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And now, a break from the relentless recipe barrage to contemplate the joy that is Japanese food labels’ liberal borrowing from other cultures’ languages.

I’m sure there have been many posts made on these beauties, in all their various flavors. I decided to go with the green tea ones myself. They’re individually wrapped sweet biscuits — a bit on the dry side but go great dipped in hot beverages. As for the labeling, I’m pretty sure the word “couque” is related to cookies and baking in general, but the second part is just inexplicable. So I won’t try. Rather, I’ll just enjoy it for the hilarious gem that it is, sitting there in the snack aisle of our neighborhood Marukai for anybody to peruse.