese media and culture I keep getting sucked into the wonderful world of Ltd. Edition foods and drinks that are constantly being churned out here!

On 20th November, the hamburger chain Lotteria re-released their limited edition tower cheese burger for one day only. The last time they did this they sold out so quickly, but this time I got lucky!
For ¥500 you get just the burger, or for ¥700 you get a small drink and fries too. The drink is essential for all the damn meat you are about to eat...!

The tower cheese burger consists of a bun, 5 big meat patties and ton of cheese wedged inbetween. I saw some pretty horrific monstrosities on twitter the last time this promo took place so was pleasantly surprised to see that mine sort of resembled the promo photo!

It's difficult to eat, being bigger than the average mouth. I chose to attack it from the side, a salaryman infront of my tries to attack it from the bottom but he became a greasy mess within seconds...! The meat is...disappointing. It is edible but one word I would use to describe it is 'mushy'. Didn't feel solid at all, compared to other popular burger chains this is definitely dog food tier meat. There is no way cheese should have that bright yellow colour either, just doesn't look natural!

The main problem was grease, the bun inevitably gets soaked and makes your hands stink! I had to use a bunch of gatsy wipes to get rid of it. As you can see here, the greasy aftermath after you have finished instantly makes you regret your decision.

Is it worth it? For ¥500 you can argue that it is cheap for what you get, 5 patties is filling! But the taste leaves a lot to be desired. It is a good novelty burger to show your friends (...or the internet/instagram!)

If you are interested, I recently saw a sign for another one day only buying chance for the 10th of December, so go find a Lotteria near you and try one!