Noosa Frozen Yoghurt Gelato : Chocolate Fudge

Noosa Frozen Yoghurt Gelato : Chocolate Fudge

The best way to enjoy this Frozen Yoghurt Gelato is to melt it down to a goo. That’s how I prefer to eat most ice creams, but this Chocolate Fudge is especially improved that way as it becomes a lumpy delight. The Fudge bits have the taste and texture of cookie dough in a mug of thick hot cocoa. “Mmm” is right.

my rating : 4 of 5

Mac’s Original Fried Pork Skins

Mac's Original Fried Pork Skins

They’re promoted as the “#1 pork rind in America”. I don’t know about that, but they’re among the better ones on the market. That’s because there’s “smoke flavor added”, they’re not too salted and they come with plenty of big pieces, though there will be those inevitable little hard leftovers at the bottom of the bag.

my rating : 3 of 5

Reign : Orange Dreamsicle

Reign : Orange Dreamsicle

This Reign really does taste like a Dreamsicle. Or is it a Creamsicle? Either way it’s “inspired by the classic frozen treat”; an Orange Popsicle with vanilla (bean) ice cream on the inside. Why Orange? I don’t know, but the two flavors go well together.

They were one of my favorite treats as a kid, so this drink, which offers 300 milligrams of caffeine for “increased concentration” and “reduced fatigue” but no sugar, should be a nostalgic delight. The one drawback is its grimace-inducing carbonation.

my rating : 3 of 5

Palermo’s Rising Crust Breakfast Pizza

Palermo's Rising Crust Breakfast Pizza

It’s hard to go wrong with a Pizza if you stick to the basics. Palermo gets experimental and misses the mark with this one. It’s an interesting concept; Breakfast is generally my favorite type of meal; but the eggs basically ruin it. Swapping them out for pepperoni and adding in some traditional pasta sauce could make it good, but then it’ll be a regular pie.

my rating : 3 of 5

Snapps Mozzarella Sticks

Snapps Mozzarella Sticks

Mozzarella by itself isn’t particularly tasty. You have to put it on pizza or bread/fry it to make it good. These Snapps Sticks are a prime example. The cheese in the inside doesn’t have much of a flavor. It’s the “golden coating” they’re “nestled” in that’s most appetizing.

my rating : 4 of 5

a dream I had about living in an apartment with a dining room

“Is this really here,” I asked myself as I opened and closed and opened again the little window partition thingy, looking out at what, at least on this particular dawn, looked like an enchanted garden. It wasn’t mine; it was my neighbor’s yard; but the view was, along with the dining room I was standing in. I actually had my own dining room. It seemed too good to be true. That’s why I thought I may have been dreaming.

I used to think I couldn’t ponder dreaming in a dream, that I’d instantly awake at the thought, but there I was, in my new apartment, standing in a room I never knew existed. I say “never”, but I’d only lived there for a matter of days if not hours. It was early morning, still dark outside, and I remembered being there the previous day. I hadn’t yet discovered the dining room, but there was another spectacular view at the back.

That back room served as the main living room slash bedroom and its view was even better than the garden. It was higher up, as if I was somehow on a higher floor there than in the dining room, and I could see not only somewhat of a cityscape but what seemed like a neighbor’s roof patio. I could actually look down and see people; spy on them; cooking, relaxing or doing whatever people do on roof patios.

Aside from the views and dining room; I couldn’t believe I had my own (unshared) dining room; the apartment wasn’t much different than the one I have in real life. It was bigger though and the entrance door wasn’t attached to the main room but the kitchen. I remember observing my next-door neighbor; a slim white girl with long brownish hair; before walking in. I later thought of inviting her to my dining room.

“Is this really here,” I’d asked myself; I could actually hear the partition thingy creaking as I opened and closed it; just before waking up. The answer was no. Not only wasn’t the garden and dining room there, but neither was the apartment. It was all a dream. Awaking in my little, albeit new, apartment, with no dining room or practical views, was a disappointment. Still it’s not bad for real life. In fact I quite like it.

2023 [ August 27 ]