The not-so-healthy foodstuff that I love have all disappeared with great stealth or reduced to one retailer in the past four years.
First up, the crunchy love-to-bits of Teddy Bear cookies, Teddy Grahams. It mysteriously gone off the shelves of Cold Storage, NTUC and even Jason's (an expat supermarket). I did my field research and all gone.
In lovely flavours from honey, choc chip to oatmeal, these cute and yummy bears all gone. They were my essentials during the endless days and nights of cramming for A Levels. such comfort from the childish snack, but why were they taken off the shelves?
I suspect it's some trans-fat ingredient that the Health Sciences Authority of Singapore found in the cute biscuits. And I reckon the same fate followed another All-American goodness in a cup, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Oh my, these little cups of delight. Peanut-buttery goodness layered with some unknown chunk of crumble and layered with chocolate. Feels like putting on a kilogram with each buttercup but worth it, I say.
All gone from the retailers in SIngapore too, it's a conspiracy i believe. A subtle boycott of American products that are unhealthy.
But saving grace comes in the form of a tin box full of curiously strong mints. My Altoids! How can I live without these Panadol-looking examples of greatness in a mint. A breath of fresh air in Singapore where it's hard to get a decent mint. What? Only Fisherman's Friend or fast-moving ( really fast) consumer mints like Eclipse, Frozz or Clorets (sounds like a bleach can.)
Rough, strong and stronger. And in a retro-looking tin box. How cool is that. The boxes serve as great storage for knick knacks and other random things like namecards and earrings.
Credibility goes to the company from retailing even portable battery chargers in the shape of the Altoid box! charging your ipods with a box of mints. Beat that!
Alas, all good mints come to a terrible end in Singapore too. Only Candy Empire imports them now and the price has spiked from $3.50 in 2006 to $4.90. Why!?!
Just keeping my fingers crossed that rising food prices don't snatch away my last indulgence that is my clinking box of Altoids in my handbag. Shoo!
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