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Bread Guy

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I’m totally elated.  Why, you ask?

Bread guy remembered me! I was walking up to the bread truck that parks on the side of my street, and Bread guy hopped out and said “pan, deska?” (you want some bread?).  Then a moment passed where I thought I saw a glimmer of recognition (but no, not possible – that was nine months ago!), and then he said (in broken English) “you’re back! good to see you long time. you cut your hair, it look good.”

This is a picture of the bread truck that I took, stalker-style, from our balcony.

I’m so excited that I get fresh bread out of a truck again.

Bread guy recommended a curry bun, which is a really common snack here. I was just reading about it, and found out that filled sweet breads of all sorts are really popular, kind of like the russian piroshki. What they forget to tell you is how bad they must be for you!

I also got this weird hot-dog bun with peanut butter frosting in it:

What’s odd is that i think i accidentally bought this peanut butter frosting by itself the other day, thinking that it was regular peanut butter.  You understand my confusion, as there’s a peanut on the cover and it was sitting in the jelly aisle at the market. It tastes a little like… when you make peanut butter cookies and you whip a lot of sugar, butter, and peanut butter and you stick your finger in the batter, just before you add the eggs.  yeah, that.  that’s what i have inside of a hot dog bun.

I thought it would be interesting to show you the bread here, because it’s so different from what we’re used to at home. This loaf is average in every way except that it’s way more “whole grainy” than they usually are. Nearly all the bread is stark-white and fluffy, sliced thick, and served 6-slices to the loaf. This pretty little number was about $4:

Wasabi Kitkat

I currently live in a glorious land, where artificial flavouring is harnessed to its full potential to produce junk-food that of legends are made of. This land or lore is full of inspiring flavor combinations, and of general awesomeness among kitkats. This… well, this next kitkat isn’t any of that.  Sad, too, because it had so much potential.

Without further ado, I give you jon’s find of the day; the chalky, bile coloured, wasabi kitkat:

Perhaps I have too high of expectations, especially after that gem (Sakura Coffee) from a couple days ago. Remember when we visited the wasabi farm last year?  I got the wasabi ice cream, expecting it to be spicy-yet-cool-and-sweet, and ended up with a creamy mess of chalky goo in my mouth.  Sigh.  Will I never learn?
I know I’ve been hitting you with a lot of lame kitkat posts lately, and you’re probably wondering when the stories will perk up. Fair enough. In all honesty, work’s been kind of busy as of late, and I’m freaking out a little in my head.  As Elizabeth would put it, “all I have to talk about is Invisalign® and shoes”.  (okay, not the shoes, but you get the point.)  Point being, I hear you.  I’ll stop moping about and have some adventures soon enough.