Month: February 2016

Nongshim Honey Twist Snack & Lotte Honey Potato Chips & Lotte Honey&Butter Corn Snack

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My dear snackers… South Koreans are obsessed with honey snacks! So I bought a few of them just to see what they’re like.^_^
First one I bought were these Honey flavored twist snack costing £0.89p from Nongshim at Centre Point Korean Store. At first I only saw the Honey and Apple sign, thinking it was honey and apple flavoured, then when I ate them….

They are actually the most sweetest crisps I have ever had! Each twist is coated with honey.

You can buy this in other Asian stores… but I’m not tempted to buy these again. :p
Next one I also bought at the Centre Point store costing at £3.99. Expensive!!! >_<"" These are purely honey flavoured crisps as well.

The crisps are very light and puffy. It took me a long time to eat these as they were quite sweet too but also had a slight buttery taste… or could that have been the potato taste?

Not sure if I will be buying these again either…
Last one I bought at H Mart Mini were these Lotte Honey and Butter Corn Snack. This cost £1.79!! The cheapest big bag I’ve seen so far. ^_^

They are incredibly tasty. Quite buttery in taste and has a very slight sweet honey taste. The best out the three (and I haven’t finished them yet!). 

I will be buying these ones again in the future!! 
Are there anymore honey and butter snacks out there? (Not talking about fried chicken though)….


I am now off for one week to a hopeful sunny Marseilles!! See you all soon!!!

Taekyung Topoki and Noodle Cup (Rabboki)

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Continuing with some more Korean snacks!! Just a few more days until the holiday…!! Yay!!
So. I bought these rather interesting pot noodle lookalikes in H Mart Mini. They looked funny and interesting with the characters on the labeling. 

I can’t read Korean yet, so I looked at the pictures diagrams. These pots are actually a bit like rabokki (rice cakes and noodles mixed together with a sauce).

I tried the blacked bean sauce pot rabokki first…
So this was what was in the pot: rice cakes, noodles, sauce pack and a plastic fork.

You put the rice cakes in first.

Then the noodles and then the sauce… then

Add 80cc of hot water (or maybe it’s cold… don’t know)…

Then wait for 3 minutes and 30 seconds??? Uh… Nope… You’re supposed to microwave it!!! Ugh. I don’t have a microwave at home. >_<"" I ate this anyway. Bleugh.

So wanted to enjoy this with this Scarlet Soju… 😛

So I tried this spicy rabokki at work, this time I used the microwave.

Ta-daaa… this is what it’s supposed to look like… It doesn’t look much, but does fill a tiny hole in your stomach. No doubt I had more food after this!! >_<""

It’s worth a try if you’re looking for the tiniest microwave Korean snack. But I don’t think I’ll but this again.

Rabokki cup cost £1.99 each… expensive.
Scarlet Soju cost £5.99.

Super Comic Con @ London Excel Centre 2016

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Yatta!! Before I move back to some more Korean snacks, I’m going to sidetrack to this weekend’s events.^_^
Miss Pinky suggested we go to Super Comic Con (I already knew about it, but didn’t book it because I’m going on holiday next week… wahahahaha!!). So I said ok, we haven’t been out for a long time together… Mr Picky and Baby B also joined us, so it was more like a family day out with the Godmother. Lol!!

There was almost a problem printing off the tickets before we went (because I entered the wrong email address for Miss Pinky) but that was quickly resolved… On the day itself, I woke up late ¬_¬” but managed to get to their home by 9.45am! However, Miss Pinky and Baby B weren’t ready to go!!! Uh oh. So we spent about 45 minutes getting each other ready… The journey itself was a nightmare, Miss Pinky got off the wrong level when we got to Canning Town sparking a furious Mr Picky, uh oh… But when we finally got there we all seemed to have calmed down and sort of became normal again. Hmmm, I don’t know how we’re going to cope in the future with holidays, I think it might turn out to be like this trip, and this is only in London. :p

So before we went into the event itself, we had to get tagged. In a separate area we queued with our pre-paid tickets… it was going so fast! Faster than Hyper Japan! Baby B got in for free (she’s almost 5 months old!) but also had to be tagged. Lol.

Everywhere we went we saw people in their costumes, us normal people weren’t worthy… :p

How I wished to have sat on this throne from Game of Thrones but it cost £5 to have your picture taken.

From this point onwards are lots of pictures… Miss Pinky was saying who all the characters were…. whaaaat? She is such a Sci-Fi addict!!! I DID NOT know how much Sci-Fi she watched!! I’m not worthy of coming to this convention without a true fan. Even Mr Picky was naming a few…. woah, I am out of touch with the other world of science fiction.

Don’t worry Baby B was not crying, and Mr Picky was not in grief, but Miss Pinky was definitely happy!
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Game of Thrones characters…!! (Yes, I was converted to liking this HBO series from 2-3 years ago).

I am currently watching The Arrow series… I love the show.

Do you know how much this cost me? £11!!! Ugh. Well I didn’t spend a penny at the convention, so it worth it.

Miss Pinky got scared of these creepy peeps… LOL!!!

All the men were eyeing this lady… hmmm… I wonder why. Mr Picky was happy too… :p

It was time to leave but we saw a lot of photo shoots happening outside the convention. Reminds me of Hyper Japan all over again. ^_^

Well if you missed this one, there is the normal comic con in May.

But Super Comic Con, you were AMAZING!!!

Website: http://www.londonsupercomicconvention.com/

Yegam Korean Baked Potato Crisps – Original Flavour

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So I bought a load of Korean snacks and I thought I’ll share them on this blog. 😀 It’s been too long, haven’t shared many snacks recently… haven’t gone on holiday for a while, but will be in less than 2 weeks time! Yay!!
Haven’t tried these Korean Baked Potato crisps before. Bought these in Centre Point Food Store in New Oxford Street… Hadn’t been there for a long while!

They’re sealed into a foil bag and so the crisps are stacked on top of each other. Just like Pringles and any tube crisps.

They’re are crinkle cut. The taste is a bit funny, a bit like Pringles Original but they try to add a sweet baked potato kind of taste – does this make sense? I don’t think it does… you will need to try it out. Very hard to describe!!

I didn’t get the receipt from this place, so I really don’t remember the price. I think it was less than £2. Worth a try if you’re into strange crisps.

Aero Blueberry Flavour ブルーベリーアイス味

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Kiss, kiss, kiss.  ^_^ Sharing the love to everyone!!

Thought I’ll do an Aero special. I found this flavour in H Mart Mini after my Japanese class one evening. Blueberry? Aero? Japanese chocolate? Not seen this before!

So if you’re into Japanese chocolates you’ll know they’ll be individually wrapped into smaller packaging. There’s no Aero bar here!

It’s like one of those chocolate pieces you find in a box of Heroes or Roses.

Bit into one and it’s all light purple inside. Sweet blueberry flavour mixed into white chocolate and surrounded by that sweet Aero milk chocolate. Mmmmmmm. They even smell of blueberries and chocolate mixed! There is a slight milky aftertaste and it gives the mouth a dry texture.,. but otherwise quite tasty.

Can’t remember where I left the receipt so forgot the price! :p Edit: Found the receipt!! The packet cost £5.99!! 高いですね！！！Expensive isn’t it!!!

Well if you want to surprise your loved ones or simply want to drown yourself as a singleton with chocolate (which I will not be doing), then I suggest you try these.

(•‾⌣‾•)و ̑̑♡

Magical Lantern Festival @ Chiswick House and Gardens 2016

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Ta-daaaa! I seem to be saying that a lot recently.
Time Out London had an offer I couldn’t resist! I paid for a cheaper ticket to go and see the Magical Lantern Festival at Chiswick House and Gardens. Might as well since you don’t get to see this too often in London.
So yesterday I went to get the train from London Waterloo and got off at Chiswick Station. Passed my old uni station and reminiscing about the past… It’s been more than a decade since I graduated! Anyway, I asked a lady (who was being cheeky) the way to Chiswick House and Gardens. She said go over the bridge and there’s a street called Park Street… keep walking for about 10 minutes and turn right. Note: there’s no sign for Park Street, you’ll just see a street of houses. Also note that there is a side entrance to the Gardens, don’t go into that if you’re there early, which is what I did >_<".

Because I got there early I managed to get a sneak peek before the lights went on. So if you can’t see them at night, go in the morning to have a look!

Monkey King is looking for a battle in Chiswick. >_<

Had to walk out of the park and get to the car park for the start of the festival. Queues were already forming. 1 queue for already bought tickets and the other for those who wanted to purchase… Anyway we all waited patiently….
Finally got in, but still had to wait to scan tickets in… Unfortunately my ticket didn’t have a scan thingy on it from my Time Out voucher… apparently I had to go to the Box Office on the side and get my hand stamped! Then go back! Luckily I didn’t have to re-queue, otherwise I would have been annoyed… Time Out voucher holders, make sure you get stamped at the Box Office!!!


Myself and a lot of other people entered into an alley of lights.

Then the show began! Here are just a few pictures, some came out fuzzy because of the lights (too bright for my camera) and rain. :p

Monkey King glows in the dark.

Love this lone mushroom. ^_^

Think they’re getting ready for the Valentine’s Day couples.

Well that’s it. The festival ends on March 6th, so if you get the chance to go then enjoy! It is about an hour’s walk around the gardens. The website suggests around 75 minutes – well only if you stop for food and drinks plus loo time. 

Address: Burlington Lane, Chiswick W4 2RP


Website: http://www.magicallantern.uk/

China Town’s Fourth Gate @ London Wardour Street

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Hmmm, where was I when this new gate appeared in China Town? At work struggling of course!

This is the fourth gate in China Town and it’s placed in Wardour Street. It’s astounding! Never would have thought this gate would have been added to China Town. Maybe they should add one at every entrance. >_<"

This says 英倫呈祥 (Canto: ying leun ching cheung; Mando: Yīnglún chéng xiáng) meaning “England Phoenix” as translated on Google.

I think these are the sponsors of this gate…

This is the other side.

And this says 中國太平 (Canto: jung gwok taai ping; Mando: zhōngguó tàipíng) meaning “Peace in China”. Google translator translates it to something else. 太平 = peace and tranquility.

For more info on this gate, go to this website:
http://www.chinatownlondon.org/page/new-gate-for-chinatown/555

p.s. don’t forget it’s almost Chinese New Year!!!

Dum Dum Donutterie – London Brick Lane

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I finally gave Mr Games’s (and Mr Sensible’s) Christmas presents one month later!! Heheh. Mr Games even treated me to a lunch at his workplace. Thank you!!
After visiting him at work, I headed off to Shoreditch to find that Donald Trump mural (picture at the very bottom of this post) and see if there were any eggs on the floor… No eggs but just a hypocrite smiling away on the panels of a construction site. Shoreditch has changed a bit… new buildings about. No doubt expensive flats to drive out the poor. Stupid government and building plans.
Amongst all of that, I came across a donut shop along Brick Lane. I think this is a shop most people have blogged about, and I thought I will give it a try. 

I got the Nutella one and the pistachio cronut. They’re priced at £3 each as takeaway. And I think it’s £3.60 when you eat in. Obviously I did a takeaway!

Wished I had this Nutella one second because this is utterly delicious!! Umai!!! The cronuts feel hard but they have a good donut edge to it and not too much croissant taste.

The pistachio had custard in it. This was nice too but I think I liked the other the best… 😀

I even made an attempt to making cronuts… but these look more like donuts with a very buttery croissant taste to it! And I think I burnt them too. >_<"" My second attempt weren't bad, but they still taste burnt…

If you get the chance, go find a cronut shop! ^_^

Website: http://dumdums.co.uk/

And here’s the Donald Trump piece by Furia139… Get those eggs out!!