Day 304- chocolate

30 October 2012- So a chocloate chain has finally opened in Brisbane and it took me nearly three months to get there.  The chocolate tapas plate is my favorite, but I think i preferred it when we had to drive an hour to have it.

Day 297- Mint Slice

23 October 2012- One of the awesome things about Australia- we have our own version of Thin Mints available year round in the grocery store- Mint Slice!  not so great for the waistline perhaps

Day 265- Snake bitez

21 September 2012- It sounds so wrong, but tastes so good.

Day 237- Sweet Victory

24 August 2012- Dessert at the end of a teambuilding lunch.  It was a progressive lunch with a competitive element.  We were divided into two teams of three- which turned out to be the three compliance people versus the more outgoing audit/trainer/manager.  They won most of the speed/arrival challenges, so the organiser was juuuust about to hand them victory when she asked for their alphabet scavenger list.  We had to collect one item for each letter.  They had done none! So the paperwork and detail obsessed compliance team won. 

Day 99- Easter eggs

9 April 2012- more easter eggs than we have bought in a couple of years

Day 94- the unbirthday cake

3 April 2012- I took cupcakes in to celebrate a co-worker not yet being 40.

Day 209- Souvenirs!

28 July 2011- Kit Kat is a popular chocolate bar in Japan because of its name. It sounds like a phrase meaning "study hard" or "good luck on exams" so it is a popular gift to give students studying for exams. Nestle release special edition flavoured Kit Kats every year- I remember a lemon cheescake white chocolate one. Last year we brought back a couple of flavours- including green tea- and these were devoured by other family members. This time we brought back many kinds- there was a souvenir pack at the airport. In this picture are- a dark choclate one (available at convenience stores), a cookies n cream (also available at conveneience stores), a strawberry something (also available at convenience stores), two varieties of green tea (one with cherry blossoms) from the airport, lychee with white chocolate (airport souvenir pack) and what appears to be wasabi (it's in hiragana I can read it) also from the airport. The wasabi is actually quite mild.

Day 62- Easter eggs

 
3 March 2011- the chocolate selling season starts early

Day 17 - Afternoon coffee

 
17 January 2011 - Work has a coffee machine, just what I need in the early afternoon- here with a chocolate mint stick