Melon Pan - Ice Cream (メロンパンアイス)
Melon pan sliced and filled with ice cream; street food trend.
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Melon Pan - Filled (クリーム入りメロンパン)
Melon pan with whipped cream or custard filling inside.
Matcha Cream Sando (抹茶クリームサンド)
Whipped cream has to carry matcha's real bitterness, catechins and all. Grade decides the color and the bite, and the green fades fast, so the good ones are mixed close to serving.
Marusei Butter Sandwich (マルセイバターサンド)
Famous Hokkaido souvenir: raisin butter cream between cookies; Rokkatei brand.
Mango Sando (マンゴーサンド)
The tropical branch of the Japanese fruit-sando family: a Miyazaki mango slab in lightly sweetened cream, on crustless shokupan, priced for the auction-grade fruit at its centre.
Mango Sando - Miyazaki (宮崎マンゴーサンド)
Cut one open in May and the mango is the only thing you smell: a tree-ripened Miyazaki fruit, graded Egg of the Sun, set in barely-sweet cream so nothing competes with the fruit at the centre.
Maisen Katsu Sando (まい泉カツサンド)
It leaves through a takeout counter in a flat white box, carried to someone else more often than eaten by the buyer. The Maisen katsu sando is a brand's gift object before it is a meal.
Macaroni Salad Sando (マカロニサラダサンド)
Japanese macaroni salad with mayo on shokupan.
Limited Edition Sando (限定サンド)
Japanese limited-run sandwiches follow a calendar: January strawberry sando, McDonald's Tsukimi Burger since 1991, the winter Gracoro since 1993, and Mos Burger's 2018 local burgers.
Lifestyle Café Sando (カフェサンド)
Sando as the café lunch in Tokyo: thin shokupan, a visible cross-section, and the Saba Potato Sandwich at Blue Bottle's Harajuku Cafe.
Lawson Tamago Sando (ローソンたまごサンド)
Lawson convenience store egg sandwich; their own recipe.
Kyoto Saba Sando (京都鯖サンド)
Mackerel (saba, often grilled or pickled) sandwich; Kyoto seafood tradition.
Kyoho Sando (巨峰サンド)
Kyoho grapes (large, purple, slip-skin) and cream; intense grape flavor.
Kushikatsu Sando (串カツサンド)
Kushikatsu (deep-fried skewered items) in sandwich form; Osaka specialty.
Korokke Sando (コロッケサンド)
A breaded potato croquette laid in crustless shokupan under dark sauce. The korokke sando carries a patty Japan rebuilt from potato in the Meiji era and made a craze in 1917, long before it met bread.
Korokke Pan (コロッケパン)
A panko potato croquette tucked into a soft roll and lacquered with dark tonkatsu sauce: warm, savoury, cheap, one-handed. The roll, not sliced bread, is what makes it the pan.
Konbini Tuna Sando (コンビニツナサンド)
Convenience store tuna sandwich; consistently good quality across chains.
Konbini Teriyaki Chicken (コンビニ照り焼きチキンサンド)
Convenience store teriyaki chicken sandwich.
Konbini Tamago Sando (コンビニたまごサンド)
Convenience store egg sandwich; mass-produced but high-quality, featuring Kewpie mayo and soft shokupan; 7-Eleven, Lawson, Family Mart co...
Konbini Premium Sando (コンビニプレミアムサンド)
Convenience store premium line sandwiches; higher price, better ingredients.
Konbini Mixed Sando (コンビニミックスサンド)
Convenience store mixed sandwich pack; usually 3 half-sandwiches with different fillings.
Konbini Katsu Sando (コンビニカツサンド)
Convenience store tonkatsu sandwich; surprisingly good for grab-and-go.
Konbini Ham Sando (コンビニハムサンド)
Convenience store ham sandwich; thin ham, mayo, sometimes lettuce.
Konbini Fruit Sando (コンビニフルーツサンド)
Peel the film and the cut is supposed to land where the wrapper said: a fruit sando re-engineered so a whipped-cream cross-section comes out identical across thousands of konbini at once.