:laughing:

went to the largest asian market in the city tonight, picked these up;

http://www.iloveallrecipes.com/wp-co...1/daifukus.jpg

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http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/...ing_Cakes1.jpg

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http://debriefme.files.wordpress.com...pg?w=640&h=480
(pecan brioche)

what's the first thing?

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/...8c4328de5b.jpg

http://www.fleetfeetsyracuse.com/images/clif-bar2.gif

http://www.thirstydudes.com/files/up...3d7aca909a.jpg

Banana nut bread?
That sounds interesting :)

daifuku mochi with kiwi filling, they're amazing.

Lol, this is funny to hear, as it's a perfectly ordinary thing in this country. And it's pretty amazing.

That sounds so delicious, I'll have to keep an eye out for if they have something similar here. That brioche looks delicious too!

zucchini bread is better imo

I bought today:

A copy of Bass Player magazine.
A new skirt for going to synagogue.
Some gardening gear
A lump of brie for lunch
A bottle of San Pellegrino mineral water.

Sweet...way to go mister! Looks lovely.

Never heard of that. But then you don't know what frikandellen, kroketten and hagelslag is, so we're even :D.
But what is it?

You got me there, though I may recognize them if I saw them. Banana nut bread though, is pretty self-explanatory. ;)

It's bread with banana's and nuts in it?

Edit:
http://www.sintrochushulsberg.nl/upl...ikandellen.jpg
Frikandellen

http://www.febodelekkerste.nl/catalo..._w457_h333.jpg
Kroketten

http://www.gelderlander.nl/multimedi...e_1177875b.jpg
Hagelslag.

I do think though that you do have something called 'chocolate sprinkles' or summin'.

But then you guys don't have "Pepernoten"
http://www.stadshagennieuws.nl/wp-co...epernoten1.jpg
You wouldn't want to miss those, trust me :D

I don't recognize the first, but the second I know...croquettes! Man oh man you just made me miss those so much. I used to eat them in Belgium all the time, sooooo good. I do think they sell them here, but I've never bought them.

And yes we do have chocolate sprinkles here. They're pretty common but I don't think anyone here obsesses over them like the Dutch do. I had a Dutch coworker a while back and he made his love for them very clear. :D

I don't care all that much for them :).
We also have apple syrup, I'm not sure if you have that and if you have it, I wonder if you eat it on bread.

Croquettes indeed. I don't mind sending you a box but I don't think it's going to work somehow.
They can't be very hard to make yourselves.

Damn send me some sweets!

Me four!

Tattoo, gas, beer, and food.

Haha, which ones? :D

Any good chocolates? I'd send you some banana nut bread in return

Hahaha, this may actually be fun.
Yeah, I suppose I could do that, but there's not much special about dutch chocolate I guess.
There's just... Milka, Cote D'or, Nestlé. I believe you have those there, too.
We do have Verkade though. And there's a pretty well known local chocolate factory called Rousseau a couple of miles away from my place. I could send you some chocolate from there. But why chocolate? :D.

I love chocolate, and American chocolate is ****
I've only had Australian chocolate I think besides American, but it was amazing. I hear ours is really subpar. Chocolate's like my thing.

Haha, sure, send me your address via PM and I'll see what I can do.

done!

http://www.nexternal.com/castlerock/...cinoMerlot.jpg

http://luekensliquors.com/store/zen-...2006DryCre.jpg

Assuming those stars mean shit, I totally agree with you.

That doesn't stop me from eating M&Ms or having a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup once in a while, but as a whole, American chocolate is shit. See's Candy is fucking awful and people love that crap.

http://www.livingonadime.com/blog/wp...sees-candy.jpg

:whythis:

Get some real pralines you dicks, this crap tastes like wax. :bonkhead:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpel8mB_Zr...ernity_men.jpg

http://perfumela.com/images/full5/Na...ssic3.4Men.JPG

I got the oil versions of those two.

I like how long oils last and sometimes they are stronger.

Ah yes, oil versions tend to last longer and are usually more concentrated. The only thing you lose is sillage, which is the cloud of fragrance that is emitted. As in, if a fragrance had fantastic sillage, then people 5-6 feet away could smell you. Some fragrances have TOO much, like Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent. Good lord. And then some stay close to the skin, and only project 2-3 feet away. This tends to be the case with most oils and Eau de Parfums. I don't mind it though, because I don't wanna be the "cologne guy". So I'd rather they not project than to throw out a huge unavoidable sillage cloud.

Too late, you'll always be the "cologne guy" to me.

CologneCorfe

Black Metal and Cologne go hand in hand....apparently.

yeah I prefer the oil because stays on longer but it's not as lingering like you say. I like that it only projects 3 feet away as opposed to 6 feet.

I get the whole not wanting to be the "cologne guy"

I've become more sensitive to cologne since moving to Seattle. Hardly anyone I know wears it, so when they do, it's very noticeable and it annoys me.

That doesn't mean everyone's a hippie, we shower and use deodorant. Well most of us anyway.

No wonder Seattle is the number 1 depressed city in the US. Not enough cologne is being worn.

I use deodorant but I use cologne rarely.

Haha! I guess I have a reputation now! :D

Ohh not like THAT sillyhead! I'm talking about back in the 70s with those colognes that could burn nosehair. I tend to prefer light ethereal scents, with an exception for winter fragrances and ones I use for night time wear. That's when I break out my orientals and gourmands and get to smell like a bakery.

Along with all my other weird genres! :D

But anywho, I was on Luckyscent and after selling a long discontinued fragrance (Dolce & Gabbana By Man) for $140, I decided to pick up a few samples.

Costume National's 21 (again)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lNFGcZimYT...s400/21pic.jpg

Absolutely beautiful stuff. Soft and creamy, contrasted with spices and incense. Perfectly balanced.

L'Artisan Parfumeur's Mure et Musc

http://www.luckyscent.com/images/products/15201.jpg

A fragrance based around blackberries! How perfect is that.

Miller Harris' Tangerine Vert

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4_QbXkHtqy...ERINE_VERT.JPG

Mandarine Basilic made me wanna find another realistic orange fragrance. This one sounds like it could be perfect.



And on a different note, I got a new font! :D

http://cdn.myfonts.net/s/ec/rs-20110...yptian-pw3.png

It reminds me of one of my favorite slab serif fonts (Archer), so I knew I needed it.

So you really do have a collection of fragrances? Take a picture of your setup/collection

I want to see it.

What other rare colognes/perfumes do you own?

It's quite small, but here's one I took for Basenotes awhile back:

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1300060824

As for the second question, Dolce & Gabbana's By Man is the only real "rare" one. Although I do own samples (which are enough for me most of the time) of Dior's Eau Noire which retails for around $355, Amouage's Dia Man which retails for $250-$300, Creed's Windsor which retails for $600, and Kenzo's UFO which retailed for around $300. It was a limited release, and had a specially designed bottle:

http://www.spyoneradio.fr/cutenews/d...ages/kenzo.jpg

Pure Malt will soon be hard to find, as it just got discontinued again.

I had no idea that such a thing existed. Collecting rare colognes I mean.