Game meat, pork kimchi, and even unique kelp-cured items! Continued: Tateyama Thunderbird

The solitary convenience store in Toyama that I introduced the other day, Tateyama Thunderbird.

It goes without saying that their rice balls and sandwiches are unique, but their kelp-cured items are actually amazing too!

Just to the left as you enter the entrance.

You can find the kelp-cured items inside the freezer.

Yes, the kelp-cured items here are frozen.

They are made with hikers in mind, so they are perfectly thawed by the time you reach the mountain and are ready to eat.

When you think of kelp-cured items, you might imagine fish or vegetables, but the ones here really have everything.

Just like the rice balls, they have game meat like bear, rabbit, deer, and duck, as well as sausage and cheese.

They even have yellowtail and daikon radish sushi kelp-cured, and believe it or not, even pork kimchi.

What I bought this time was that pork kimchi and smoked sandfish.

Hmm, the umami of the kelp is really effective, and it has a strange, delicious quality that makes you more and more captivated as you keep eating.

For now, the owner's son tries everything.

He is particular about whether it tastes good frozen, and he carefully selects items to put on the shelves just like he does with the rice balls and sandwiches.

He says that almost anything tastes good when kelp-cured, but the only thing he thought didn't work was tofu.

He said, "It's very delicious if you don't freeze it, but when you freeze it, it becomes porous and the taste gets bad all at once."

Actually, I am a fan of the kelp-cured items here, and before these times, I used to go buy them quite often, so I would occasionally receive prototypes and even have lively discussions about kelp-curing.

Our shared opinion is, "Kelp-cured food is delicious, isn't it?"

Grateful for Toyama's kelp-curing culture, I will enjoy these as well!