April 05, 2007

Cookies!



When I was working in Cornwall, I was introduced to Jaffa Cakes by a British coworker who swore they were the best thing the English had ever invented. Jaffa Cakes are a small cookie shaped snack, which is a 2 inch or so disk of sponge cake covered with a tangy sweet orange jam, and then covered in dark chocolate. Addictive to say the least, and it's been almost 3 years since my last Jaffa Cake.

Unfortunately I've never seen anything like them here in the states, or in Japan. So I was surprised to see Jaffa Cake look-a-likes at the market today.
They are LU Pim's (which are described as soft biscuits rather than cakes.) They are very very good! The molded chocolate with the Pim's logo on it kinda takes away from the Jaffa Cake experience, but it's still a good match. Talk about fulfilling food cravings! All I need is to do now is find me a place that sells lamb and mint pasties and I'll be happy ^_^