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Episode Post Date: February 16, 2026
GMM Episode Number: 2981
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Do Japanese 7/11's have better snacks than American 7/11's? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. We're about to pit Japanese 7/11 snacks up against American 7/11 snacks. But first, this portion of today's episode is sponsored by AG1, the daily health drink that combines your multivitamin, pre and probiotics, superfoods, and antioxidants into one simple green scoop. Trying to get back into regular routines after taking time off has been a little harder than usual lately. Yeah, I had real big ambitions this year to really become a physical specimen. Um, and so far I've, uh, just done stretching. Mostly light stretching. Yes, that's what I've been doing. But a lot of light stretching. Well, I'm. Almost heavy stretching because it's so much light stretching. Um, well, I've walked. I have walked. Mm-hmm. I mean, I have to walk. February routines often reset after January motivation dips. Uhhuh. AG1 supports consistency, even when motivation isn't perfect. And we know that's true. 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Over the holidays, I spent two weeks there. And all I did was go into 7/11 and bring back snacks for us to try in this episode. That's the only reason I went. I took most of my family. Wow. Not all of them. Um, and I told 'em, listen, we're just here for the 7/11 snacks and we gotta go back. And that's what I did. You're welcome. Well, uh, I didn't go to Japan, but I stayed right here in beautiful Southern California where it rained. Huh. And I had just as much fun as Link because I went exclusively with my family, most of my family, to American 7/11's, and I got my own snack to put up against yours, and I'm here to bring home the gold for my country. Okay, boys. I, uh, was going to like, try like I thought maybe for the last month I'd just like audition some, like new voices and stuff. Oh, well you didn't commit to it. Yeah. Okay, boys. Just go all the way down, how about just that? Okay, boys. Uh, anyway. Okay boys, you each have your selection of eight snacks to pit against each other's. On my 3, 2, 1, you must randomly pick one of your snacks and lay it out on the desk. Okay. And you'll both taste the snacks and each rate them one to 10. Whoever, uh, scores higher in the snack department wins a point for the person whose snack it is, you know what I'm saying. Alright. I brought back my snacks in my, in my suitcase from, a snack suitcase from Japan. Well, this is a snack suitcase from Burbank. They, they, they. Isn't it cute. What, this is, I was so excited to show you this. 'cause I thought it was so cute. And I was like, he'll never believe what I got in Japan. And you can tell it's from Burbank 'cause it's got my Burbank sticker on it. I could only bring back, uh, non-perishable items. And so I agreed. To only. That I would do the same. Non-perishable items. I only have non-perishable items in here. I agreed to that. I ate a lot of other stuff at 7/11. Japanese 7/11's are, are famous. This is gonna be a shoe-in. America 7/11's... But like all of the, all the foods that they have there. Yeah, they got food. Are so good. Matter of fact. Yeah. I made a vlog of the perishable items that were my go-to experiences. Okay? Now, I didn't do that. In a 7/11. I didn't do that. The one thing I haven't done is I did not make a vlog of me doing this. That is exclusively available on the Mythical Society. More on that later, but I'm ready to go, I think. Oh. Look at your snacks. Get ready to lay down your first snack in. 3, 2, 1. Whoa, bam. Okay. As you can see, I have K-. Well, yours is bigger than mine. I have KFC chips, dude. I have chocolate chip edible cookie dough. I thought you'd like, I, you know, I thought you'd like this. Oh, and this. It's from 7/11. See this? I know that. The, see how the, um. America. The plastic cup, so many things in Japan were in plastic cups, and here you are. I wanted you to feel at home. Let's try this first, 'cause that's a dessert. Yuzu shichimi chicken flavor. Careful, now. Careful. Uh. Japanese tradition to eat KFC on Christmas. And did you? Uh, no. Why? Because I kind of have had it. You haven't had the Japanese kind. I was all the way over there and it kind of just, it was. So did you talk about it and then actively make a decision and not do it? We ordered it, and then we didn't go pick it up. We got that far. Because it was rainy. Wasteful American. Just, yeah. Yeah. I just thought. You made them make it. Don't put 'em on the desk. Okay. Why not? Well. Well eat one that's not on the desk. Oh. It smells just like eleven herbs and spices. It's got something else in it, but the first thing you taste is absolutely KFC. KFC, undeniable, perfected. Oh, that's pretty good. Hmm. Really good. They probably had these at the one in America, I just didn't see it. They show that there's like green flecks and stuff on here. Okay. But there's not as much on the actual chip. On a scale of one to 10, let's rate this thing. I'm being honest here, okay. I'm not letting my bias be known. Lemon comes through, yes. The lemon is the only part I don't like. I don't like that either. If it weren't for the lemon. I might give it a 10. Eight. It's an eight. I agree. It's a little spicy, too lemony, but that first taste is. Why is there lemon? Astron- I don't know. We don't do the lemon on the chicken. Maybe that's what a yuzu shichimi is. Yushichimi? You I, I mean, I didn't know about these dude. Oh, they're big too. Looky there. Looky there. Soft and fluffy. Mm. Oh yeah. No actual egg in it though, probably. No, it doesn't have to be refrigerated. I grabbed it right off the shelf. Shelf stable. Mm-hmm. It's fluffy, you said. It's fluffy, like. It's, it's light and fluffy. It's full of air and it comes apart. It's light and fluffy like my stretching. Dang, this is good. Um, man. This is, this has no business being in America. This should be in Japan. And one little piece is only 70 calories. Ouch. So it's not raw cookie dough? It's, it's, it's not raw cookie dough, it's fluffy. It's raw cookie. No, it is, it is. It is raw cookie dough. But it's, it's so, it's so light. They, they know that you're just gonna eat it straight up like this. What I would do is I would open that and I would pour milk in it, and then I would eat it with a spoon. It's kind of like a dessert cereal. I, look. Gentleman here, I'm gonna not take into account what I've already given, I'm gonna give that a nine. That's right up my alley. I'm going to give it a nine. I mean, bend over and drive right in my alley. You know what I'm saying? Thank you. I get to keep these because I grossed you out. That's cool. Alright. Alright. Shall we go again? Here we go. 3, 2, 1. Got another snack. Oh, we're both bagging it this time. Hidden Valley Ranch Bugles. Oh crap. I have a crispy ramen snack, and it also has the word big over here. Big. Okay, um. Lando picked these out. Do you wanna start with the familiar flavor then move to the unfamiliar? Yeah, let's go with this. Let's start with this. 'cause you've had bugles and you've had ranch. I, I know that. Okay. I think you want pour these in there instead of on the table. Yeah, how about that? Open these up at the same time. Look how beautiful that is. Simple packaging. You know exactly what you're getting. You're getting a Bugle that is ranch flavored. Hmm. Did you see any ranch? I took the high speed train from Tokyo to Osaka and I saw a few cows. Does that answer your question? No, I was literally talking about Hidden Valley Ranch. But you did see ranches? I think so, yeah. Did you see Mount Fuji? I did. It was clear. Oh, there's a small chance of seeing it. I know, I feel like I, I felt so blessed to be there. At every turn, we were seeing beautiful things. Did you make a wish? Was I supposed to? Oh no, I figured like something. No. I mean, we went over Christmas, New Year, so we did find ourselves saying a lot, I can see how beautiful it would be at another time of year. Like in the spring with the cherry blossoms or at the fall where the leaves are changing. So cool. Everything I'd look at on Google Maps, they'd have like these wonderful, beautiful pictures that people have taken and I'd go there and it would just be kind of like. Barren. Brown and barren. Okay. So we, we just ate a lot of food and did a lot of shopping all within the 7/11. Oh, of course. These are good, but. They're great. There's a weakness to them. They're weak. They need to be stronger. You think that's a, that's a weak ranch flavor. It's, it hits you at the very beginning and then it just turns into that greasy Bugle taste that we all know. I like these a lot. I'm gonna give 'em an eight. I don't not like 'em. I just can't give them an eight. What can you give them? A six. Oh, I thought it was very, very ranchy. Okay. Now I did not pick these, like I said, Lando picked these, get a bunch of 'em. How do you go about this? I just grab it. Just grab it. Where is the big I, I'm sorry, but I'm taking issue with the big. Maybe it's the, the bag, which isn't big. That's big to somebody. Um, you've got this person with their pinky up singing, singing. I think maybe they're singing karaoke. What's baby star? This must be Baby Star. There's a QR code, if you want to click on that and find out about Baby Star, then that's gonna be something that you can do. I don't care enough. They are very reminiscent of a certain taste. These are so Baby Star. What does that taste like to you? Bland, but it's not a pretzel. There's almost a little. It tastes like. What. A burnt french fry. When you get a little burnt french fry, it is crispy and I love those. It does. Mm-hmm. That would be really good marketing. Maybe that's what that says. All the Japanese writing. But you don't like a burnt french fry? I don't like 'em. You like a floppy fry. It is burnt, I'm gonna give it a two. I don't like it. Whoa, really? Yeah. Uh, I like these a lot, but they don't have ranch on 'em. Seven. Alright. I might have shot myself in the foot giving that one a two, but I'm a gentleman. Is it total score or is it by round I mean by round you each get a point, right? So far, things are taking a very surprising turn. Okay. Um, but let's go for round three. I mean, I knew America would come through. Okay. 3, 2, 1. Suck on that. So, that's just childish. Like literally. It's a watermelon flavored baby bottle pop, but for adults only. No it's not. I've got a, hojicha truffles. I saw these and I was like. So you really learned how to speak the language while you were over there. I mean, I, you know, I know you only went to 7/11, but I can see you took the extra time to really immerse yourself. Not only me, but. You were, you were turgid with the Japanese language. It is fully saturated. Christy also learned a lot of Japanese, at one point I heard her say arigato Tomas. I did hear her say that. So that was Japanese and Spanish. I don't know. That's what she said. Well, was the guy's name Tomas? No. Uhuh. What does origato mean? Hello. Thank you. Thank you. See, I'll know that when I go. Um, let's open these first. I'm gonna just be opening these while you work on that. 'cause it's gonna take second. I didn't know what it was when I got it, but it's, it's literally 7/11 branded. You brought anything 7/11 branded. Well, lemme take this back out of the trash. It is not 7/11 branded. I mean, not so far, but I'll have something in there. Alright. That could be, you seen those little dung beetles? Yeah. Big. You seen a dung beetle? They roll these. They roll these. This exact size, texture. Not smell though. 'cause these do smell good. Hmm. They're chewy. Those little green. It's tr it's a truffle. Is it not? What makes you say that? Green tea? I thought hojicha was a, a type of green tea. Oh, it is called a truffle. Yeah. This, it's like the, uh, what are the ones that the. Yeah, maybe so, it's a little green. The little French men make, and they roll 'em up. Lint. That is such a mild green tea flavor. Mmm. Even I like it. It's very good. Oh, that's good. Very soft. Mmm, rich. I like that, man. You don't need too many. You see how there's just 45 grams? I'm gonna give your little turds a nine. That's right, these are a nine because they make me like green tea. Okay. Well, I'm about to rock your world. How do we do this? You just pop the top. Oh. No, you pop this, this part. No, I think what you do. Oh, oh, oh, that's, yeah. I think I'm, I'm about to rock your world. You lick, you hold this right here. How did I get it off and then not be able to get it out. You hold this, you lick this. And then stick it in, like fun dip. Then you take that and you fun dip the nipple. A a nipple dipple, and then you, you nurse it. And the powder is, um, watermelon flavored. I hate that. Really? Oh, I hate it. Watermelon is horrible, dude. I, I got an in instant headache. I'm sorry. I'm trying to suck off all the watermelon so I can get back to just pure green nipple. I like this quite a lot. It isn't as good as your little truffles. This, this is abhorrent. It's a, it's a, insult to my taste buds and my age. Not my maturity though. I'm gonna give it a one. I like it, but I cannot imagine doing it in public. I ha, I can however, do it on the internet in front of all of you. Now in Japan, you can't walk down the street and eat anything. Watch me. You get a ticket for that. I'll take it. You'll be sucking on that and they'll give you a ticket. They'll give you a obscene, obscenity ticket and a walking while eating ticket. Uh, I'll give this a five. So I think you take that round, my friend. Come on, dude. Come on. It's worse than that. No, I like the taste of it. I like watermelon. I'm just embarrassed to do it. People who go to Japan, they come back from Japan, they talk about how great Japan is. Oh, you gotta go. And you know, people go and people go. And now they're talking about taxing you out to wazoo, 'cause of too many people going, I'm not gonna contribute to that. Except to say I didn't experience one stink in Japan. Nothing stunk. Yep, and I could count on my one hand the number of napkins that I was given. For two weeks, I probably got five or less napkins. But no stink. It's a napkinless and stinkless society. And I will say this is a big deal for Link. I don't, it's amazing. Last time we went to New York City, I, I could not walk a block without him saying something about something he was smelling. He would just run right into another cloud of stink, and I always be like, it's the wonderful smells of the city. And he would be like. No stinks in Japan. Yeah. He'd be, uh, scratching his face up. It's beautiful. Okay, that's one for Japan. Yes. Ready? Yes. 3, 2, 1. Crunky time. Hotdog chips. Step right up. Hotdog versus Crunky. Alright, before you open these, I just want to give a shout out to Lando, my cameraman and producer while I was in Japan. He filmed me in the 7/11 and I showed you my favorite food, my favorite, uh, food hack, involving some of the amazing things being combined together. Here's a little taste. And Lando told me this hack, open up your egg salad sandwich, put your chicken thigh in there, close it back up. Which came first. That's what I call this. So go over to the Society, if you're a member, first, second, third degree members all can watch this thing. MythicalSociety.com. You get to see all the stuff I love to eat in 7/11, and you can judge Lando's camera skills. I'm sure they're good. Yeah. He's a delight. He's a delight. Alright. Hot dog chips. I mean, don't love hot dogs. Definitely hate hot dog water. And I assume that they dump the hot dog water on the chips. I love hot dogs. I love chips. Hmm? They have ridges. Oh. This is a pungent. It's quite a pugilist. 7/11 brand. Oh yeah, it is. Seven select limited time flavor. That's bold. It's, it truly is. Mustardy. Bold. It's, I think the relish and the mustard is really what it tastes like, so I think. A little salty, I could use more dog flavor. Not enough dog in it to really deliver, which makes it taste better, but also makes me hate on it a little bit. Why didn't they just call it, uh, mustard and relish chips? I would buy 'em then. The more I eat them, the more I don't like them. Four. Yeah, I'm gonna give them a two. I am continuing. I would never, never think about buying or eating another one of these. I'm gonna put these back in here. I got these just because they're called crunky, you know, which was a. You're trying to bring that back. Rap term in the 2000s. And it also says big. They know, they know that we like big things. They knew that the American boy would just, if it said big, he's gonna choose it. But it's not very big. They're shiny. And it looks like the cross section is kind of like the inside of like a Nestle Crunch or something like rice crisps. Oh, well. Yep. I couldn't bite that one. Try to just swallow it. Mm. Malty, not ricey. That's pretty tasty. I don't think we have anything like this. I. Hmm. Very good for what it is. Very snackable. Well, that's quite good. I mean, I. I mean it's no hot dog chip. I, thank God, I'm gonna give it a nine. Fine, I'll give it an eight. I'm gonna give it an eight. I just don't feel. Meaning, it easily takes that. Crunky. And now we're tied, Link. Let's keep. The tie is scored, moving on. Alright. 3, 2, 1. Bazonga. Peelers. Oh, we po. Yeah. No, but no, check this out. Gummy Chocolate Shine Muscat Grape. Oh my gosh. It's a chocolate co. So that's like the. Chocolate covered gummy grape. That's like the, uh, Scuppernong grapes. Mm-hmm. From uh, North Carolina. Covered in chocolate. 7/11 premium. Now we know, we know what a peeler looks like, so. Yeah, let's go for it. And we know that they're as good as candy can get. Well, they're, they're fun because you can. Peel them. You get to peel 'em, and there's something else in there, and the thing in there is a different consistency and. Oh my goodness. Yeah, I just love it. Look at that. Really good flavor. Mm-hmm. Mm. Really good consistently. Mm. Consistency. It is really good consistently too. Mm-hmm. They're all the same. Oh. What does, what does it say right there? I thought it said surprise taste. It says superior taste award. It was a surprise taste the first time I had one. I know, but now it's kind of like a little trendy. Trendy. A little tropish. Well, okay, well, you don't have to. I mean, I no doubt it was a 10. Uh, two years ago, 10. One year ago, was it still a 10? Maybe. Right now? Is it a nine? It's still doing it for me, I'm gonna give it a nine. I'm gonna give it a 10. I just wanted to talk you down so that I could look good. I'm looking magnanimous. Okay, all right. A lot of these things that I bought, I was thinking that you would like 'em. Oh, I'm gonna like this. So I'm just trying to. Grape flavored. Whoops, whoops, whoops. There's two on the floor. Okay. It's not like you went all the way to Japan for 'em. All right, there they are. They're small. Are they, what, you trying to bite it in half? Mm. Oh. There's layers in there. Oh, like jelly. Huh. Now a lot of people don't like grape flavor. You and I do. Have you ever had a chocolate covered grape though? No, but I'm thinking about it. Me neither. So strange. So is it like, like sugar jelly, it's not like an actual grape. It's freeze dried. It's, it's gummy ish. It's very gummy, like very. But it gives, it's gummy that gives. But it still pushes back. It's gummy that gives but still pushes back. Does that help you understand it? It's, it's like a bouncy teeth boingy kind of experience. Teeth boingy. Hmm. I really don't like these. Really? I don't like them. Well, you just gave Peelers a 10, so. I know. It's just a magical consistency. Oh, oh man. And you didn't even peel that one. I'm peeling it with my soul. You put it, you just put it in there and it happens in your mouth. I mean, the, the chocolate's good. The gummys good. The greatness is good. It just doesn't go together for me. Oh, I like those. I'm also gonna give those a nine. I'm gonna give it a three. Oh, hey, it wasn't me. It's not because of me. It's not because of me that the official stance of GMM is that America has better snacks. Not yet. Not yet, not yet, not yet. Here we go. Last one. Yeah. 3, 2, 1. Apple pie. Room temp baby. Steak chips. I don't know, these are a last second grab for me. Hold on, but what's that on top of the steak? Is that foie gras? Translation? Yeah. Just steak chip. Truffle and foie gras. Yeah. It's foie gras. Look on the, the top. That's not good. But it's just the flavor. Those are, that's illegal in places. But it's just the flavor. I didn't, I didn't even know that's what I was buying. Big. It says niche riche. Niche rich. Niche rich. Niche riche. Now hold on, hold onto your hats. 'Cause I've got an apple pie here. It's frosty. It's, and that's just, uh, coverings. Is it, is it moldy? No, no, no, that's, uh. Coverings. That's, that, that's, uh, it's coverings. The coatings. It's just coverings. That's just coatings. And I want you to understand that it is ready to eat. It says it could try them warm, but it also says ready to eat. I'm ready to eat it. So they're imitating a McDonald's pie. It's just free balling in that box. Yeah, just like. Yeah, who knows what, how many people, who've just walked by in a 7/11, have somehow gotten stuff onto this. Oh, I love the smell. The frosty coating. Man, if that was warm. There's nice. Oh, it's pretty good, isn't it? Yeah, it is. It doesn't have big pieces of apple in it, which is great for me. I don't like chewing apple. Oh my gosh. The things that you think about, the things that you think about while eating. Dessert, I don't want chew no, I don't want chew any fruit in a dessert. Chewing fruit. What do you mean? Like what do you mean? No, no, no, no. I get it. I get it. I see what Link is saying. See all of that goop in there. That's the good stuff. Type it up. No chewing needed. Type it up. Fruit, fruit messes up desserts. It does. But foie gras, now that, that's gonna go down in history being great. But hold on, what do you give this? Oh, love I. You didn't have to chew any fruit. I freaking love it, dude. Yeah, it is great. Uh, seven. I'm gonna give it a seven. 'cause if it was warm, I might give it a nine. I don't think I'd like it warm. Breathe deep son. Ooh. Take it in, take in that Japanese air. Oh, I like that. What is that pungency. It is a truffle oil and a foie gras, I just dropped one. These are nice chips. You are not gonna like this. I like truffle. Oh, those are nice, ah. No, they're not bad. I thought I was getting steak chips. Oh, you are? I are. It is all of the things that are on there. Okay. Steak, truffle, foie gras. It's niche rich. And this, they are, they are good though. That's very good and really unusual. I mean, it's no room temp apple pie. I'm gonna give it a six and I don't know what I've done to myself overall, but. Rhett? Hmm. Why don't you give it a five? I'm gonna give those a nine. Look it, we're gentlemen. We are so gentlemen. Those are so good. Well, I mean, you've brought yourself into a tying position here and the good news is that you both win gold medals in snackage, in Good Mythical More. Well. Well, we had a great showing here today, America. But we all know that Japanese 7/11's are much better. Well, that's what we thought. I mean, they are, it's that I couldn't bring the stuff back. It's just, don't let the conclusion, it hinge on my decisions. Like I, I, I relinquish. Hold on. I relinquish that power. Hold on, that's basically our show in a lot of ways. Well. The conclusions do hinge on your decisions. It's the one fault in our show. Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah. It gives me too much power, and I will say that. Maybe we need to make some adjustments. We need to grade on a curve. I think we should all go to Japan. Thanks for commenting and sharing this video. You know what time it is. Hi, I'm Al. I'm Amy. And we're in Tokyo. What. And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. The tradition lives on. Somebody's gotta keep doing it. Thank you for being the ones. Uncomfortable closeup, Link. You know, I'm not jealous at all about the fact that you got to go to Japan before I did when it's like the main country that I would like to go to, and there's even a tradition that I started where I say the, the capital of that country and then people say, what. Click the top link to hear me talk about some stories from Japan that may include me embarrassing myself in Good Mythical More. 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