Matcha Wafers

This packet costs around 350yen in Narita Airport. Since I am a big matcha lover, I could not resist getting this back to Singapore. However, it did not really taste as good as I thought.
Its like a matcha biscuit wafer with cream in it. Slightly sweeter than I preferred. Not something I would repurchase.

Naomi Kitchen Matcha Fruit Roll

Made of green tea sponge, fresh cream, japanese azuki red bean, this swiss roll was pretty soft and moist. The azuki red beans were more like paste enveloped in the swiss roll instead of small beans like most other concoctions which blends in well with the matcha flavour.
I usually avoid anything with azuki beans as I do not like the taste but surprisingly, this swiss roll was pretty good, even though it contains azuki beans in it.

Do check it out here if you are interested.

Maccha Chocolate Daifuku

Bought this for between $12 to $14 recently.
Hubby loves this alot. Its rare for him to like any green-tea flavoured snacks.

Coated with white icing sugar on top, its shaped and looked like mochi but contains creamy white chocolate in it which oozes out once you took a tender bite on it.
On first taste, the white chocolate tastes like milk, sweet and fragrant
Even though its nice but I found it to be too sweet and sinful. LOL.

Jco Green Tea Freeze

I found this expensive at $6 for a drink at JCO but I just could not resist buying one to try it out.
It left a powdery green tea taste on my buds. Lots of blended ice twirling in it. Its nice but definitely not worth the $6. Too much ice for $6.
I opted the one without whipped cream so perhaps with the whipped cream, it would be even nicer, who knows?
I am saving my $6 for other matcha drinks.

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben

(source) Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they’d spy on their kids. But their sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his best friend Spencer Hill, they can’t help but worry. Within days of installing a sophisticated spy program on Adam’s computer they are jolted by a cryptic message from an unknown correspondent that shakes them to their core: “Just stay quiet and all safe.”

As if Mike Baye isn’t dealing with enough, he also learns that Lucas Loriman, the sweet kid who grew up next door, is in urgent need of a kidney transplant. As the boy’s doctor, Mike suddenly finds himself in possession of an explosive secret that threatens to rip the Loriman family apart at the seams.

Nearby, while browsing through an online memorial for Spencer, Betsy Hill discovers a surprising detail about the night of her son’s death. Before she can find out more, Adam disappears, taking the truth with him and sending shockwaves through the neighborhood.

As the lives of these families collide in tragic, unexpected, and violent ways, long-hidden connections in their small suburb begin to work their way to the surface. And when an unidentified Jane Doe is beaten to death not far away, those connections threaten to turn this quiet community upside down—and force these desperate parents to decide whether there is any line they won’t cross to protect those they love most in the world.

I am glad that I was persistent enough to continue reading Harlan Coben books because the last few books featuring Myron Bolitar was too unrealistic for me to really like it. In my personal opinion, Myron is always portrayed as a smart-aleck which I did not really like.

Even though there were some instances in this book which is similar to some of the characters featured in Myron Bolitar range but somehow, I like this book enough to continue to support him.

This book touches alot on parents and children and how they think, believe and behave. If you are a parent, this will touch a chord in you.

Check out  Hold Tight by Harlan Coben paperback or kindle version from Amazon