Calbee - Tochigi Utsunomiya Fried Gyoza

I haven't had Calbee's regional flavored chips in a while and came across this gyoza packaged one. I thought it would most likely be a good flavor. This one in particular is from Tochigi prefecture and is the Utsunomiya city's fried gyoza!

I had to research a bit on why this city is famous for it's gyoza and it seems that it is where gyoza had first started in Japan (coming from China)! This city has over 200 gyoza restaurants and is allegedly the highest consumer of gyoza in Japan! Wow.. I had no idea! I like to justify buying new snacks to learn more about Japan haha. I've been to Tochigi once, and thought they were only famous for strawberries, but now I'd like to visit again to try their Utsunomiya fried gyoza!

While opening the package, the smallest opening gap had a strong gyoza aroma peeling out of the bag. It was a very pleasant smell of gyoza and also rayu chili oil (which I love). 

I suppose the little red specks on the chips were the chili oil. The chips tasted just as it smelt and I was very impressed with this flavor. I want to say that out of all the Calbee chip flavors that I have tried, the Rayu Chili Oil was my favorite, but this one is very close (probably because of the similar taste). It definitely made me crave gyoza after eating it though. 

I'd definitely recommend you checking it out! You can't fail with a gyoza flavor yum...