Kremer’s Stuff

Strawberry & Chocolate Cheetos From Japan

In a previous post titled “Spiced Octopus Doesn’t Sell In Indiana” I talked about how certain foods don’t sell here.  Food taste is a culture thing.  How about these examples of snack foods from Japan.  

Stawberry Chocolate Cheetos & Chocolate Flavored Cheetos

Honey Butter Doritos & Wasabi Doritos

Green Tea Kit Kats & Ice Cucumber Pepsi

Spiced Octopus Doesn’t Sell In Indiana

At the Kroger grocery store in Westfield, Indiana this afternoon and spied this in the manager’s close out bin.  Originally $4.75 slashed to 50 cents.  For some reason Hooiser’s didn’t take to canned Spiced Octopus In Seasoned Red Sauce.  They had a lot of canned seafood that didn’t sell.  To perpetuate the stereotype Indiana is more a giant breaded pork tenderloin and a Budweiser kinda place.

Update:  Greate tweet from @fezick: “But what if you deep fry it at the state fair?”  He’s referring to the Indiana State fair’s obsession with deep frying Oreos, Snickers, etc.

How to get FREE Starbucks coffee

I tend to drive  a little like Michael Schumacher.  My little Audi drives like it’s on rails and the 2.0 liter Turbo screams.  I usually have no problem thrashing the car around curves..that is unless I have a hot cup of Starbucks in the cupholder.  Even though it has a lid, my Starbucks “Tall” coffee always slops out the little drinky hole in the top.  My son Dan has the same problem…well..he drives like his Dad.  The solution was to ask the Starbucks Barnisterias (or whatever they’re called) to give you a “Tall” coffee in a “Grande” cup.  That way the coffee has a little more room at the top to slop while I’m doing my Grand Theft Auto imitation on the way to work.

Here’s where the “FREE” part comes in.  I’ve found that 9 times out of 10 when you ask for a “Tall” in a “Grande” cup, they fill the cup up all the way to the “Grande” level anyway.  Even if they mark it “Tall” like this picture of my cup from this morning.  Perhaps they’re too sleepy and on autopilot filling the cup.  I still get the slop problem, but it’s FREE coffee slopping out. Free coffee, almost as good as FREE BEER.  Anyone have any ideas on getting free beer?

UPDATE:  Andy over at IndyScan tells me that Starbucks may thwart my free coffee scheme by offering a new plug for the drinky hole called a Splash Stick. 

ChaCha is Human Powered Chicken

Human powered answers sites:  ChaCha.com and Mahalo.com

I work for ChaCha based in Carmel, Indiana.  In April I visited Santa Monica, California where Mahalo is located and took this snap of ChaCha Chicken.  Jason Calacanis (Mahalo CEO) have you ever eaten ChaCha Chicken?  

The Best Italian Restaurant in Los Angeles

Friday night I had the best Italian dinner in my life.  Great restaurant in an out of the way location.  The restaurant is Sapori. Sounds like a Japanese restaurant, but it’s not. It’s in the Marina del Rey area of Los Angeles.  Out of the way location, but out of this world food.  I had Farfalle alla Carrettiera - Bowtie pasta with a triple cheese roasted garlic cream sauce, chicken, prosciutto, mushrooms.  Stefano Baccianella who is the Owner/Manager took care of us.  A great red wine Gravity Hills, Paso Robles Zinfandel.  They are listed as a top Italian Restaurant in LA by the Zagat Survey. Unbelievably good.

Click here to visit the Sapori Italian Restaurant Web site.