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Weekly Convenience Store Foods Familymart Melon Soda Sweets and Pudding

Jul 10 (japanesestuffchannel) - This video shows Familymart foods. They started retro cafe fair 'Kissa Famima' and released nostalgic cafe menu image sweets. Melon soda float and pudding were popular menu in old times cafe.

Melon Soda Float-like Parfait(298 yen): It looks like a melon soda float but it really is melon jelly and vanilla mousse. The taste is similar to cream soda and I like it.

Melon Soda Float-like Jelly Drink(228 yen): Shake and drink jelly. The taste is melon soda float. I like the smooth feeling in the throat.

Milk Shake Pudding(185 yen): The feature of the pudding is thick egg and sweetness of condensed milk. The texture is smooth.

Retro Pudding(185 yen): Retro pudding. I felt nostalgic when I ate it.

Jelly Gummy(189 yen): Red is strawberry, green is melon, blue is soda taste gummy.

Frosty Melon Soda with Ramune Candy(180 yen): Melon soda shaved ice. The big white parts are vanilla ice cream, the small white parts are ramune candy. Sweet-sour and refreshing!

Total 1265 yen(7.9 USD)

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