Weird Japanese sweet #5 Watapachi grape candy

Who doesn't love cotton candy? It's one of the most beloved of all children's fantasies.

Who doesn't love pop rocks? It's the other one of the most beloved of all children's fantasies.

And so... some Einstein managed to come out with the idea of having this mutated version of a fantasy, by combining these two, very strange creatures into one.
Introducing, the Watapachi grape candy! Of course, it had to be the japanese that would do it, since all the crazy cool stuff comes from the land of the rising sun.

Now, as I sit here typing with pop rocks blasting away on my tongue, I tell you this. This is one awesome candy. seriously. The minute I opened the bag, a poof of grapey air escaped from within, and it smelled wonderful. kinda like those sour-ish grape flavoured hard sweets. 

At first I wasn't quite sure if I had understood it correctly. Are you sure it's a candy? It kinda looks like diaper fillings. a whole wad of purple, nice smelling diaper fillings. But no matter, I tore it open and it was like a less-sticky version of cotton candy. Not quite as airy as I had expected it. Perhaps it was because I made the huge mistake of stuffing it into the fridge. (Lesson learned: don't stuff cotton candy into cold, damp places.)

It melts straight away, as it touches the tip of your tongue, and if you're lucky to get some on your first bite, you'll have soft, tingling mini explosions ricocheting off the walls of your mouth. The pop rocks are sweet, but the cotton candy balances everything with its sour-ish grapey goodness (Probably artificial, so not that all healthy to be frank. Whoever frank is).

I guess this could be the japanese version of popin' cotton candy by Vat19.com 

Or maybe the other way round. BUT it doesn't matter who started it first, all I care is that it exists in the first place. I guess you could try getting it by whatever means is easiest for you, though I'd say get more than one packet, because you'd sure be begging for more! At least I did.

Hungry bunny over and out.

Thought of the day: I wonder if it's possible to make a weapon out of a mega pop-rock?

Next up: Bombalaska! (The dessert! the dessert! I have no intention of anything to do with international warfare.)

MAGIC Ice cream for a dollar! - The pasar malam

Oooohh, what's this I see?

      Ahhh... Singapore's very own traveling night market, a carnival that pops up out of nowhere in the middle of town. The pasar malam is a charming array of food, daily essentials and (slightly outdated) fashion, set up under rows and rows of tents that will, if you're lucky enough, stretch out for long distances, winding its way between HDB flats and streets.

    Of course, it disappears just as suddenly as it appears, so whenever one does come around, I will make sure I get my stock of stuff. Every pasar malam sells almost exactly the same things, from Ramly Burgers to taiwanese hot dog on a stick; deep fried mushrooms and mua chi (pieces of glutinous rice flour coated with crushed peanuts), but occasionally, something special makes its way into the menu.

   Now, this isn't the first time I've seen them selling *MAGIC* Ice cream, but it is a rare phenomenon. "So, what's so magical about this Ice cream anyway?" you ask. Well, I'll show you.

Do you dare take a closer look?

    As you take a step closer to that mysterious looking pot, you see rows and rows of equally mysterious looking potion bottles. hmmm...I wonder what's in them? Boiled unicorn hair perhaps?

   You see the wizard bent over his cauldron, muttering some strange words, "One for a dollar...one for a dollar..." It must be some powerful spell!

    He prods the sticks bobbing up and down in the cauldron and you feel a little more brave. You peer into the cauldron.

    The wizard takes a bottle and uncaps it with a twist. You hear a soft, sizzling sound from the opening of the potion bottle and you see tiny bubbles swarming out of the yellow liquid. That potion must be of unicorn origin! How else would it display such power?

    You dare yourself to touch the cauldron while the wizard's not looking. You immediately jerk back your finger as the surface is freezing cold. The power...oh the power!

  You can't stand it any longer, and you order one stick of that yellow liquid. The wizard gives you a yellow, crooked smile and grabs onto one of the sticks sticking out of the pot. He slides it out, and amazingly, the yellow liquid you saw earlier had somehow hardened onto the stick! 

    

Finally! you have your share of power

   The wizard hands the stick over to you as you give him a dollar coin in return. You lick it gently, and magically, it tastes exactly like Kickapoo! How odd! The wizard is a genius!

So... do you see now? I hope my little narrative was good enough in displaying its awesome magic. One can never truly express how magical MAGIC ice cream is. Well, I tried my best.

Hungry Bunny Over and out *with a magical poof!*~

Coris Whistle Candy

A charming pack of deadly weapons

Whistle candy-Terrorising parents of little kids all over the world. Why you ask?

I got this while wondering around the super market like I always do, and I chanced upon this interesting pack of sweets. I've heard of these before, but I just never got around to trying them

Yet. I wasn't very keen on these though, with all the marketing gimmicks that came along with this candy, I was convinced it didn't taste all that good.

These sweets were probably made to drive adults insane. To whistle, all you really need to do is to wet the candy a bit with saliva before placing it between your lips and then blowing. If you don't wet it, You'd end up with a coarse, high pitched wine. It's really, really ear piercing and LOUD. Glass shatteringly loud. I wouldn't recommend eating this at the library. You'd probably get a lifetime ban.

Taste wise- it wasn't all that great. Just plain old artificial strawberry flavour I guess. Texture? Really chalky and crumbly when you bite into it.

Oh yes, see that box at the bottom? It came with a free gift! A cheap plastic toy crane about the size of half my thumb.

Whistle candy. Why not? Annoy your friends. Annoy your mum while she's doing the chores. Annoy your neighbours. I'm sure they won't mind having squeals even higher pitched than dolphins in distress.

Weird chinese Sweet #1 Hard plum candy

BEHOLD! Yellow heart plum (Direct translation)

   Today was the first time I've tried this even though it isn't the first time I've seen such a thing. You can find this in any old convenience store and sometimes even supermarkets. First off, It doesn't exactly look appetising, it kinda looks like a bug preserved in prehistoric resin to be frank.

    I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT IMMEDIATELY. I'm a sucker for sour things. Literally. So basically, this sweet is made up of hard sugar, and encloses a little plum gem inside, but just so that you'll still be able to taste it without dissolving everything first. It's like a lolly, just that you've got small bursts of sour plum along with the sweetness of the sugar. I never knew such a taste! the best of both worlds, the sweetness of a flower garden in the cold winter, or maybe the glaring sunlight against the warmth of my skin. Or maybe I'm just exaggerating. 黄心梅...Yellow heart Plum. If you see it. GET IT. Unless you've already had the fortune to have eaten it already. Today, I learnt that we really shouldn't judge a sweet by its wrapper.

Hungry bunny over and out~

Weird Japanese sweet #4 (Puccho white strawberry)

Does this not pull on your curiosity strings or what?

     Yes, another Puccho candy that's as ridiculously flavoured as its other relatives. Now...in white strawberry flavour (Or pineberry as some people call it) I had to get it the second I laid my eyes on the thing.
   So, anyway. This does taste like strawberry, but its slightly more sour and has an interesting citrus taste to it-which is really quite uncommon in normal strawberry flavoured candies. Initially, I had thought it to be some sort of gimmick, that it was really just plain ol' ordinary strawberry flavour, BUT NO! A glance at the ingredients list told me otherwise. For there, printed in the tinniest black font was the words ' White strawberry puree'. Really, this company goes all the way to get you a unique treat. Go on, get it if you've seen it on the shelves but doubt its tastiness.
   Or maybe you're one of the people who walk past it thinking its ordinary strawberry. If so, well, there IS a slight difference. Slight. But it is there, so why not add it to your collection of Pucchos?? Mine's growing bigger and I have not regretted any of it yet.

Hungry Bunny gives this a 7/10 for its intriguing quality. Or maybe an 8/10 for tasting really good. ah whatever, get it and see for yourself!! Over and out~

Weird Japanese Sweet #3 (Puccho Soda and melon gum drops)

Puccho puccho puccho~!

What sweet sounds like a pokemon name? It's Puccho of course! well, yeah, you could get any other old normal flavour of high-chew-like sweets from 7-Eleven, But hey, Melon soda flavoured? I just had to buy these.
  BTW, I got this from a shop in Malaysia, so it's not exactly a common find.
  Not only is the packaging totally cute and awesome, the flavours are SUPER addictive, and you can't ever bring yourself to stop popping a few of these gum drops into your mouth. Seriously! This is something you do not want to miss out on. If you see this, get it at once. Though I could mention that they should have made the gum drops bigger, but oh well, all the more cuter it would be if they looked like little wine gums.

P.S. Okay, so I finished the whole thing before I could take a picture of the sweets, so yeah, the bottle's empty.




Hungry bunny Over and Out-

Weird Japanese Sweet #2 (Japanese Cigarette sweet)

hmmm...influencing on little girls to smoke?

I came across this peculiar looking box while I was 'sweet hunting' at a small convenient store. Honestly, it didn't look that appetizing, but the cute packaging got to me. See, these are really old childhood sweets here in Singapore, and are kinda plain and boring, being chalk-like and white with no colours and everything, but they do give a sense of nostalgia in some way. Why not? a nice road trip down memory lane with only the cost of 30 cents. Don't hesitate to pick these up and be a kid again, you know, holding the white stick between your index and middle finger, 'smoking' your lungs out while enjoying a nice strawberry taste on your tongue. Well, of course, being me, I just chewed the whole thing up as I couldn't be bothered to wait out half an hour sucking on the thing.

Weird Japanese sweet #1

Fish eggs? Red beads? NO! It's prune flavoured balls!

As I walked down the confectionary aisle of Cold Storage, I spotted this strange looking sweet that looked like tiny red beads. Of course, I was very much intrigued. So, being me, I got it at about a dollar eighty and brought it home in excitement to try this interesting looking snack. I did hope I wouldn't get cancer or anything, because it really looked like something that might.

    So anyway, I tore the bag open only to find a ziplock seal. Interesting...the Japanese are very kind to take into consideration the fact that I would never down the whole pack.

     Okay, I admit I had my doubts. The small ball was only about the size of caviar eggs, and looked like it would fit well into a necklace. I can read some of the japanese on it, and apparently, its prune flavoured. How Odd! I'd never seen such confectionary before, needless to say prune flavoured ones. I wondered if these were popular among the teens in Japan.

   Anyway, back to the taste. When I first popped it into my mouth, it felt odd. Like as if I shouldn't be swallowing any of it. But I finally forced myself to bite into its hard surface, and with "crack!", there was a burst of flavour and the stuff inside the ball immediately dissolved. It tasted refreshingly of prune, and I took another one with great pleasure. These were really REALLY addictive! Honestly! If you ever find these in your supermarket, I'd say give them a try. I suppose that's the fun of food. You never know what you're gonna get - especially if it looks as odd as these prune balls.

hungry bunny, over and out.