Pretz

Not too long ago, I hooked up with a friend of a friend, well a friend of a blog friend. I guess the friend has a blog too and he became one of my early followers (love all you early followers!) and anyhoo I heard from my blog friend that the happy Hello Panda crackers were something that he turned her onto, so when I said Hello!, I asked him what his favorite Japanese snacks were.

He said Pretz.

And this is why I went to the Asian store and bought a boatload of snacks.

It turns out that Pretz are not available at this store and really the only place I had ever seen them was at J-List. So a orderin' we shall go. High Ho the merry O. A orderin' we shall go. (Who knew that the O stood for online.)

I also got some Sake drops, Beer drops, and gyoza drops. Gyoza are pork dumpings, and the drops taste just like that, only candified. One word: Awful.

But I love the beer drops and the bacon Pretz. Love bacon!

It's a good thing I like pink (again)

Sweet Pea - wild, originally uploaded by Judy's Notebook.

The Sweet Pea. Every year I plant an heirloom variety hoping it will take off by itself, that is self sow. And finally it has. Only instead of reds and purples and creams, the default color returns to pink, shades of pink.

Snack Happy

I returned to my castle with the goods. My expedition was successful. Hello Kitty sticks, check. Hapi party mix, check. Kiwi gummy fruit, double check. I also bought many things I've never tried before. Oh wait! Everything here I've never tried before. It's all new to me. But you know if the package says, "WANT WANT Rice Crackers," then I got a feeling I'm going to want want them.

Crunchy crackers with gooey chocolate filling

I'm not sure if everybody knows. I think it's probably pretty obvious though. I like food.

No, I love food.

I have three public blogs, and two of them revolve around food. So if you want to make me happy - Let's talk about food. If you want to make ecstatic - offer up something delish that I've never had before. And if that something delish just happens to be a Japanese snack food, then you've won a spot at my coveted round table.

Forever! 

Thank you Amanda for the birthday surprise!