I love Asian grocery stores, because I like unusual food.  So I couldn’t resist the Wonderfarm brand White Fungus Bird’s Nest drink.  The can claims the ingredients are: water, sugar, white fungus and bird’s nest.  It’s a clear liquid with chunks of white stuff floating in it.  Oddly enough, it tastes like a liquid twinkie.  The Wonderfarm web site claims this stuff is a “health supplement”.  Nothing like a whole lotta sugar to turbo-up your health performance.  Frankly, this stuff is kinda boring.  Other than looking a little weird, it doesn’t bring anything to the game.

But then there’s Pocky.  I happen to love Pocky.  I could not turn down the chance to try some “Men’s Pocky”.  At last!  Pocky – for him! Ok, it’s dark chocolate Pocky, and of course, it’s delicious.  WTF it has to do with Testosterone-Americans, I can’t say.  Perhaps if you eat enough of it you become a sumo wrestler.  Not a bad idea, really.

Oh my this is good stuff.  The sweet taste of milk chocolate with a smooth lingering flavor of quality smokey / salty bacon.  This is the kind of chocolate where a small bite satisfies, and you’ll keep coming back for those bites.  You’ll be thinking to yourself, “Self, have I done enough good in the world to deserve another bite?” The answer is likely to be “yes!” but in order to taste something this good it feels like it needs to be a trade of some kind.

I found this at our local QFC, but you can have it shipped to your door if you’d prefer: http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/category/bacon_and_chocolate