Green Tea Pocky (with green tea bits)
Tiramisu Mousse Pocky
Now, those who know me will know that I am on a quest to set up my very own Pocky Shrine - collecting as many different flavours of Pocky as possible (am keeping the boxes btw. After all that effort put into hunting them down and the $$$ spent on them, I better well have a souvenir).
These are two that I bought and tried today. Now, the funky Pocky sticks are very different from the standard chocolate and strawberry flavoured ones that are the most easily found at supermarkets and canteens. Those are made in Thailand, while the "collections" are made in Japan. Fact is, they do taste different, not just the coating but even the biscuit tastes better.
The Green Tea one gives a strong, clean green tea flavour, and you'll see tiny bits of deep green on the coating - those are supposed to be real green tea bits. Green tea lovers rejoice - this actually tastes quite like real green tea! Each box holds 4 packets, with 6 sticks in each pack.
The tiramisu one comes from the Glico Pocky Mousse family. I have previously tried the mousse ones in White Chocolate, Green Tea, Cream and Berry. The distinctive characteristic of the mousse series is that each biscuit is slightly thicker than the normal pocky and the coating is a lot thicker. I mean a lot. It's usually creamier tastes too. The Tiramisu is not quite up to standard though. I mean, it tastes awesome, but it tastes more like chocolate than tiramisu. It lacks the kick of coffee liqour you get when you eat tiramisu, and doesn't really taste like tiramisu at all. It does taste nice and chocolate-y though! For these, each box holds 3 packets with 4 sticks per pack. They may be fewer, but they are downright satisfying!
Now, tracking down Pocky is not an easy thing. I've not seen a single supermarket/Japanese supermarket/ Japanese snack shop that sells all the different flavours of Pocky that's possible found in Singapore. You can find one flavour there, and there and there, and some popping up in random minimarts around the island. The price varies too - usually around 3-4 bucks per box.
The Green Tea one I found from Isetan Orchard and the Tiramisu at Central basement, whee!
Arnotts snack sized packs
One of today's enrichment programs I attended was the movie screening of Great Expectations (you know the movie is 6 hrs long??? We only got through 4 hours of it.) The lit teachers were so nice as to buy us snacks to much on while we watched! Grabbed these, and came to a conclusion: Arnotts biscuits are not great. I think the best things from them are Tim Tams, but we'll get to those another day. Chicken in a Biscuit will beat all the savoury Arnotts Shapes there are. Somehow the flavours are not right, taste too artificial and the biscuit is just not as satisfying as a msg-soaked Chicken in a Biscuit. Mmmm. And the chocolate for the chocolate bears prove to be too little, and too... dry. They taste more like cheap chocolate biscuits, so nah, not worth it.
Gotta admit the packaging is so cute and colourful though! And snack-sized packs are so convenient and limits the amount you get tempted to eat. Chicken in a Biscuit should be found in these good-sized packs :D.
Then came these:
HAVE YOU SEEN SUCH THICK EGG TARTS??? They work out to be around 5cm thick each! These are Taiwanese egg tarts apparently, and The Father brought back a box of 6 today, whee! Okay, they don't taste great, the egg custard is too eggy, and the crust, which is the traditional, more biscuity type (which I likeee) is not crumbly and buttery enough. Only cool thing about this is the sheer thickness, quite satisfying to sink your teeth into.
Oh I SIN.
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