Best Thing Since Sliced Bread - Grand Marble Baked Goods

Mmmm…these beautiful slices of breads or marble danish are from Grand Marble (in Japanese). From top:  green tea and red bean, chocolate, strawberry/green tea, apple/choco/nut, choco-banana and  black sesame. Nom nom nom nom.

Head Over Heels for You

Going head over heels for this cute Valentine’s Day themed cookies from Eleni’s.  Hmm.. Would love to sink my teeth in the deep purple heart one right now.

And in case she/he didn’t get the message, an “I love you” message cookie would do the trick.

Meiji Chocolate New Look

Just finished the last Meiji chocolate bar bought during my Tokyo Trip. When I saw these going for cheap at Donki stores all over Tokyo, I got myself a couple (okay make that a lot) of bars. I may lust constantly for designer chocolate but I’ll take a cheap and good bar o’ choc any day!

The last time I checked, the supermarket near my apartment was still stocking bars bearing the old wordmark with serif typeface, framed by fancy flourishes (see here) but apparently they’ve come up with a new look.

The design looked kinda weird to me at first – the typeface is almost too friendly and cute for my liking. After the nth bar, however, I got used to seeing the new look Meiji, and honestly, I can’t recall how the old one looked like without referring to a picture (short-term memory induced by too much chocolate?).

The old packaging stood out from the rest of the pack (heh) because of its old school feel but I think the new one does the job equally well. The minimalistic design still stands out from the sea of other candy bars bearing loud colors and busy designs. Do you like the new look?