Well, go home AFTER you have visited the factory of course! Then you’d have some place to enjoy the chocolates! Whether you are going to get them as a gift, bringing them to a house or dorm party, or just to eat them alone, you are going to want to check this out!
As you know, Kit Kat in Japan has some really funky flavors, and they are taking distribution and sales to the next level – by opening a specialty store at Seibu Department Store in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro. Known as the Kit Kat Chocolatory, you can find lots and lots of the sweet chocolate-coated wafer bars of pure deliciousness inside! And that’s not all!
According to IT Media, flavours will change seasonally, will cater to adult tastes, and they have teamed up with sweet shop Le Patissier Takagi and pastry chef Yasumasa Takagai to develop the new flavours to be sold at the shop.
The store opened on 17 January 2014, and the special Kit Kats on sale as of writing this article are the “Sublime Bitter” made with couverture (very high quality chocolate made with extra cocoa butter and proper tempering, so your tongue will “taste the rainbow” when you eat it), “Special Cherry Blossom Green Tea” which cherry blossom extract powder, and “Special Chili” that coats chili pepper cream between the wafers. And with more on the way, you will be spoilt for choice, for a long time!
The “Sublime Bitter” Kit Kat sold out on opening day despite having 500 bars of it! On a typical day, the shop is said to only stock up to 300 a day, since the couverture has to be added by hand. For that it will cost you! (one “Sublime Bitter” bar for 315-yen (US$3), and a box of ten goes for 3413-yen (US$32.50). Ouch!)
Giveaway!
Should any of you readers be travelling to Japan for business or for pleasure, you might want to check out the Chocolatory if you happen to pass by Ikebukuro district.
Let us know in the comments if there is any flavour that you want to try which does not exist at the moment. Be sure to include what you want it to contain! From now (as of this article’s posting) till 31st January 2014, the best, most delicious sounding flavour response on AFA Channel’s Facebook or in the comment box below gets a box of Japanese Shin Shu Apple flavour Kit Kat, we might even throw in the Kobe Pudding Flavour if the reponses are good.
How to win:
1. Leave a comment on the flavour you would like to try on AFACHAN Facebook page or as a reply to our twitter message or comment in the comment box below.
2. Email to contact@afachan.asia with your name and flavour.
3. Getting people to like your comments would also help us with making a decision~ =D
4. Winner will announced on AFA Channel!
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