15 February 2014

Mon


Mon: a bean paste based dough and calzone-like.  The bread is supper soft.  They are served hot and in wrapped in paper.  There are all kinds of filings, the one below appears to be a pizza mon. If you were really desperate to describe them---they could be loosely compared to an American Hot Pocket. 

A 7-11 in Tokyo.  
Photo by Jason Jenkins
"If you think convenience store food is limited to potato chips and dodgy dried meats, then come to Japan, where chains such as Lawson’s, Family Mart and 7-Eleven offer salads, pasta, fruit cocktails, and sushi. Push past the cup noodles and corn dogs and you’ll find a bounty of (relatively) healthy and reasonably priced meals, and you won’t have to stoop to anything freeze-dried, deep-fried, or impaled on a stick." 
–Jason Jenkins, http://www.bonappetit.com