no, i am not experimenting with all of the items in my title at once. it's just that i've noticed the friendly 7-11 stores on campus have been seeling these Meiji brand milk in cartons like those used in Vienna (which jolts back memories) and since there seemed to be alot of folks in my classes drinking them, I decided to try the chocolate flavored one. At a price of 1.50 (75 Euros cents) for a carton, it seemed pretty reasonable, and darn! The only flavours of Mocha, Strawberry and Chocolate are all only available in low-fat (which may explain why most drinkers are gals...)
I tried the chocolate one and sadly, I think it tastes pretty coffee-ish rather than dark chocolate. But then again, I have a friend, Shuting, who seemed to think that I am the only one with this weird taste bud. She thinks it tastes perfectly chocolate-tish. Not that I am complaining cos last I counted, in the past 1 week alone, I had downed one everyday I'm in school. They are just bso damn handy when I have my 15 minutes break and since the drink store practically has a wait in line that though stretches for only a short distance, those aunties making drinks seemed to take an eternity just to prepare one blardie coffee (coffee powder, add water, stir, add sugar and that's it! is it that challanging?).
In my opinion, I find coffee flavored milk to be soooo horrible. I mean, why drink coffee-flavored milk? Hello! There is an actual beverage call coffee on the market! And after I say this, some nice folks will tell me "Well, I hate coffee...I prefer milk..." Then my mind will think " Then why take coffee flavoured milk if you hate coffee?!" Just one of those things that puzzle me.
Now that Igot that over, I am gonna share with all a wonderful sinful indulgence we have here called Japanese Cheesecake. Yes, Japanese Cheesecakes... Essentially, there are the same as New York Cheesecakes in that they are all, cheesecakes! But the core difference is that Japanese Cheesecakes are fluffy and light. They are like sponge cakes but with a nice aromatic wonderful cheese taste. And I love it! I got this particular cheesecake from BreadTalk, a local bakery that revolutionises the way people shop at bakery when they introduce the designer bakery concept few years back. In their stores, breads of various varieties (up to 66 different kinds i heard) are displayed like a boutique. Basically, i think it's just a great gimmick for this 'creative' company to up their prices of the bread by 50%...
Just how successful are they? Well, they are a listed company in Singapore and till date has expanded their franchise to countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Phillipines, and god knows where else?! By the way, the two photos of the shop are not from Singapore, I just googled up these images and apparently, the first's from Philipines and the later from HK.
Who said bread is cheap?!
Lastly, I met up with woman-in-love-cos-she's-getting-hitched Adeline and her oh-so-talented-singapore-airlines-pilot-that-will-be-her-husband Kevin last night for a drink at Singapore's only German Microbrewery (that's what they say at their website!) Paulaner Brauhaus. Shirley whom I have not met for ages (the last time we met was when we went to watch Lost In Translation!!) was also there and we all just have a great time chilling out! I had for myself only one 0.5L lager and ordered a Kaisermarrn (??) Felt so cheated by the dessert! Although it taste good, but i miss the original one from Diglas!!! And hello? Where is the plum sauce? By the way, my beer costs $14 buckaroos! This is 7 Euros. Yes, 7 euros for a .5L, and that's roughly the norm price here. Now u all know why I have to be sober at home!
More photos will be up in the next post as i borrowed Shirley's ultra sharp and cool camera for the photos...
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