May 02, 2008
Caffeinated Snack Puffs
You've heard about Water Joe -- the caffeinated water. It seemed weird when the product first hit the market. Why not buy a Coke or Jolt to get the caffeine kick.
Well, the next wave of weird caffeinated products has arrived. Caffeinated snacks. No, we're not talking about the caffeine that naturally occurs in chocolate. Engobi Energy bites are puffs of corn that come in flavors like Cinnamon Surge and Lemon Lift. In addition to the sugar and spice and fruit and juice is an ingredient that will give any eater the jittery shakes: caffeine. You can actually taste the caffeine -- overpowering the sugar with a flavor that is a cross between saccharine and chemical.
On the wrapper of the chips is the following unattributed quote: "Prepare to get wired. I mean really wired. The braniacs that invented Engobi jacked it up with some serious caffeine. I don't know how they did it, but they spiked this stuff with more caffeine than those little energy drinks. Oh, and it tastes good!" We're not sure who the "I" of the quote is, but after eating three of the chips with "more caffeine than those little energy drinks," we can't concentrate on the rest of the text on the package to determine who this caffeine snack expert is. We feel quivery and weird, not wired. If you want snacks that taste good steer clear of these crunchy monsters.
Posted by Cakehead at 06:22 AM | Comments (3)
April 21, 2008
Pony water
Pony-sized beer and water.
Girlfriend-size beer bottles may be one of the cutest inventions out there. But I'm not so sure about the pony-sized Poland Spring water bottles.
I've always been a bulk buying kind of girl. My tiny Brooklyn apartment doesn't stop me from stocking up on enormous cans of tomatoes, 5 pound bags of flour and the giant olive oil tin. That's why, when I saw a woman on the late night subway take out the tiniest bottle of Poland Spring water, take one gulp before it was gone, I wanted to cry out, "you've been bamboozled!" Instead, I'll vent on my blog.
At New York Beverage, where beverages can be bought at a discounted rate, a 24-pack of the baby waters goes for $11.99. Even if the packaged one-sip was purchased as part of a bulk multi-pack, that's still $.50/bottle. In these tough economic times that's a price so steep it's going to make a lot of people broke --or dehydrated.
But in the end, the bottle size decision should be left to your purse. Apparently Poland Spring (Nestle) conducted an interview with the bottle itself which said, "Small bags love me." A bottle that can talk. Hmm. Maybe that's one point for the baby bottle.
Posted by Cakehead at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)
October 23, 2007
Sniff your way through a full menu of food-inspired perfume
At the CB I Hate Perfume Perfume Gallery in Brooklyn, create a multi-course meal of perfume scents. The new "Food Series" is extensive and can meet all dietary cravings and restrictions. Start with a cocktail sniff of the Pimms Cup. Then choose from a list of savory appetizers perfumes-- the California roll, pesto or cucumber sandwich. There's the scent of roast beef for the main course. The cakeheads that we are, we truly appreciate the extensive dessert perfume menu. Choose between candy corns, sticky toffee pudding, pumpkin pie, carrot cake or strawberry shortcake.
Christopher Brosius Limited - CB I Hate Perfume Gallery
93 Wythe Avenue (Between North 10th and North 11th)
Williamsburg Brooklyn (directions)
718-384-6890
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12PM - 6 PM
Posted by Cakehead at 03:48 PM | Comments (0)
September 21, 2007
No More Smelly Fingers: Presenting White Castle's Surf & Turf
image from landraider.com
There's something peculiar about the desire to rub smelly lobster fingers over a steak carving knife. That's exactly what happened when my customers ordered the surf and turf. The lobster and I were always offended by the customer's desire to overpower the delicacy of lobster meat and finish the meal with a slab of cow. With White Castle's Surf & Turf sandwich the lobster doesn't have to compete with the steak -- because the "surf" isn't lobster. Just fried fish as the surf and prison-grade beef as the turf in eight layers of sandwich! And since surf and turf is neatly contained between multiple layers of bread there will be no more smelly fingers.
Strangely, our search for White Castle Surf & Turf on the interweb didn't yield many results. All we were able to find were retro-style blogs describing how awesome the sandwich is and these nutritional facts.
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