things I'm liking (disliking)

Starting with disliking...I had seen this on Candy Blog and wanted to try it.

Well, big disappointment.

The chocolate was bloomed, on top of that the peanut butter was dried out, almost chalky..blah!

I thought maybe it had to do with the expiry date...nope, that was fine. I guess it just didn't travel too well over the Pacific.

Moving onto liking...If you look at my posts on beer, you'll see I prefer the dark beers.

I recently spotted this dark chocolate bar and had to try it.

Vosges' Smoke & Salt Caramel Bar is delicious.

Using Rogue Ale's Chocolate Stout, Alderwood smoked salt, burnt caramel and 70% dark chocolate, the bar has a nice snap and the caramel that oozes out is dark too.

I like the balance between sweet and salty.

Also liking this sesame candy by Joyva.

It is very hard so I would suggest breaking off little pieces and letting the hard candy melt before chewing on the sesame seeds.

And lastly, these Munchies. Jalapeno Cheddar, get ready for orange fingers and the spiciness tickles the back of your throat.

What have you been liking?

wow

Did you vote yesterday? I did (by mail). The coverage here in Japan was unreal, at some points I was thinking, "Japan should be worrying about their own government instead of concentrating so much on ours", but I realized that with the outcome it will affect everyone not only in the U.S.

A national channel broadcasted ABC's live coverage, so I sat in front of the television for most of the morning. I usually go out to buy groceries and lunch during that time of the day, instead, I ate whatever leftovers I had in the refrig and was hooked as to see what would happen.

Finally, I gave in and had to take my nap, (I take a nap everyday so that I can wait up for Satoshi to come home and feed him dinner). I woke up to hear the last part of Barack Obama's acceptance speech. (Thank goodness for the internet because I was able to see the whole speech). And what a speech it was...at points I cried, it was moving and inspiring....exciting stuff! If you have a chance to vote in the country you live in, you should, it can really make a difference.

Now, let's move on to food...a couple of weeks ago when I went to Tokyo, I picked up this tiny bottle of chocolate salted caramel sauce (the bottle on the left) made by Les Comptoirs de Saint Malo. (840 yen about US$8.40)

Well, today I made a batch of David Lebovitz's Philly style vanilla ice cream and scooped out a teaspoon of the sauce.

Nuked the sauce....

then poured it on...heavenly. (I could probably eat this sauce straight out of the bottle.)

What a great day it was.