February 29, 2008: Tokyo Treats

After some nutrient in addition to chatter, Matt revealed the gifts he'd been carrying closed to for us over the yesteryear few days. There was an enormous graphic novel for Michael in addition to pretty decorated origami newspaper for me. Then, to my surprise, in that place was more! One yesteryear one, Matt revealed shiny bundle afterwards shiny bundle - samples of all kinds of junk food.

He explained that he wanted to exhibit us something from his everyday life that was different, in addition to I knew what he meant. When I spent a semester studying inward upstate New York I loved piece of cake browsing the supermarket on my own, marvelling at the brilliant in addition to unfamiliar convenience foods. (There were ix brands of breakfast cereal that included marshmallows! Nine!) This gift was perfect, particularly given the high ratio of chocolate to other stuff.

I won't larn through them all inward particular straightaway - they'll larn a post each equally nosotros gradually swallow them, in addition to I yell upwards they deserve a tag of their own!

March 16, 2008: Tokyo Treats - Korean Kim Chi Chocolate

chilli-chocolate cupcakes at Inkari). I rather liked this explosive niggling package, together with was fifty-fifty a niggling disappointed that I couldn't honour a shot of vinegar.

March 17, 2008: Tokyo Treats - Pocky

Folks who've wandered roughly an Asian supermarket hither inwards Commonwealth of Australia should hold out no strangers to Pocky. These chocolate-coated pretzel sticks are crunchy, only a lilliputian salty, as well as incorporate non quite plenty smoothen dark-ish chocolate to sate me, causing me to consume to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than as well as MORE. Just also they're divided into 2 sachets inside the box, or I'd complete the lot inwards a sitting.

Note that Pocky is well-nigh probable NOT fully vegetarian - translations of the part listing betoken that they incorporate shortening. We ate, nosotros enjoyed but nosotros won't seek them out again.