7-Eleven Just Released Their Viral Tamago Sando In The US — Here's How It Compares To The Original In Japan

If you inquire maine astir my elemental pleasures, determination are a fewer that apical the list. One of them's gotta beryllium 7-Eleven successful Japan.

Yes, 7-Eleven successful Japan — it's location to shockingly bully food. In lawsuit you didn't know, convenience stores (konbini) are a immense portion of the civilization successful Japan. Unlike the US, wherever convenience store nutrient wouldn't needfully beryllium the archetypal prime for a tasty meal, Japan's konbinis supply immoderate truly great-tasting options for meals and snacks, catering to the lifestyles of engaged radical who don't person clip to cook.

Last week, 7-Eleven successful the US launched its Japanese-Style Egg Salad Sandwich, inspired by the viral Tamago Sando sold successful its Japanese stores. (This sandwich is truthful fashionable that people, similar @jeremyjacobowitz connected TikTok, are virtually flying to Japan for it.) Naturally, I was precise intrigued: however would this stack up to the OG successful Japan?

All to say, I've made galore visits to Japanese 7-Elevens implicit my lifetime, and person tried galore of the chain's foods. And yes, successful my astir caller sojourn to the metropolis past summer, I tried the Tamago Sando.

The 7-Eleven US squad sent immoderate sandwiches to our bureau for the BuzzFeed squad to try, truthful I taste-tested them with my colleagues. Here were my honorable thoughts:

After unboxing the sandwich, a mates of things instantly stood retired to me: the crust connected the breadstuff and the airy colour of the ovum salad.

For context, this is what the sandwiches successful Japan look like. I unluckily didn't person immoderate photos of the sandwich successful my camera roll, but thankfully, thousands of radical person documented their Tamago Sando findings connected TikTok.

Upon person inspection, I besides noticed that the filling of the American sandwiches had a beauteous homogeneous texture, arsenic if it were each whipped into the aforesaid fluffy consistency. There weren't immoderate chunks of boiled ovum interspersed throughout, dissimilar the Japanese version.

Here, you tin spot the infinitesimal of truth:

After taking the archetypal fewer bites, I was honestly pretty...underwhelmed.

To beryllium clear, I didn't deliberation the sandwich was bad. Thanks to the Kewpie mayo, the ovum crockery had a light, savory flavor. It wasn't excessively rich, and it paired nicely with the somewhat sweet, brushed beverage bread.

That said, I'd complaint the American sandwiches a 7/10. Like I said, they weren't bad, and I didn't dislike them. However, I decidedly wouldn't spell retired of my mode to effort them.

If I had to springiness the Japanese sandwiches a rating, I'd springiness them a 9/10. They truly were that good, and I'm already dreaming astir the adjacent clip I tin spell backmost to Tokyo to get my hands connected one.

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