This is the YBC Chip Star Bonito Dashi Soy Sauce, a potato crisp featuring bonito powder embedded directly into the dough alongside soy sauce seasoning.

The crisps presented in uniformly curved oval shapes measuring approximately 5.5 cm in diameter and around 1 mm thick. The surface carried a pale yellow base coated with a fine layer of brown seasoning powder distributed evenly across the exterior. Aroma opened with rich savoury bonito and sweet soy sauce notes with pronounced umami intensity.

Initial contact delivered an immediate savoury soy sauce profile with deep sweetness and a light crisp fracture rather than a sustained crunch. Flavour opened heavily on aromatic soy sweetness supported by concentrated umami.

Through the mid-palate, the soy sauce profile deepened further as the crisp rapidly rehydrated and softened on the palate, releasing a richer oceanic bonito character from the katsuobushi powder incorporated into the dough itself. The interaction between sweet soy seasoning and embedded bonito created a highly umami-forward progression that intensified as the structure dissolved. Texture shifted steadily from crisp fracture into a softened melt, with the potato base functioning primarily as a carrier for the seasoning system rather than contributing substantial potato flavour of its own. Oil presence remained restrained throughout, with limited seasoning migration onto the fingers.

Towards the finish, the crisp structure continued to soften while the bonito and soy sauce notes became increasingly concentrated and lingering. Aftertaste carried long-lasting sweet savoury soy and dried bonito aromatics with persistent umami richness. While highly flavourful, the cumulative sweetness of the soy sauce seasoning became somewhat heavy when consumed in larger quantities.

Overall, a potato crisp with a rising umami-forward flavour trajectory and rapidly softening textural development, resulting in an intensely savoury soy and bonito-driven snack with restrained oiliness and strong aromatic persistence.

This YBC Chip Star Bonito Dashi Soy Sauce contained 106 g. It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2025.