following too much dimsum at kamfook in chatswood on friday, we waddled slowly and sleepily like fat little puppies (yet bouyantly and almost hysterically, what with the little bubbles of oxygen pumping through our veins — this always happens in the situation i’m about to type) down the aisles of the asian supermarket next door.

ah, jusco. such a trevor trove of japanese candy (including a broad selection of yoghurt and calpis flavoured treats) and instant noodles and exotic beverages. and this: a little cup of biscuit fingers with a pot of chocolate and sprinkles for dipping. based on my highschool level reading of the chinese print on the label, it seems to have come out of the indonesian branch of arnotts, specifically for the hong kong and taiwan market, and the packaging is ocha-ken.

gasp! who is tea dog?

via jascii.net: ocha-ken is a really short anime about tea. it’s about a little green puppy with tea-leaf ears named ryoku whose nose always tells him when there’s tea made just right to be had. he has a lot of different-coloured dog friends who also seem to love tea and coffee. the first episode, “have you been making tea lately?” is about how hard it is to make the perfect tea, not too hot, cold, thin, thick, but just right. when ryoku smells that perfect tea, he calls all his friends and they go over to hana, the purple dog’s place, where they see she’s being a great hostess. tea is the best, isn’t it? when you’re drinking it, maybe you, too, can see the cute little tea puppy!

who doesn’t like tea? and ok, i don’t want to be all weird about this, but look! you can get a plastic teapot toy, and it opens up into some sort of onsen situation where you and your different-coloured dog friends can drink tea and chat and have a dip in the hot spring:

um. management would like to apologise for the inordinate number of plugs in that post.