YAMASAN KYOTO UJI Dorayaki Mini Red Bean Pancake Wagashi 6.49oz

delicious and nice snacking size.

Each individually wrapped pancake has a little oxygen absorber tab in it which works to keep the snack fresh and moist. The pancake is not too sweet. The red bean paste in the middle provides the sweetness, but not in a cloying way. One makes a great snack. Get Chef Mike to heat you up three of them (30 seconds on high separated; not stacked) put a dab of butter on two of them, stack and pour a little syrup over them. Or, if you're adventurous, use a little Mike's Hot Honey. Then a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Voila!

Taste is fine though they're pretty small. The pancake part is a bit sticky and the texture is a little weird, but I think that's just what happens when you put a sweet not-shoer-dry bread in a package, I've had the same offness in shelf stable waffles from good stores. I like these occasionally enough that making them is not worth it and buying fresh is not possible for me so I'd rebuy for sure.

Really lite snack and kind of expensive but they are good. They taste a lot like figs which I love. I will probably buy them again in the future but might try the green ones first.

My boys liked these, but they were too dry for my preference. I have had these homemade ones, which will always be better, but I was expecting something with better moisture content since they were individually wrapped. So I don't know if they weren't fresh or made with the dry texture intentionally. The center has a subtle sweetness that is hard to explain unless you have tried the beans that flavor the center before. I bought them because I hadn't seen the treats in a long time. The size of these is like a silver dollar pancake, no bigger. I was surprised how small they were. I gave three stars because my teen boys asked for more. If it were me alone, I didn't like them, but perhaps I am holding it up to a too high a bar- the homemade gold standard.

Tasty kawaii size doroyaki. Not expired, not too sweet, good texture and enough red bean paste to taste like the real thing. Not as good as those I bought fresh from my trip to Japan or Hawaii, but it’s the next best thing.

The package arrived in great condition, the little filled pancakes are fresh and soft. The filling is a little sweeter than I expected but still very good. They smell like pancakes. No fancy wrapping, just practical. Usually I am not a fan of extra wrapping because of the amount of waste it creates, but as a rare treat these are ok. I will buy them again, but not often.

If there was one treat I missed desperately after leaving Japan, it was this. I'm so happy I can have them here! Perfect little addition to my lunch box for a quick mini-dessert. Absolutely worth every penny!