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Shinjuku Midnight Snack?
If you're at Shin-Okubo, the 7-Eleven there usually has a small section of Korean snacks mixed in, so keep an eye out for the honey butter almond chips. Those things are dangerously easy to finish in one sitting. For something warm, grab a cup of the corn potage soup from the hot drink machine, it's thick and savory and hits different at 3am when the air gets chilly. And don't sleep on the frozen section, the mango and coconut ice cream bars in the individual wrappers are better than they have any right to be for under 200 yen.
You're in for a treat at 3am in a Tokyo convenience store. Skip the obvious and head straight to the refrigerated section for the egg salad sandwich, it's on fluffy white bread with a creamy yolk filling that puts any American version to shame. For a hot snack, grab the karaage kun fried chicken pieces near the register, they're bone-in and marinated in soy and ginger. If you want something sweet, the pudding cups with caramel sauce on top are the real deal, and they're only about 200 yen.
The 7-Eleven near Shin-Okubo is solid but you're actually closer to the Korean town there, so the convenience store tends to stock some crossover items. Look for the choco pies in the snack aisle, the ones that look like little moon pies but have different cream fillings depending on the season. Also grab a bottle of the Kirin Mets cola, it's a zero calorie fizzy drink that tastes closer to a real cola than anything diet should. For something savory, the fried chicken skin snacks in the chip section are dangerously addictive.
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Where can I find crispy, pan-fried bacon similar to a certain international style?
if u have a costco membership the kirkland thick cut is the move, 4 packs of 500g for around 2500 yen and it crisps up proper in a cold pan. for smaller runs, precce in azabudai hills & the basement at isetan shinjuku both carry imported US & danish brands in the chilled case, just read the label for "thick cut" or "smoked" and not "loin". also worth knowing japanese bacon is often wet-cured so pat it dry before frying or it steams instead of crisping
kaldi coffee farm is hit or miss but their smoked bacon from denmark shows up pretty regular, the 200g pack runs about 600 yen. what actually works better for me is asking the butcher counter at peacock or life to slice the block bacon thick, like 5mm, they do it for free and it crisps way better than the pre-packed stuff. also fwiw cheap bacon crisps faster, the fatty supermarket kind at 300 yen a pack works fine if u cook it from cold in a dry pan and pour off the fat as it renders.
tbh the gyomu super store brand bacon is surprisingly decent for crisping up, its not thick cut but if you cook it low and slow it gets pretty crunchy. the key is the dry cure vs wet cure thing, wet cure steams. also check hanamasa if you have one nearby, they sell big packs of american style bacon thats actually smoked and firm.