TOKYO —
Nestle Japan on Thursday opened a new Chocolatory in Tokyo’s Ginza area, unveiling their mind-blowing sushi KitKat as well as brand-new Valentine’s KitKat items.
Nestle Japan never ceases to amaze with their innovative ideas in producing chocolate sweets in a variety of forms. Their KitKat Chocolatory, whose idea was developed by Chef Yasumasa Takagi from Le Patissier Takagi, has attracted over 1.5 million people in Japan since the opening of its first shop in 2014.
The idea of sushi KitKat goes back to last year’s April Fools’ Day, when the company jokingly posted on SNS a photo of a KitKat put on sushi rice—a joke which they found was unexpectedly well-received. Served authentically with bamboo leaves, sushi KitKat has three types: tuna, sea urchin and eggs on top of the rice puffs covered by Couverture white chocolate, whose taste is accented by a little bit of wasabi powder.
