I heard that American otakus like Pocky, Japanese chocolate stick.
Is it really?
Yes, but that's not something to be proud of
Yes, a lot of them do, myself included. I like the regular and Men's Pocky types, but I can't stand the thicker, sweeter ones like strawberry or milk. It's like eating toothpaste. It's not as if Pocky is the only candy I like though.
I like the Korean rip off "BaeBaeRo" alot better
FUCK JAPAN
I didn't mean that last part, actually
http://love-sangwoo.cocolog-nifty.com/1/pepero.jpg
Here's baebaero, also spelled in English as Pepero
We have almond on the left and something else on the right (I don't know what flavor this is in English, it says Su-Po-Teu)
While where at it, how common is Pocky in the US?
Here in Europe you can get it in the bigger supermarkets.
I was a bit surprised when I found out that in US knowledge of it seems to be restricted to japanophile circles.
It is mostly restricted to Japanophile circles, but because of U.S. soldiers that are stationed overseas in Japan and Korea, they usually tell their friends back home about the weird snack foods there and then people find them at the asian grocery stores
I guess they get them from asian grocey stores, they don't sell them in regular supermarkets (UNLESS it is quite a large store and they have an aisle with asian ingredients) and they can also get it off the internet
so to answer your question, its not common here
I don't live in a big city or anything and the local grocery store (Fry's) carries pocky.
