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Asia is obsessed with putting snacks into individual wrapping.This makes it very easy to store, to transport and share among people during meetings or for handing out to children. The grandfather of individually wrapped mini-things is the Chocopie which is basically a Korean marshmallow pie. It has actually grown over the years in size. Tangibly so and noticeably from 110 calories to around 155.

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The best Ice-cream Cone you can get from a convenience store in Korea, folks:Name: Shooting StarCompany: 빙그레It tastes really fluffy and marshmallowy without feeling fluffy and marshmallowy, hence dense enough to feel like real stuff-- and the nerd-like toppings crackle ever so slightly with amylase application.Runners up:2. Pistachio Bravo cone- but only because I love pistachio and Bravo is a

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I left the blog unattended mid-Japan life and skipped over all my eating done in Shanghai.Current location is Seoul, Korea. I live by Soongsil Univ. Station, which is the poop colored green subway line, very close to Seoul University.Being 100% Korean but 80% gastronomically un-Korean (although I could probably eat a bucket of Kimchi if left alone with it too long), I look for as many

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So Lisa and I booked a trip to Sapporo to see the winter snow festival and challenge my lactose intolerance with by chugging Hokkaido milk and other milky products. But that didn't pan out so well as it's impossible to find hotel rooms still open and because domestic travel in Japan is ridiculously expensive. So we decided to get our Hokkaido milk fix in tokyo. Roppongi hills, actually, only a

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added 2/11/09:Two nights later Lisa and I ordered the Camembert cheese fondue pie. The picture on the flier looked so amazing and we were very excited, even if this wasn't one of their double decker pies. Camembert is my favorite type of cheese so I enjoyed my pizza but I have to say would forgo this fondue experience for more layers of cheese and bread. I'm also not a fan of the gridcut on a

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added 2/8/09kinpira rice burgerjust wanted to note that mos japan's riceburgers are superior to mos tw's simply because the rice is still chewy and moist and does not fall apart during consumption as did the mos tw yakiniku rice burger. no hard feelings, though.--------------------------------------I can't really tell if the MOS burger in Japan is actually better than MOS burgers elsewhere.I was

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Just an elevator ride from the Ikebukuro station is a floor of restaurants which make it so that a dinner party takes about two laps around and at least half an hour to decide where to eat. I nudged for this place after seeing their Squid Ink Pasta display.Salmon PastaThe squid ink pasta came in double the portion as Lisa's salmon pasta but it was a much thinner spaghetti noodle. There was very

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edited 2/12/09:don't bother with these and go to cafe crepe or anywhere else on Harajuku St.--------------------There are so many crepes in Tokyo. Lisa and I got these for lunch while shopping in Harajuku.Lovely Crepe and Choco Banana CrepeThe Lovely Crepe had chocolate cake bits and cheesecake in the center.Address渋谷区神宮前6TEL（ ０３）３４０９－３３４１営業時間：10:00～2１:00

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Lisa and I went shopping in Shibuya and coming out of the station, we smelled something...Having heard that beard papa's in Japan is infinitely superior to those in other countries, I refrained from trying them in Taiwan. And I have to agree that Beard Papa's in Taiwan never had this wafting smell effect as this one did.They were promoting their Strawberry cream"It tastes like a strawberry

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I'm just going to go ahead and make a label for Denny's because it's so close and we're bound to go here...too many times.My commentary will also be short simply because there are too many dishes to talk about and because most are self explanatory.This particular day we came just because we had filled out two point cards and were now ripe for a free dessert each. I have to say the surprise was a

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Updated pics 1/25Spaghetti and Meatsauce　680円Caramel Vanilla Pancake　390円Omurice　880円Salad with smoked Spanish ham　380円After the commute...Strawberry Mini Parfait　３９０円苺のミルフィーユガレット　５８０円This was actually my second time ordering this but I forgot to take a picture the first time.Jambalaya　５８０円Sirloin Steak １０８０円Root vegetable salad　３８０円Why is everything so good?

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デニーズThere's a Denny's a few blocks down from our apt building but I'm sure they're scattered around Tokyo. Everything is decently priced and there's a big selection covering Western, Japanese, the usual breakfast lunch & dinner and seasonal desserts.Above are the Pumpkin Milk Pudding Mini Parfait（３９０円） and Chocolate Mini Sundae（３５０円）.　Lisa liked the sundae enough to order it twice in a row. And

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Pizza hut is so much better in Asia--fact.Lisa (current roommate and lover forevs) and I ordered two nights in a row. The Pizza Huts in Japan encourage online ordering which allows you to pick your pizza and add/subtract toppings (cool option). This first pizza was the Camembert sauce pizza with mushrooms and bacon. We made no subtractions despite my no red meat "thing" of 2009. I've been

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I had such a sticky time with these that I don't think I will bake scones again but here's your eyecandy. enjoy~

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Last night I was looking through my Barefoot Contessa cookbook and decided to make Peanut Butter & Jelly bars. Creaming butter and adding peanut butter (creaming peanut butter?) is something I've never done before and it gives you this beautiful butterscotch color that browns into a caramel in the oven. The end product is dense and wet. If blondies a pbj came together, this would be their

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Sorry folks, for being MIAI am pretty bad about making posts during the school year at my home campus.I'm on my winter break as of now and I will spend the spring semester in Tokyo so you can expect blogs of my Japan food adventures. ^^I recently took a trip to Saks 5th in the city (jerseyspeak for ny) where I stumbled across... this.Borba is a facial skincare line with creams and gels and now,

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permission to peep before commentaryedit: commentary belowthis statement is a bit bold but fiveguys is always always satisfyingburgers come in little and regular sizes which are big and biggeri've actually never had a burger here for fear of not finishing but all i get are good reviews...and smellshotdogs are my usual, with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, lettuce, and some hot saucethey're split

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I know New York is the pizza/bagel capital of the universe but I reserve supreme bagel praise for Celebrity Bagels (Tenafly, NJ)Okay, maybe since Tenafly's only a short drive and a walk over the GW from the city the proximity to the NY bagel might have rubbed off some awesome-bagel traits. But dirty jers has done a great job outdoing ny dough.chewyness is peerlessThere isn't even a need for

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If Amherst/Umass has the best pizza (Antonio's), then CMU has the best scone.La Prima Espresso is probably my favorite thing about going to CMU.This semester I don't have any classes in Wean Hall so I don't go there as often but the past two years have seen a lot of sconing.There are two kinds of scones they sell, and the better kind are triangular, bigger, a bit dry, and always in the display

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I came across Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels in the freezer aisle of the Geagle (Giant Eagle) in Squirrel Hill. It's a short busride away from CMU campus."Chocolate Crumb" stuffed pretzel. My shopping buddy Christine decided to restrain herself but I went against my culturally instilled groupism tendencies and stood by the pretzel. I even put back some other junk to make junk space. And I think

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Skylark has a lot of branches... 10 to be exact...and Taipei is such a small city that I wonder if this is normal. I've been to the Zhong Xiao Ming Yao one twice, the first time having an unremarkable 香辣咖哩海鮮炒飯 Seafood Curry Pilaf NT$140. But I'm really 貪吃 and while spooning my pilaf I saw this girl with a stylish bob cut in a little black dress eating the squid ink pasta that I might have ordered

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鳳梨 are really delicious, really common, and really various in Taiwan金鑽鳳梨Roughly translates to Golden Diamond Pineapple, which is a much bolder yellow/orange that is somewhat transparent and reflects light along its facets--like diamonds! The taste is in perfect accordance with its looks; still a pineapple, but more daring and sharp.牛奶鳳梨Milk Pineapple, which is grown under generous nursing of the

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Wei Lih MenThis is the most humble looking 速食麵 you will find. You can tell that it's an old-schooler and that it's good enough to have lasted this long and still is competing with the newage instant nooldes that are getting more and more creative (I found one that comes with a packet of alcohol inside). It's a dry 炸醬麵 (zhajiangmian) that comes with two styrofoam bowls; one for the noodles and one

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They do not failIf you like tiramisuOrchocolate mochi with chocolate dipping saucePreviously reviewed hereAddressIJY Sheng一之軒時尚烘焙台北市師大路 53 號 電話：(02)2362-0425 傳真：(02)2362-2625http://www.ijysheng.com.tw/

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For all the people who love durian but can't stand the smell. You might try durian milk as an alternative because there is no smell to it. I am assuming that somewhere between the milking and the pureeing the smell dissipated and didn't come back. And if you don't like durian at all you still might want to visit this fruit store because they sell cute bottles of freshly made watermelon juice,

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士林夜市Is the first and last place I tried 臭豆腐 (stinky tofu). This is the fried kind that comes with cabbage and a spicy sauce. The stink really makes a statement, truly like pure sewage, but I don't remember anything remarkable about the taste. It's not bad. But really there is too much to eat that tastes and smells better by the leagues.But! If you just walk a few meters past the 臭豆腐攤位 you'll come

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OmagawwwI can has another?

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華西街觀光夜市What better way to spend 情人節 (Valentine's Day 8/7) than at a night market eating snake?There is this one snake house that does snake-gutting demonstrations. They are hanged (can I say "hung" since snakes are not people?) as such, slit with a scissor in a upward zipper-cut motion, and bodily fluids are collected. Blood from the heart; Bile from the gallbladder; Venom from the fangs (the guy

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Before I express any kind of praise about Starbucks I want to make it clear that I am definately not a fan of Starbucks or any other coffee franchise. In the states I would not happily shell out US$2.00 for a tall black or for unworthy calories from the baked goods display. But in Taiwan you experience this withdrawal from being deprived of the Western saccharide for an extended period of time.

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The plantain (芭蕉) in Taiwan wields ephiphanic qualities to me and like creatures. Plantains common in the states are large, green and tough. They go largely unappreciated because most Americans don't know what to do with them and will often move on after stopping to cop a feel. I know only one way to eat these plantains and that is how my mom does them. In her kitchen the plantains are thickly

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I went to see the sights in Danshui the other night and due to the lasting indecisiveness of my three-person party, we somehow ended up passing by all the snack vendors and restaurants to dinner at Big Tom. There is no logic to how this happened.Big Tom is sort of upscale ice cream store serving sundaes and belgian waffles positively reviewed by meieats. If by any chance you are at Big Tom and

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There is a lot of hype about ice monster.'Cause it's a looker.But only steps from this shaved ice tycoon is a hole-in-the-wall called Yu Tou Da Wang. This is where it's at.The store sells a variety of soups and ices. To give you a feel for their soup menu there is hongdou tang, huasheng tang, digua tang, yutou tang, bing digua yuan yuyuan tang (笑). So they do serve red bean, peanut and other

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Aside from the famous Salty Chicken and Sheng Jian Bao that Shida night market is known for, there are a few other vendors along Long Quan that I like. I'll start locationwise starting from the end closest to the He Ping Rd. entrance.Cong bing vendor Blisters are always a good sign. I love this vendor because he's very generous with his green onions and black pepper. The onions are chopped thick

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...makes me o so ~le pissed off~ [gestures with authentic french cool]mostly because the name (which roughly translates to "oh, my sun") suggests some kind of radiant delight which can be gotten from the NT$90 or so patronage-- if not then at least an experience that can pass for mildly Italian to an ignorant Korean-American like myself. After taste testing three flavors from the meager selection

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Two months into my three month stay in Taiwan.There are good bakeries everywhere in Taipei but IJY Sheng is my favorite chain; I frequent the one in Shida night market because I live only blocks from it. All this was consumed over the course of two months because even I have my limits. I will keep the descriptions to a minimum because its more productive to let you ogle these babies than to say "

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