I love this story. There is no other way to say it: I LOVE THIS STORY.
What you see is an egg salad sandwich. A deliciously “over-stuffed” egg salad sandwich.
Now, look at this photo:
This is a long line of people waiting to buy those egg salad sandwiches, which are sold at VENDING MACHINES on a road outside of Tokyo Japan!
Of course, the amazing website “SoraNews24.com” has the tale of “roadside egg salad sandwiches!”
Terrific Reporter Casey Baseel has the story, and what a heartwarming story it is!
These refrigerators hold packaged egg salad sandwiches, which have become wildly popular because they are delicious and overflowing with egg salad!
Here’s the part of the story that touched my soul:
“According to the sticker on the sandwich’s wrapping, they’ve been in business for 50 years! So after polishing off our second egg sandwich, we decided to pay a visit to their office and talk with company president Sachiko Yamamoto.”
The story shared this wonderful soundbite from her:
“So when you see an opportunity, don’t you hesitate. Reach out and grab it, before that opportunity gets bashful and goes and hides someplace. Even if you can only gra a piece of it, something good will definitely happen. And even then, if things start to feel like more than you can bear, just come see me here again. I’ll make you some egg sandwiches to cheer you up.”
I love this! Bravo Casey and SoraNews24 for the great report…there is so much more to it – including fascinating facts about how you pay, how they are stored and replenish and most important – their taste test – so click on it here!
I love that website….absolutely love it. I also love stories about vending machines, roadside food and yes, gas station cheeseburgers as well:
Just as you can buy a stuffed egg salad sandwich at a roadside location in Japan, you can buy a smack burger from a gas station in New York!
See where and why by clicking here!
Back to eggs for a moment…I love egg salad, so instead I tried to make a “bacon-wrapped, egg-stuffed avocado” and here’s a tease of how it looked:
If you want to see just how comical my attempt was, click here and have a laugh!
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What a great concept. Looks like a great sandwich
Yes, I love how passionate they are about food and their unique methods of selling it…I have purchased a “coffee jelly” form a vending machine in Tokyo and it is EXACTLY what you think it is1. Thanks for commenting!
I don’t know about the Coffee jelly, but I would go for the egg sandwich
road food is sometimes the unexpected best
yes!
VEnding machine food seems very popular in Japan, John. We don’t have anything like this here. Our vending machines only dispense crisps, fizzy drinks, and chocolate bars.
Robbie, my wife and I are going there next month and I will get all new pictures of the most interesting stuff I can find – it’s it truly ingrained in their culture – and know this: Tokyo has very few garbage cans – because NO ONE consumes food or drink while walking on the street. IF you stop at a vending machine or convenience story you take it to your home or office or you consume it right there on the spot and use the recycling slot there…its fascinating
That is very interesting, John. I was always told by my dad never to eat while walking.
Well, you have to navigate the streets of NY carefully because eating, drinking and spilling is all around you! Japan is refreshing in their approach – thanks as always for the interaction!
I understand that.
The Japanese are so inventive. I think their culture helps such business ventures, because in somewhere like London those machines would be vandalised, or the contents stolen. Or both.
Best wishes, Pete.