In honour of the FIFA World Cup and the arrival of summer, we’ve dusted off our Exotic Junk Food Review series from years past to explore some of the more colourful international snacks, treats and indulgences found around Vancouver.
Originally published March 12, 2010
Golia Frutta C
$2.49 at Bosa Foods, 1465 Kootenay St.
One of the best things about these citrus-flavoured lozenges from Italian-Dutch multinational Perfetti Van Melle — makers of Mentos and Chupa Chups — is that the description on the packaging sounds like an insult you'd hear on The Sopranos. "Eh, oh, succo di frutta." Flavour-wise, the candies are sweet on the outside and slightly bitter on the inside, much like most Italians I know. I kid... I kid... eh, oh, succo di frutta.
Tortica Cokolada
$.59 at Bosa Foods
Considering its vague yet precise "chocolate coated wafer" claim, Tortica Cokolada by Croatian confectionery company Kras is exactly what it says it is — if by wafer they mean "possibly made of thin sheets of tasteless Styrofoam insulation." But at least it provides those who eat it a sense of European pretension few North American chocolate bars offer.
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