Posted in just for fun on November 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’m only off by a couple days! Give a girl a break. You haven’t seen my schedule for this week. I hope that everyone who celebrates Halloween had a wonderful one. Okazu loves sugar-induced comas, so here are some of my favourite candies. Unfortunately, none of these are particularly great for trick-or-treaters. More for you, [...]
Posted in China, Japan on July 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
This box of caramels was one of my purchases at Paul’s Shop, yesterday. Paul’s is a little import grocery store in Kunming, in one of my yet-to-fully-explore areas relatively near campus. This area also happens to include Salvador’s restaurant, which is the place to go if you’re craving Western food.
Prices at both locations are a [...]
Posted in China on July 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Want Want more or less dominates the Chinese convenience food and beverage market. Anything you could think of, from liquor to rice crackers, they’ve got it. This is Mr. Bond.
(images from website, here)
Mr. Bond comes in three varieties: black, latte, and American style. The can in question is “black”, which actually is only somewhat black, [...]