The Only Sports Post You’ll See On This Blog
July 6, 2008
Did you have a great 4th of July weekend? It sure went by faster than I thought, especially since I spent (or wasted) the entire morning today glued to the telly watching the Wimbledon men’s finals. “Now, what does tennis have anything to do with a blog highlighting stuff that are cute and yummy?”, you ask yourself? Nothing really, but it’s the setup I need to share with you a YouTube video I saw a few weeks ago featuring the Wimbledon winner and cutie Rafael Nadal. It’s actually a viral ad done by Kia using clay animation, but you don’t even have to be a tennis fan to enjoy it. It’s got aliens, some funky dancing, and really – just two minutes of funny entertainment.
Extra yummy: Here’s an easy to play arcade style tennis game where you can burn a few calories smashing at the keyboards! Enjoy!
Linny
Room Candy – always yummy
Sweet Strawberry Snacks
July 6, 2008
I was grocery shopping in my local Asian supermarket a couple of days ago and came across Pocky, a type of Japanese snack consisting of a thin pretzel-like stick covered in a light coating of strawberry cream. Gosh, I used to eat a ton of these (especially the chocolate version one) when I was little, so I couldn’t resist picking up a box. I noticed other variations of the strawberry snack on the shelf, so I thought I’d conduct my own tasting test. Here’s the lot of :
Let’s break it down, shall we? First is the traditional Pocky in strawberry, along with a more textured version with strawberry bits. Kinda like choosing between orange juice with pulp or with no pulp.
Then we have a fish shaped pretzel puff with strawberry filling. Is it just me, or does this look like a more tanned version of a Pepperidge Farm goldfish cracker?
And last but not least, we have a wafer cone-like thing with some sort of strawberry filling. The package also contains the vanilla and chocolate version, so what the heck – I’ll try those out as well.
Look how pretty the packaging is for each individual cone! You know me – I’m a big sucker for good packaging, so the company gets automatic brownie points for that!
Here’s what they look like out of the box.
The original pink Pocky is just as I remembered it – savory and sweet and tart all at the same time. Pure yumminess! The pulpy version with the strawberry bits didn’t taste much different except for the grainy texture. Eh, not a big fan. Onto the goldfish strawberry pretzel snack. When I tried it, I’m a little disappointed that the pretzel is not as crunchy as I expected it to be, and there is a strange aftertaste to the strawberry cream. Maybe I got a stale batch, but I’m not too particularly impressed. The wafer cone one had a nice and light airy texture as I bit into it, and the thick fudge-like filling was rather sweet but otherwise tasted good. I guess it’s like eating a mini ice cream cone with strawberry fudge instead of ice cream. So the final verdict? Call me old fashioned, but I think I’ll stick to my original Strawberry Pocky. It may be an oldie, but still a goodie!
Linny
Room Candy – always yummy!
