i really dont understand why

circle k, my former favourite convenience store, used to have a great pancake package where you get 2 pancake sandwiches with butter and maple syrup in the middle for ￥85. they have apparently replaced them with a new version that has no maple syrup, just some ambiguous jam in the middle, for ￥105.

now my only option for pancakes is the hot cake combo for breakfast at mcdonalds, complete with maple syrup, hot coffee, and hashbrowns, which at ￥400, i still maintain is by far the best breakfast you can buy in nagoya.