Eat & Drink Asia

maybe it's because i'm an adman, but each time i visit a new place, i'm fascinated by the different types of products you can buy, especially food & bev. since i'm the shopping bag of the house, i get to call the shots on cool new stuff for the pantry, and take full responsibility for items that explosively miss the mark.

that said, i promise not to take this segment into restaurants and snap every item the waiter puts in front of me.....sorry, I make the rules and I say that is dumb.

first up...a beer from the Philipines named San Miguel. A popular beer in Hong Kong, and it's likely you can get it all over the world> confirmed.

not the point. what i'm getting at isn't about the beer itself so much (although it tastes pretty good)...i'm more interested in the choice of imagery for the can. Somehow, they felt it was necessary to reinforce the idea that this was indeed a beer by placing a bottle of the beer on the can.....call me crazy, but i don't remember any kids throwing back a tall boy of Nestea.

next, I found this little beauty in the freezer section of our local expat grocery story called Taste. now, I have no idea what 90% of the box said for these Meiji treats, so i figured the picture told most of the story...the ingredients told the rest: soda & vanilla flavoured confection. yum. so i ran home, opened the box, and popped one into my mouth. i have to admit i expected some type of soda 'fizz', but it was fairly flaccid in substance.....i did like it though, kind of a creamcicle idea going on.

i know, big deal right, anyone can eat a god damn ice cream bar....grow a pair and eat something that's got some bite...

Hopefully that doesn't require eating a pair, but I'm at your mercy....I'll do anything for you.
XOXO