More Shana!

365 Toy Project: Day 167, originally uploaded by esmereldes.

I found this melon pan flavor pocky yesterday. There seem to be a lot of new Pocky flavors lately. I don't know if that is a reflection of Glico adding new flavors, or if it's just that the store I'm buying from is importing more new flavors...
Someday I will take a picture of Shana with an actual melon pan, but in the meantime, I couldn't resist this picture!
The pocky itself is sort of good, and sort of strange. It does taste quite a bit like melon pan, but that's not a particularly strong flavor, even in the original, so it's somehow almost more salty than sweet as pocky. I haven't had melon pan in a while, and I only know of one place around here that makes it, so I am not sure if the slightly salty taste belongs with the original, or if it's just there because of the pocky... I am guessing the overall flavor is meant to be like the slightly crunchy outside of the bread, but it's a little odd as pocky, because of course it is VERY crunchy. As pocky goes, it's probably not my favorite, but it does make a nice change of pace...

Shana is known to be very particular about her melon pan, so maybe she looks grumpy because the pocky doesn't meet with her approval?