Sigh…the problem with bringing your favourite type of chocolate all the way from Sri Lanka to this household is it never lasts long enough, especially when from the mater to the schizo schizu (pictured in all his innocence below) are all chocoholics. Admittedly this maybe a bit of the pot calling the kettle black, amongst my many addictions from Old Reserve, Gold Leaf and pretty Sri Lankan girls, superblende ranks pretty damn high, even higher than the gastronomic orgasm that is La Maison du Chocolat.
But this is the last of the wonderful chocolate milkiness of the superblende, at least this time I had most of my stash to myself. Last time I brought the stuff back I foolishly left my suitcase unzipped and the damn Schizu mauled around 78% of my supplies. I watched him avidly for a few hours in the sadistic hope that he would keel over from sugar shock or whatever it is that causes canines to decease from the consumption of chocolate, but to no avail. He is truly part of the family, a mutant mutt that can eat his own weight in chocolate and suffer no ill-effects. He can also, somewhat like me, both hear the opening of a chocolate wrapper from half a mile away and smell it, with a following wind, from about two or three miles.
The chocolate is going to be sorely missed; I still remember how the twenty slabs that Chinky Pinky brought me in the summer of 2004 to London helped me keep my fortitude in writing up my M.Sc. thesis. I subsisted then on a daily diet of a prawn sandwich, two slabs of superblende and around 11 pints of beer. Needless to say after that summer I was hardly a picture of glowing health, but it was still entertaining at the time, despite suffering alternatively from sugar shock, alcoholic highs, nasty hangovers and headaches from staring at a computer screen all day.
Sigh….no more superblende…guess its time to hit the gym…

And I thought only girls obsessed over chocolate
Comment by PseudoRandom — February 17, 2007 @ 11:38 am
aww that is one cute mutt… adorable !!
i prefer dark chocolate to milk choc but who makes this superblende variety? is it Lindt or..?
do u indulge in Ghirardelli or do u have a Maison du Choc in SF?
Comment by savi3 — February 17, 2007 @ 8:41 pm
He’s very cute! Sorry to sound clueless but by superblende do you mean Kandos? Because the wrapper looks like Kandos?
Personal favourites are Cadbury’s and Galaxy. Oh and Toblerone. And Lindt. And Thornton’s.
Comment by Darwin — February 18, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
Pseudorandom - ummm….kkkk…not sure what to say
savi3 & darwin - don’t let the looks fool you!! He’s an absolute menace…and yes its Kandos
nope no Maison in Cali…went a bit overboard with the Ghirardelli last summer and haven’t touched it since..
Comment by childof25 — February 18, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
Sammy (that’s his name right?) is cute, but I’m sorry no one can touch Ollie in the looks department. And err, no. No bias there.
I have never, ever heard anyone wax poetic about Kandos chocolates in my life. If you ever make your way up North into these parts I can hook you up with the goods, our local LTTE sanctioned corner store stocks the stuff in Y2K-like proportions.
Comment by rastiadu karaya — February 18, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
Never had the yellow-bars in my life! I guess that’s something to look forward to for next time.
Is there anything you miss from your time in the UK?
Comment by S — February 18, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
rk - no argument there…my sis might hit you over the head with a Coach bag though..but I’ll try and not get involved. Hmm…Toronto would be nice…maybe in the summer…Calis too cold for me in the Winter…can’t imagine what Canada must be like…Island Boy u see:)
S - trust me they are something that should be experienced….well…lets see, Galaxy chocolate, Golden Virginia rolling baccie adn the lovely accents that made chatting up sooo much fun!
Comment by childof25 — February 20, 2007 @ 7:38 am
kudos to kandos for the classy wrapper and all
i miss kandos choc and island coffee (i think i told u that already)…
hv u tried the choc biscuit pudding at the Kandos shop btw? not bad.. altho i’m sure Darwin makes a better one *hint to Darwin*
Comment by savi3 — February 20, 2007 @ 5:47 pm