Poppin' Cookin'

Life hasn't been very interesting lately except for the fact that January Induction Programme has finally ended (oh, and so have CCA trials and they all went terribly for me I mightn't even get into ANY CCA) so I'm just going to blog about a bunch of things I did not-so-recently, the first being Poppin' Cookin! :-)

I used to have an obsession with Poppin' Cookin' about two years ago, and I couldn't stop watching a ton of Youtube videos of people making them, especially RR Cherry Pie and here I link you to a playlist of all his Poppin' Cookin' videos! It's super intriguing how powder + water can become all these amazing things. I never got to try it though because at that time, it wasn't very popular in Singapore yet and I couldn't possibly ship them to me from Japan. About last year though, a lot of shops in Singapore started selling these candy kits, usually in those cube shops where people rent cubicles. 

However, I found it to be still quite expensive - they were usually $11.90 a box or 5 boxes for $50 which I'm sure is way above the cost price. This month though, I somehow stumbled upon a shop at level 4 of nex in Serangoon, called "Gifts Greetings" and they sold the kit for $6.45 so I bought it and was quite happy. I saw "Ministry of Cube" on the same level and they were having a promotion as well - instead of the usual $11.90, it was going at $7.90. But yup I still got the better deal and the shop I got it from sells it at $6.45 all the time. I got the sushi making one because it was apparently the most fun and I wanted to feel the "fish roe" myself too. 

The contents! :-) Powder, plastic containers, plastic spoon, and a cute little dropper.

It was really quite magical ahh :') Powder + water can still give me so many different textures I don't even know man! Just look at the fluffy rice. 

Seaweed heh. This one wasn't very realistic though - because I had to shape the seaweed myself from a playdough like consistency. 

What I was most excited about - the fish roe packet! 

MAGIC!!!! How does it retain its circle shapes omg. 

CUTE. 

The powder + water actually hardens almost instantly it was truly amazing to play with hehe the Japanese are insane geniuses. 

 My completed sushi! :-) They look really cute and the fun factor was quite high because you just get amazed every single time. 

Taste wise, everything was really sweet and I couldn't really take the idea of putting it in my mouth because it looked so realistic but didn't taste savoury. Also, I wasn't used to the fact that everything was made from powder. I took a few small nibbles and threw everything away. I suppose one will be paying for the process of making it :-) 

I'm just really happy that I finally got the chance to make my own Kracie Poppin' Cookin' after watching countless Youtube videos of them but I would admit that for an experience like this, one time is enough. It's not very worth it unless you're a small kid hehe (which I am).