Pizza-La Doritos from Japan

When we decided to open an online store and international snack blog one of the most exciting countries we wanted to explore was Japan.   For many years we’ve heard rumors of outrageous flavors of snack brands that are based out of the US.  Well, the rumors are true and we are several reviews into delicious and rare snacks from Japan.  We hope to add Japanese snacks to our inventory later in the year.  Until then, we will continue to highlight some of our findings and narrow down our inventory selection.  Our snack imported from Japan under review today is made by Doritos. 

Doritos has an interesting history.  They came about in Casa De Fritos, a Mexican restaurant in Disneyland.  The restaurant produced their in-house chip until a distributor asked to take them regionally to other restaurants.  They caught on and two years later Doritos were mass-produced and offered for sale all over America.  Today they are among the best selling chips in the world and come in a variety of flavor in the US and across the world.  Our review today is of a rare flavor that is only available in Japan.  Let’s take a look at Pizza-La Doritos.

Our sample for our snack review is a fairly large single serving bag.  Pizza-La is the largest delivery chain of pizza in Japan and their logo is placed across the top in a white bar.  Under the name “Pizza-La” the package reads “All the taste and topping you want on a pizza straight from our oven to your door.”  Under that there is a supreme pizza, a gold triangle that reads “Get’s” and a profile of a smiling man that reads “Open up with your Smile.”  We tried to open with our smile, without any luck we decided to rip them open and start our taste test.

To be honest we thought the initial burst of air from the package would be more overpowering and obviously pizza-like.  Instead it was faint and had a more corn based smell to it.  The chips themselves were thick and appeared to look like a typical, normal American Doritos chips.  The crunch was right and the flavor was weak, but still pleasant.  It did have a small pizza zing to it but we hoped for a more blatant flavor.  Overall the Pizza-La Doritos from Japan are good, but not great.

More Japanese Snack

Will World of Snacks offer the Pizza-La Doritos in the US and shipped worldwide?  We definitely hope so.  We want to carry every single flavor offered in Japan. We previously lined up a suppler in Japan and had everything set to go but unfortunately the arrangement fell apart.  We are currently in negotiations with others.  Until then, why not try some of our British Snacks?  If you’d like to be notified when our Japanese Snacks are added to our store be sure to leave your details to the right. 

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