After lunch at Lanna Thai, we went over to Zion Korean Market to get that kojuchang I wanted from a few nights earlier, since Ranch 99 didn't have it. I got this dark chocolate Pocky wannabee. This was goooood....
Yeah, I'm a pig...I opened it up as soon as we got in the car on our way to Mitsuwa Japanese market.
At Mitsuwa, I spied these snacks. I bought some Collon last time. It was way overpriced (imported from Japan) - just an airpuffed bag filled with a few cream filled wafers. You're paying for the packaging. But, what's that? Asses?
No, it's Couque D'Asses. Whatever the hell that means! Here's someone else's
post on this item!I noticed one of the commenters on that post wrote:
"Asse" is a name of a town in Belgium, and "Couque" means cookies. "Couque D'asse" should actually mean 'the cookies from the city Asse', but I got no clue why they had an 's' at the end of the name Asse. Weird, but just to let you know. " Well, alrighty then!
Oh so cute...Hello Kitty Babies! Actually these are just little puffs of baked dough. I'm sure it's dry and tasteless.
Now I bet this has more flavor than the spawn of Hello Kitty. You know, next time, I just might buy these crunchy crabs! It ws only $2.49! What the hell, as it says on the label, "Let's Party!"
On our way out, we stopped to try these fish shaped "Japanese style pancakes". We got one of each ($1!). This came out crappy because I was playing with the settings...
Here are the fish shaped batter molds:
They were also selling roasted chestnuts. It was $3 for the smallest bag.
The red bean filled fish pancake. We're heading South on 805 approaching the Mission Valley area.
The other pastry:
While at Mitsuwa, we got two packages of these peanut butter mochi. Unfortunately we let it go bad after 2 days. I only had 1 and 1/2 the same day. I didn't eat any the next, and noticed by the end of the 2nd day that the pieces were already beginning to grow mold! Fk! That'll learn us.
This was bought at Zion. These are yam noodles that you use for make
japchae. They look greyish and remain so after they are cooked. The noodles have a nice chewy texture to them and I like how they stretch! I'm not sure how good this brand is but hey, it was on sale dude!
A package with 3 kinds of wafer crackers. One was waffley looking and the other two were superthin wafers. They tasted kind of like fortune cookies but better!
TC chose this packaged quintet of Japanese candies at Mitsuwa. They still haven't been opened. Looks like an assortment of fruit flavored candies as well as wannabe M&M type candies.
Had to buy the BLACK chocolate.
And finally the
kojuchang I was looking for. I need this for our Korean BBQ at the end of this month. Evite to follow to the regulars! Mind you, this is the smallest ass size. They had some industrial sized TUBS there in Zion for the hard core folks.
Lastly, in our living room, a tiny but cute Korean melon. We'll be eating this soon.
Yeah, I'm a pig...I opened it up as soon as we got in the car on our way to Mitsuwa Japanese market.
At Mitsuwa, I spied these snacks. I bought some Collon last time. It was way overpriced (imported from Japan) - just an airpuffed bag filled with a few cream filled wafers. You're paying for the packaging. But, what's that? Asses?
No, it's Couque D'Asses. Whatever the hell that means! Here's someone else's post on this item!I noticed one of the commenters on that post wrote: "Asse" is a name of a town in Belgium, and "Couque" means cookies. "Couque D'asse" should actually mean 'the cookies from the city Asse', but I got no clue why they had an 's' at the end of the name Asse. Weird, but just to let you know. " Well, alrighty then!
Now I bet this has more flavor than the spawn of Hello Kitty. You know, next time, I just might buy these crunchy crabs! It ws only $2.49! What the hell, as it says on the label, "Let's Party!"
On our way out, we stopped to try these fish shaped "Japanese style pancakes". We got one of each ($1!). This came out crappy because I was playing with the settings...
Here are the fish shaped batter molds:
They were also selling roasted chestnuts. It was $3 for the smallest bag.
The red bean filled fish pancake. We're heading South on 805 approaching the Mission Valley area.
The other pastry:
While at Mitsuwa, we got two packages of these peanut butter mochi. Unfortunately we let it go bad after 2 days. I only had 1 and 1/2 the same day. I didn't eat any the next, and noticed by the end of the 2nd day that the pieces were already beginning to grow mold! Fk! That'll learn us.
This was bought at Zion. These are yam noodles that you use for make japchae. They look greyish and remain so after they are cooked. The noodles have a nice chewy texture to them and I like how they stretch! I'm not sure how good this brand is but hey, it was on sale dude!
A package with 3 kinds of wafer crackers. One was waffley looking and the other two were superthin wafers. They tasted kind of like fortune cookies but better!
TC chose this packaged quintet of Japanese candies at Mitsuwa. They still haven't been opened. Looks like an assortment of fruit flavored candies as well as wannabe M&M type candies.
Had to buy the BLACK chocolate.
And finally the kojuchang I was looking for. I need this for our Korean BBQ at the end of this month. Evite to follow to the regulars! Mind you, this is the smallest ass size. They had some industrial sized TUBS there in Zion for the hard core folks.
Lastly, in our living room, a tiny but cute Korean melon. We'll be eating this soon.
4 comments:
Okay...you seriously got me missing my teaching days in Japan!! What a walk down memory lane with the "Collon" and "D'Asses". My absolute fave snack type junky kinda food in Japan was "Collon"! LOL! I tried to explain to my Japanese friends and students why I thought it was funny...but they didn't get it :)
PS. The Japanese sweets that are shaped like a fish and filled with anko -the red bean paste(and not to be mistaken with unko--which is 'sh!t') is called Taiyaki. I just love all the neat things you can get in Japan! Yum!
Thank you!!!! I was curious about the name of that Japanese sweet pastry! Yes, not to be confused with 'unko' for sure!!! that's one of the few Japanese words I know...of course, the bad ones first.
Okay Canine, how did you manage to hold that pastry, take a snapshot of it and drive at the same time? You must of gotten some help from TC.
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