What colour do you want?

Wow! I went for a bit of shopping today and I stumbled upon a mini Japan Food Fair at Ikano shopping centre. The products were mostly snacks and simple ready to eat items actually.

So as I was nosing around the 10-odd aisles I spotted these:

Wahh!! I got so excited and was smiling all the way to the cashier's.

So then I came home and opened them and what a cute surprise! See for yourself.


I didn't get the original chocolate because we can get that anytime. So I tried the grape flavor first. It was sweet and tasted more like berries than genuine grape flavor but it's still good. Of course you cannot say no to Pocky!

Just in case some people don't know, Pocky is one of the more popular range of brands by Glico Japan and in Malaysia the famous chocolate sticks are sold as Rocky due the non-halal sounding name. Of course there are 2 ways of pronouncing Pocky - a) poh-ky or b) poke-y. I prefer the latter because it sounds funny using the chocolate sticks to literally poke somebody with!

Anyway, if you go to the site you'll be in for a surprise: http://pocky.jp/index.html. Not only do they have a range of other flavours (some of which are now available at the food fair and at Cold Storage), they have a fan base, Pocky dance, and games. Yes they HAVE a dance specially for Pocky. Geez.

But in addition to the colourful sight and shopping at Cold Storage after the fair, I stumbled upon this - a Pocky chocolate for Men! View @ http://pocky.jp/products/pocky/index.html. Eh? A bit sexist right? Looking a bit of a cigarette box it's dark chocolate in flavor. You can find this in the Japanese aisle in Cold Storage. Want to try?