Saturday, June 6, 2009

Everything Is Illuminated...And Delicious

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Today, Missy and I went to go check out this new place in town called EUROPEAN DELI...it's a little tiny deli-slash-grocery specializing in RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN foodstuffs. They had an amazing selection of chocolates and sweets with exceptional packaging...like these VIOLIN-SHAPED candy boxes:

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Missy was excited about the SQUIRREL on this box of chocolates:

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I thought the illustration on this bar of chocolate was pretty cool...plus, I'm just a sucker for the CYRILLIC ALPHABET:

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We also loved the portraits of RUSSIAN ROYALTY on these boxes of TEA...Russian "Royal Tea", geddit?

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We also loved the more WEIRD packaging that we saw...for example, the label on this HORSERADISH MAYONNAISE...WTF???

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Inexplicably, some of the packages of SAUSAGES in the freezer featured a photo of a little Russian boy on it...are these sausages made with baby meat?

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We ended up buying a bunch of Russian sweets and a pack of traditional GERMAN EGG NOODLES, like the kind you see in chicken soup...we'll definitely be back next week to stock up on more goodies...

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1 comment:

Character Zoo said...

Hello gang! I can't believe it has taken me this long to find and read through your blog but I love it! I like your weekly interviews and reports on all things Missy and Raoul. Thanks for the shoutout and link last time :D