Family Mart turns into “Family Nya-rt.”
On February 22, Japan celebrates Cat Day (since ni, the Japanese phrase for “two,” sounds much like nya, the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat meowing). Like Meat Day and Twintail Day, Cat Day is an unofficial vacation, but it surely’s one which followers look ahead as a time to share and indulge their fondness for felines, and that features Japanese comfort retailer chain Family Mart.
Family Mart began gearing up for Cat Day early this 12 months, progressively rolling out a slew of recent cat-themed foods and drinks from mid-February, with the latest additions having simply arrived in shops this week. Among the cutest are the Paw Pad Manju, mushy candy dumplings with contact of milky richness to their dough and a tart strawberry-flavor filling.
▼ As if the 155-yen (US$1.10) dumplings themselves weren’t cute sufficient already, they get some extra adorableness from bundle illustrations courtesy of Family Mart’s collaboration with illustration/character items sequence Mofusand.
For even chubbier cuteness, there’s the Bread that Looks Like a Paw Pad (160 yen) bun full of milk cream.
If you’re not conversant in Baumkuchen, you would possibly suppose there’s one thing lacking from these cat-themed caramel cake slices (218 yen). Rest assured, although, that the standard ay to make this German dessert does go away a gap within the heart, which right here has been giving a couple of beauty cuts to appear like a cat.
If you merely can’t embrace the void of a hole dessert, although, don’t fear, as a result of the Cat Caramel and Vanilla Cream Sandwich (158 yen) is solidly candy the entire method by means of.
Caramel is definitely a working theme with Family Mart’s Cat Day choices this 12 months, because it’s additionally a marque taste for the Ca-nya-mel and Vanilla Melty Chocolate Cookie (128 yen).
Heading again to the Japanese sweets style, the Mofusand Manmaruyaki (230 yen) put a embellished spin on imagawayaki, pancake-like disc-shaped truffles with candy fillings, on this case milk cream.
Mofusand characters are additionally displaying up on Maca-nyans (mararons) (298 yen) in strawberry and banana flavors…
…Kuromitsu Ki-nyako Latte (235 yen) dessert drinks, made with kuromitsu brown sugar molasses, kinako (candy roasted soybean powder), and milk, which additionally function cat caps…
…on Family Mart’s store-brand Famima Cafe espresso cups…
…and on Family Mart-exclusive bottles of beverage maker Kirin’s Gogo no Kocha black tea.
▼ Yes, generally one of many Mofusand cats clothes up like a shark.
And whereas the Mofusand kitties have the lion’s share of Family Mart’s Cat Day choices, there’s additionally area for another feline visitor stars on these baked cheesecakes (248 yen)…
…and even a partnership with home supply service Kuroneko/Black Cat Yamato’s mascot on this Kuroneko Chocolate Cake (450 yen).
It’s all sufficient for Family Mart to mushy rebrand itself as “Family Nya-rt” in some adverts whereas it’s providing the lineup. All of the limited-time objects are on sale now and, much like precise capricious cats, can be round till they’re not.
Source, photos: PR Times
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