Yamazaki Petit Corn Snacks Fire-Roasted Corn

Grilled corn is summer festival food in Japan.

Every August, yatai stalls line the approach to the shrine with ears of corn turning over charcoal, and the vendor keeps brushing on a soy-based tare that hits the hot kernels and immediately starts to caramelize.

The smell of that — soy sauce scorching over open flame — is the smell of a Japanese summer evening, and it is the specific thing this snack is built to reproduce.

Petit Corn’s fire-roasted flavor is the flagship of the range and the one most Japanese shoppers picture when they hear the name.

The corn pieces are seasoned with a soy tare and then roasted over direct flame, which gives the coating a toasted, faintly smoky depth rather than a flat savory salt.

Some describe it as sitting somewhere between shoyu and barbecue.

The corn flavor underneath is dense and concentrated, and the roasting works with it instead of covering it.

The texture is the lighter end of what Petit Corn does — a clean, crisp snap from the brand’s three-layer construction, less dense than the sweeter variants in the range.

The pieces are plump and shaped after the kernel itself, which makes a 50 g bag look and feel more substantial than the weight suggests.

It has been a supermarket staple for years, and reviews from Japanese shoppers tend to use the word 懐かしい: this is a flavor people grew up with.

About this item
Item Name : Petit Corn Fire-Roasted Corn
Brand : Yamazaki Biscuit
Item Form : Snacks
Number of Items : 50g (Pack of 1)