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Check out the sign I saw today while driving by a Cici’s Pizza:
It made me do a double-take and I had to go back and snap a pic for you guys! And it finally answers the age long question: what do Cici’s Pizza and Justin Timberlake have in common? Enjoy!
Seriously? The guys at the Fuma factory in China couldn’t think of a better name?Alright then, Crack Sandwich it is.
(tee hee)
I picked up these Crack Sandwiches at Saigon Marketplace, a local asian supermarket. I really don’t know what the name was trying to go for- am I supposed to crack them in half? (Which I did, nothing cool happened except a bunch of crumbs that were only mildly cool.) Are they’re so good, you’ll get addicted? (Gotta sell my mom’s TV to buy more crack sandwiches!) Is it some sort of innuendo about the model on the packaging? (Hello nurse!) Either way, it worked. I bought it.
What’s a crack sandwich? According to the packaging, it’s egg milk wafers filled with sesame butter filling. What’s it taste like? Sadly, they didn’t taste like crack or sandwiches. It tastes like a wafer ice cream cone with a peanut butter cream. Not bad, but taste a little stale and doesn’t have enough creme filling. I checked the ingredients too. Nothing contraband or exuded from a supermodel. Somewhat disappointing.
Still, I’ll say that it was completely worth it for the packaging 
Check out this cool grilling game. It’s got no English on it(I think it’s Korean), so you’ll have to guess your way through. I also have no idea what it’s called, so if we have any readers that can read Korean, please comment!
Premise of the game: Baby’s hungry and wants barbecue! Hurry and cook him some before he hates you forever and poops on your floor. Apparently, baby also does not like salmonella or food that tastes like charcoal so cook it right damnit.
Directions:
You start off with what looks like tongues and progress through other meats. Mmm, bbq tongues!
Click below to play the game!
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Ooh, our young little website here scored a fake ID! Hurry, what’s the fastest way to get drunk before our parents find out! Answer: Mind Erasers!
Ingredients:
Add ice in an old fashion glass(or any short glass). Slowly pour Kahlua, then Vodka, then club soda into the glass, being careful not to mix them. Serve with a straw.
Drinking: Keep the straw at the bottom of the drink. Start drinking and don’t stop until you’re done. As you go through the different liquids, you get different flavors. First you taste coffee, then vodka and then the club soda refreshes your palate. At the end, you’ll have an aftertaste of chocolate milk!
This drink really does live up to it’s name. Give it a shot and let us know what you think!
Disclaimer: netfoodie.com does not endorse underage drinking. Unless it’s filmed. No, really, don’t drink if you’re under 21!
What’s better than a chocolate bar and a can of soda? That’s right, a threesome. But what do you drink after the threesome? Chocolate soda!
That’s basically what an egg cream is. It originates from New York and is usually made with U-bet chocolate syrup. The name is misleading because there’s no eggs or cream in the recipe. I’ve seen it a couple of times on food network- once on an episode of unwrapped and once Kat Kora made it on Iron Chef America. The origins of the name are unclear- Unwrapped said it may have been named because the foam you get after mixing the drink looks like egg whites. It looked simple enough to make, so I decided to give it a shot for you guys.
Ingredients
This is probably going to be the easiest recipe you’ve ever read. First, mix the chocolate syrup into the milk. Then, mix the seltzer water into the chocolate milk. Tada! Egg cream!
OK, so I half-assed my way through the entire recipe. I used 2% milk(expired 2 days ago), sparkling water and Kroger brand chocolate syrup. Who cares, still tastes good
For you hardcore egg creamers(tee hee) out there, I’ll try it later with the legit stuff and update this recipe accordingly.
I picked this treat up at the local grocery store in the yogurt section. Its in an unsuspecting box of individual packets like Go-Gurt but Fizzix is a yogurt with the fun twist of fizziness, like Pop Rocks or carbonation.
Even the smallest amount fizzes on my tongue and it doesn’t loose intensity if I take awhile to eat it. There are 2 different flavor combinations, and I picked up the strawberry lemonade jolt and wild cherry zinger. The yogurt’s flavors are pretty strong and the fizziness makes everything a little tart.
Unfortunately there is a down side, that I didn’t notice until almost too late. On the yogurt package it warns that “tubes expand at room temperature”. Of course, I didn’t read that until after leaving it in my bag at work and forgetting about it. I did get to it before any explosion but it that plastic tube was nearly rock solid. That would’ve been a tasty clean up.
I freaking love saying the name: Toggi! It sounds like a game you would only play at a party when you’re really drunk and no one would really know the rules but it doesn’t matter because it always ends up as a giant chocolate orgy. Wait, huh? Nevermind.
I picked up the Original Toggi at Seven Eleven. I suppose there’s a Toggi doppleganger out there somewhere, stealing Toggi’s identity. But nothing can match the original fine European chocolate wafers. I mean, there’s funny words I don’t understand on the packaging, it must be European! Sure enough, the back says these things are made in Greece. Mmm, greeky.
These things are pretty damn good. The closest mainstream thing we have to compare to is Kit Kat. Toggie’s (toggii?) are similar in flavor to Kit Kats, but much bigger and have a thinner shell. The wafers are a little lighter and crispier too and it has more of a hazelnut flavor to it. If I had to choose, I think I’d go with a Toggi bar over a Kit Kat… but that may just be because I like chocolate orgies.
Check out this ridiculously awesome Atari 2600 inspired cake done by Cakes by the Pound of Los Angeles. I want it BAD! Everything on it is edible including the awesome atari logo! The only thing that would make it cooler would be if it actually played games. They could replace one of the controllers with a plug and play one! Hmmm… must get better at working with fondant….
From TechnoBob
You’ve all seen them, spinning over and over on their grills. Lazy taquitos. Today, we’ll put 2 of them to work when we pit them against each other: Seven Eleven’s Buffalo Chicken taquito (2/$2) and Quick Trip’s Spicy Chicken taquito(99 cents). Who will emerge from battle alive?!?
At first glance, QT’s taquito has a clear early advantage. It’s got a clear 2 inches on the competition. Next task is to check out their guts. Ooh, the carnage! They both look similar in composition, chunks of chicken floating in some kind of flavor paste, yum! Color is definitely different, since 7-11’s taquito is Buffalo flavored(closest match to QT’s only chicken flavor).
A taste of our competitors is very revealing. The 7-11 taquito doesn’t have much of a crunch, very important for taquitos. As for taste, it’s mostly a hot sauce flavor and you don’t really taste the chicken. The QT taquito has a very satisfying crunch. The filling is reminiscent of 3 for a dollar chicken burritos, but you can taste and feel the chicken inside.
So here’s the count:
The winner: Quick Trip’s Spicy Chicken taquito wins by a landslide! The loser will be fed to a hungry roommate.
P.S.- Sorry about the bad pictures. My camera’s taquito mode doesn’t work very well.
Wow, these things look like little bombs and they’re really flavorful! It’s a simple concept: jelly beans with a crunchy nerd shell. I picked these guys up at Wallgreens so I bet gas stations and drug stores have them.
Now, i love Wonka’s Nerds (little rock candy with something done to it) and I like Jelly Belly Jelly beans, but not regular jelly beans. ButI think they used above average jelly beans because instead of being chewy with a dash a flavor, the candy has almost of kick of sweet/tartness. What’s great is that the different colors have distinct, rich flavors.
The best places to get random candy is still the drug store/corner gas station. The next big candy season has started, and I’m looking forward to the weirdness.
There’s no use denying it, we here at netfoodie have a caffeine problem. Today’s poison: Hello Boss’ French Roast canned coffee. Hello Boss is a super popular canned coffee company in Asia and you can usually pick up their products in most Asian markets. The can of french roast cost me 69 cents.
I like my coffee sweet. Like candy. Some people say that I have coffee in my milk and sugar. Screw those people!
This french roast is more coffee than I usually have. There is cream and sugar in the coffee, but it’s not trying to fool you into thinking it’s something else. On the other hand, the coffee is quite sweet. If you take your coffee black, this coffee isn’t for you. If you like tall iced vanilla lattes with soy milk with a shot of peppermint and hold the whip, this isn’t for you either. If you like your coffee with a little cream and sugar, then I’d give Hello Boss a shot. It’s tasty, but not my cup of tea can of coffee.
In the spirit of tests I also tried out a new energy drink, this one a coffee variety on the Monster energy drinks. I’ve tried many different energy drinks and some canned coffees from the Asian grocery stores, all of which are useful but not something I’d pick up to enjoy the flavor, but I think Monster’s new Java line is on to something.
Monster’s Chai Hai was a thick, creamy mouthful of newness. It has all the typical energizing ingredients but the only thing I could taste was all the complex spices that make up chai. Chai is basically a black tea, sugar, milk or cream, and spices. There are different recipes that people use, but some of the common spices are cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, peppercorns, cardamoms and fennel seeds. It could be just me, but the main flavors are usually cinnamon and nutmeg. Now, I know some people are very particular about the authenticity of their chai, but I can say that this drink does have the depth and flavor combination of real chai I’ve had before.
When I’m in the mood for Mexican food, and I really mean MEXICAN- not tex-mex, I drive around looking for a mom and pop type establishment. What that usually means is that you’ll have a very low chance that someone there speaks English. That’s okay because food is a universal language! If there is someone that speaks English well there, you have about a 1 in 3 chance that the person will be the cashier AND under 13 years of age. That’s when you know you’re going to get some good food at a good deal! Seriously, no sarcasm implied!
Here in Arlington, that place for me is Taqueria Mexicana in downtown-ish Arlington on Collins St. They’re right across the street from where they’re building the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. That means they’re either going to get LOTS of business OR they’ll get bought out. I hope it’s the prior option. They have great food at awesome prices and they’re even open till 3am on Friday and Saturdays! Their menu does have some English on it, enough to pick out what you want. I usually just drop by and get a few tacos- $1.35 each. With tacos, you get a choice of flour or corn tortillas. I was a flour guy, but recently have started delving into the corn tortillas and they’re pretty tasty too. They’re filled cilantro and onions(optional) with your choice of meat- asado(steak), barbacao (mexican bbq- more of a stewed beef), chicken, fried pork, chicharron(pork rinds cooked in spices), lengua(tongue) or intestine. I haven’t yet worked up the nerve to try the last 2, but I’m sure they’re tasty too. I have tried the chicharron though and it’s pretty good. I like to order 1 with other tacos because it adds a little “moisture” to my meal. And by moisture, I mean fat. They include limes and green salsa to add to taste. Add them.
Last night, I decided to venture away from my usual tacos and try a barbacoa gordita. Only $2.50! Now some of you are thinking, “Oh, Taco Bell has gorditas too!”. Wrong. Taco Bell uses what seems to be a warmed up pita. The gordita I got was a really thick corn tortilla, grilled, split and stuffed with barbacoa meat, beans, lettuce, tomato slices and avocado slices. Squeeze a little lime on it and add a little green salsa and you’re set.
Eating the gordita wasn’t something I’d want to do in a car. It was definitely a messy ordeal. First, I tried a fork and knife but everything seemed to be falling apart using that method. I reverted to just picking up the entire thing and eating it like a burger. Check out the pictures for how that worked out for me. The gordita was savory from the meat, chewy from the tortilla and creamy from avocado. I did need to add a little salt, but that was probably from my choice of barbacoa. I’d probably go with asado or something else more flavorful next time.
If you’re looking for real Mexican food at great prices, definitely check out Taquiera Mexican. Wherever you go, be sure to keep your eye out for the little mom and pop places. That’s where you get REAL food. And if you don’t know any Spanish(I took a little in high school), just point at something on the menu and odds are you’ll get something good. I’d steer clear of the tongue and intestine for right now, though.
Well, since kaboomgurl reviewed the A&W Root Beer float in a bottle, it’d be only fitting to review it’s counterpart, Sunkist Float. So, I’ve heard of root beer floats, Coke floats and I’m pretty sure I once got a Sprite float at a McDonald’s once (blegh). But for some reason, I’ve never thought to add ice cream to orange soda. Once you give it a thought, it seems like a natural marriage. Think Creamsicles!
Unfortunately, I don’t like creamsicles that much. Strangely though, I like orange juice paired with vanilla. The difference is in the acidity level. I don’t like how sweet they always make creamsicles and other orange cream flavored products. Herein lies the problem with Sunkist Float. Of the orange sodas they could have used, Sunkist would have been pretty low on my list. Other orange sodas have more “orangey-ness” to them. This probably would have been good with Fanta Orange or Minute Maid(I don’t even know if they made MM soda anymore). Don’t get me wrong though, I do drink Sunkist. Sunkist is the only orange soda with caffeine! But for some strange reason, they removed the caffeine from the float…
So, as you would expect, the Sunkist float is pretty sweet. And staying consistent with it’s root beer counterpart, the ice cream flavor was a miss. It’s a little better than the root beer float in my opinion, but still tastes like they made a float, left it out for 30 minutes and then bottled it. The cream steals carbonation from the drink.
Overall, the Sunkist Float is less of a float and more of an orange cream soda. If I could change it, I’d add a little more carbonation and a little more orange flavor. It’d be great if you like the taste of melted ice cream and flat soda. As a float drink, it misses it’s mark. Change the name to something else, like Orange Creamy Soda and I think you’d sell alot more of these.
Who loves orange soda? Maybe Kel does, but I’ll pass on Sunkist Float.
