random foods

yup, my latest obsession is the lovely, chocolatey, creamy-sweet, almond-crunchy Magnum Bar. yumm. and the best part is, 7-11 is having a one-for-one sale on magnum, so instead of the usual PRICEY $2.90, your (or mine, if you're feeling nice. grin) magnum is now $1.45. mmm.

oh and my latest discovery at Starbucks is the Caramel Frappuchino. Well, not precisely new discovery per se, but my drink of the moment, rather. Extra foam lattes are good and all, but when one is sitting there for hours, it is better to have a drink that melts than a hot coffee that goes stone cold. and i love whipped cream. :) i wonder if they have hazelnut fraps, though. caramel gets a tad too sweet.

oh and candy empire has these amusingly named 'potato snacks': Chio brand junk food. funky eh. haha. although they are cheap, at $2.80 for a 100g bag, they did give a little bit of a shock when i opened them and discovered they were not potato chips as I had expcted, but rather, the healthy, baked, puffy sort of 'potato snack'. now you know why they're called potato snacks. haha.

oh and M and i discovered a new place to buy cheap snacks that are also healthy, and depending on what you buy, can help boost brainpower. It's that shop I believe I once scoffed at, Pat's Oven, which sells nuts, seeds, dried fruits and the like. And when I say cheap, it does depend on what you buy. for instance, nuts like macadamias are expensive wherever you go, so don't expect $1 for 100g. but think about it this way, as a movie snack, $4plus for a bag of macadamia nuts isn't that expensive. seasalted sunflower seeds are $1.70 for 100g, and are really nice. they're not too salty, and the really cool bit—for me, at least—is that you don't see a single grain of salt on them, nor do you taste any, but the seeds are uniformly salty. yumm. cheap and good. :) haha.

well, that's all for this week. hopefully when the exams end next week i'll have more time to putter around in my kitchen and i'll be able to post about more food.

oh and if anyone wants to buy cookies, i'll be free after the 7th! :)