Monday, 23. October 2006, 21:55:05
eating, lunch, snacks, drinks
Lunch: leftover homemade sukiyaki...without any canned ingredients!
Drink: Pokka brand AloeV + white grape juice
Snack: hotate yaki kai himo (pictured). I think it means roasted scallop strips...at least that's what it looks like. Kind of chewy, but chewiness leads to more tastiness (at least when it comes to getting all the flavor out of this).
Monday, 23. October 2006, 20:26:44
musings, snacks
guilty pleasure...licking up the chocolate cream stuck to the inside of a Yan Yan's container.
Wednesday, 18. October 2006, 02:35:20
eating, snacks
Biscuits in the shape of little mushrooms...I like them, though the chocolate caps are only milk chocolate (I much prefer dark). The packaging is very cute. It shows Peter Pan and Journey to the
West. Nothing much cuter than a bunny Tinkerbell stuffing an oversized mushroom down the croc's maw.
Brain fartting...what is the name of the crocodile?
Friday, 29. September 2006, 17:47:00
eating, snacks
Of all the things to have limited editions, one would least expect yogurt. It was quite a surprise to find limited edition flavors when I went about loading up my basket of yogurt at Safeway yesterday. There are were three LE flavors that I found: Gingerbread, Caramel Apple, and today's highlight of Chai Latte.
So how did it taste? I guess Limited Editions could be viewed as Beta testing, since that's about the same type of quality that I got. The Chai Latte taste was definitely in there, with a good (and maybe too great) kick of spices. However, it just doesn't mix well with the sourness inherent in yogurt. Hope the other two flavors fare better!
Lunch today...pretty much the same as Wednesday: Subway
Thursday, 28. September 2006, 21:42:07
eating, snacks
Been on a snacking kick lately. Marukai was having sales on snacks and I tried some of them out. The other day it was Hello Panda, yesterday I had the Yan Yan, and today, it's Lotte branded Koala's March cream-filled cookies.
These are good...perhaps even better than the Hello Panda. What's interesting is the chestnut flavor. It doesn't really taste like chestnuts through and through, only a hint of it (perhaps that's the closest they can or are willing to get). Anyway, it works out to a nice change from the usual chocolate/strawberry/vanilla/etc. of other snacks out there. I also like how the cookie itself has differing regions of crunchiness. This comes from the main body and head of the koala being thin to hold the creamy chestnut goodness inside, while the ear and leg corners are solid. This duality gives the tongue a bit more variety to play with
oh yeah, lunch for today is Beef Pho from Bale; drink for today is Famous House Papaya Juice.
Wednesday, 27. September 2006, 17:24:20
eating, snacks
If you've never had Meiji brand Yan Yan before, they're cookie sticks (think short, slightly flattened No. 2 pencils) that you can dip into a sugary pasty cream/dip. I guess they're supposed to be fun to eat, with the dip & eat process. I must admit that it's decidedly less fun if you get too anal about coating the sticks with
just right so that you don't end up with excess cream nor excess cookies. Just go wild with the dipping and enjoy the plain cookies after that
Printed on each cookie is the name of an animal and one of its characteristics. It adds to the fun factor -- I guess that's what Yan Yan is about. And if you're not worried about getting the cream everywhere, Yan Yan could make a quick substitute for Chinese Fortune Sticks.
Tip: Yan Yan are much greasier than they look. Always have a napkin handy to prevent greasy finger syndrome.
Beetle -- Lucky Color: Brown
Tuesday, 19. September 2006, 21:54:40
lunch, eating, snacks
I mentioned this yesterday. It's Meiji brand Hello Panda snacks -- it's a great little vice, tastes much like Pocky (except the chocolate's on the inside). The bad thing is that the bag gets finished far too quickly. The best way to eat this, IMHO, is to freeze/refridgerate it until the chocolate is super hard. Crunch crunch!
The lunch itself was rice in Ginseng Chicken Soup. My mom made soup last week and I got a jar-full. Sharon & I don't make soups well, let alone such delicious chicken soup. My soup attempts -- broths or thicker varieties -- just don't come out right. The only ones that are anywhere near "good" require a can opener
Anyway, this chicken soup was very satisfying, with a full and pervasive taste that comes from a long boiling and reduction process. It's noticeable not only in taste but from looks -- the soup is so collagen rich that it's no longer clear and even becomes gelatinous in the fridge.
WIDGETIZE