You may recall me saying that eating in the office is kind of taboo. Every once in awhile (on what I call "lucky days") they do pass out snacks for everyone in our department. I probably shouldn't complain about the snacks we get because I'm usually so hungry, but these are wacky enough to share with you.
1. The wife of a General Manager brought in sticky rice ball treats for us. These were wrapped in 2 sakura (cherry blossom) leaves and hiding inside was azuki (that yucky red bean paste). It's pretty bad when the best flavor of your dessert is minty leaves from a flowering tree.
2. Five chocolate-covered raisins. Seriously?! 5?! That's just a tease...
3. Two soy crackers flavored with pepper. These are actually pretty yummy. I could eat a whole sleeve as long as I had some water to go with them.
4. One chocolate covered almond. Again, yummy, but I'm just getting started at one.
5. Cake rusk. It's basically a chunk of dried cake that is 1.5" x 1.5" x 0.25" thick. Imagine the size of a saltine, and then imagine it not having any taste. Welcome to my life!
6. This one was my own fault. It looked like a soft bite of cake, and I didn't even question it. But but I soon realized that there was something white & mushy & mysterious inside. (At least it wasn't azuki for once!) So I decided to do a little translation and read the package. It said: "sui-to poteto". Sound it out... They thought it was sweet potato flavor. I usually like sweet potatoes, but not that day, and not in my cake!
Why can't someone bring in cookies or brownies or cupcakes just once?!
Oh yeah, the whole "no oven" situation makes that kinda tough...
