Pretz – Roasted Salted Butter
I remember as a kid when Pretz only had a few flavours under it’s belt, I decided to deviate from my usual green box that housed the infamous salad flavour. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as…
Category: Asia
Black Thunder – Fermented Butter
Fermented butter is one of those things where I really know next to nothing about but it sounds like a fancier version of a kitchen table staple. What does the fermentation do? How does it…
Meiji – Chocolate Pistachio
Meiji milk chocolate is what I consider the basic, standard flavour of what milk chocolate is typically in Japan. It has a distinct flavour to it that is hard to describe if you haven’t tried…
Black Thunder – Salty Milk
Enough time has passed that adding salt to chocolate or caramel is not considered strange at all. Nay, in the current time and age, it’s nearly expected because the combination works so well together. It…
POM – Orange Juice Gummies
POM is a fairly prominent brand of pomegranate juice in my neck of the hemisphere. In Japan and Asia at large though, it’s a fairly popular and longstanding brand of orange juice drink. I say…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Golden Peach and Mango
I remember when Hi-Chew first started this doubles train, and even now after the past few years it shows no signs of slowing down. I’m wondering how much longer until they run out of combinations…
Ghana – Saku Saku Chocolate Balls
Ghana is one of Lotte’s brand names of chocolate. It’s marketed as being simple, high quality chocolate for a decent price. When I think of Ghana I think of their standard bars. Sure they do…
Black Thunder – Nut Mix
Insert nut joke here. Ok now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about this bar. Black Thunder is known for being inexpensive but tasty snack that people can find in any convenience store.…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Cherry and Strawberry
And deeper down the Hi-Chew doubles hole we go. At this point it’s become more of a game of which flavours and fruits they haven’t combined. Cherry and strawberry seems pretty tame and normal right?…
Tirol Chocolate – Sakura Matcha
There are certain flavours or foods I wonder about. Some things that we take for granted would have at some point been a discovery by our ancient ancestors who took the risk to find out…