blackaeronaut Wrote:Eh, I never liked the flavor of licorice much, so I wonder how "proper" licorice tastes.Never herd of Wonder Balls before you mentioned them. We do, however, have Kinder eggs. And there's a candy store in town that sells all sorts of licorice (and licorice allsorts, as well) - Canadian, Australian, British, and Dutch licorice are all in their bins.
One thing I wish we could get here in the US are the German Kinder Eggs. Those things beat out Nestle Wonder Balls any day of the week, hands down. Better chocolate, and a much cooler prize - if that's normal for Germany then it's no wonder so many people there become engineers of one sort or another.
Other than that... I'd like to see if there's a restaurant around that does good yakisoba or okonomiyaki... or even tonkatsu. *Mouth waters at the thought of taste of tonkatsu with the traditional sweet, zippy sauce.*
Oh! And there's a shop near where I work that sells Bassetts' Jelly Babies... when they can keep them in stock. (I picked up a 215g bag of them the second-to-last time I was in because they were out of the larger size.)
Japanese food - I can get a good yakisoba at a restaurant just down the road, while the best tonkatsu in town is found at a place near the local anime shop. Okonomiyaki... as far as I know, I have to drive a bit for that. [size=smaller]("A bit" being defined as "over four hours on the expressway each way at the speed limit, plus city driving at both ends".)[/size]
There is, however, a Mongolian-style hot-pot place on my way home from work. I haven't been there for a while...
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