is a Japanese
snack food
A snack is a small portion of food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home.
Traditionally, snack ...
manufactured by Koikeya. It is a
tortilla chip
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that comes in four flavours: Mexican Chili, Seafood, Super Hot Chili, and Rich Butter Grilled Corn. Don Tacos is sold in 78-95
gram
The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a Physical unit, unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one one thousandth of a kilogram.
Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure wate ...
bags, in 47 gram cups that include dipping sauce, and in 50 gram boxes for supermarkets with dipping sauce. The cups come with either
BBQ
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sauce or
ketchup
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sauce, and the boxes come with either hamburger sauce or ketchup dipping sauce.
Old commercials for Don Tacos included
stereotype
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s of
Mexican culture
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along with a chant which can be translated to "Don Tacos Don Tacos I'm happy I can soon eat Don Tacos!"
The Don Tacos
mascot
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is colored red and yellow. It looks like a smiling globe with a
moustache
A moustache (; en-US, mustache, ) is a strip of facial hair grown above the upper lip. Moustaches have been worn in various styles throughout history.
Etymology
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wearing a
sombrero
A sombrero (Spanish , ) is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face and eyes from the sun. It usually has a high pointed crown, an extra-wide brim (broad enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck and shoulders of the we ...
.
See also
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List of Japanese snacks
This is a list of Japanese and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.
Types ''Anko'', or sweet bean paste
'' Anko'' is a kind of sweet bean paste.
Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan.　School ...
External links
Koikeya page on Don Tacos
Tortilla
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