Friends, let’s all take a moment to think about our reaction upon seeing this item.

Mine? Gasping in delight and giggling with amusement.

Someone, slap some maturity into me.

Reader Kelli introduced these Japanese cookies to me and I have to wonder why. I mean, did she deduce from reading some of my posts that I have a juvenile an offbeat sense of humor?

Anyway, I had never experienced as much anticipation about opening a box to uncover the mysterious items inside than I did with Couque D’asses.

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Walnut Cake, the last item of my Chinese New Year 2010 posts.

Not so much a cake as it was a candy.

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Another Chinese New Year item, one I’ve always been curious about and finally got around to trying because of this blog. The things I eat for this blog…

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Another year, some more red envelopes/lucky envelopes (lai see) with vibrant colors and good wishes to showcase.

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Shredded White Coconut is one of the few Chinese New Year items I like to eat. It seems that a lot of the CNY things available in Asian markets right now (the holiday falls on February 14-16 this year)—the candied/dried fruits, cakes, biscuits, and candies, etc.—look better than they taste.

So I usually skip over a lot of the CNY selection and grab a container of this.

What’s beyond the gold tape?

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