Back, You Devils!
Alright! You’ve twisted my arm with all your being attractive and grammatical correctness and whatall.
I’m going to give someone this GREEN TEA KIT KAT merely for COMMENTING. From now until Wednesday night at 8pm, you are encouraged to comment once, about anything you’d like, after which I will use an online random number generator to determine the winner. And then I will go to the post office and mail it to you! Just like that! To top it off, after this box of matcha Kit Kat is given away, there will be a different prize for you to enter for. And then another one! And then ANOTHER ONE! Until I run out of items to give away! I haven’t actually counted how many I have yet, but it is more than three. And less than ten.
You should know that I ate one box myself already and it was delightful. The strangest part is that the green tea was mild while a totally unexpected flavor of some love child of cinnamon and maple syrup came through a little bit stronger. Super weird, but I truly and literally had a difficult time not opening another box and eating some more of them.
So once again, here’s the free candy law:
1) You may only comment once. If you comment more than once I will delete all but one of your comments. It’s not personal, but more than one comment will throw the odds of the random number generator. AND THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
2) I don’t care what you say.
3) Contest closes at 8pm PST on Wednesday night – any comments made after 8pm will not qualify.
4) Anyone may enter, dad.
5) Winning this one won’t disqualify you from another one . You could – theoretically though improbably – win again and again.
So there you are. Winner will be announced Thursday sometime or another. Yay, this is fun!
CORRECTION UPDATE: Apparently the pretty cherry blossoms aren’t just for design on the package, and the flavor is actually CHERRY BLOSSOM & GREEN TEA KIT KAT. Holy shit! Also: explains some of the beguiling cinnamon/maple flavor, which my brain can now just interpret as “floral”.
*** CONTEST IS CLOSED! ***
Stand by for results!
May 3rd, 2010 | Drama!
Question for angerburger readers: I’m looking at visiting Portland, ME in a couple months. Where should I eat and why?
I doubt you’ll send it to me… :P
[Sunday note: I approve of this technique! Nothing tempts fate like fatalism.]
Mmmmmmmmmmmm candy. I am a sucker for any candy I’ve never tried before.
[Sunday note: Me too. I have to actually just set myself a dollar limit at the import stores or else I'll get one of everything.]
Ben, go to Bintliff’s for brunch. One of my good friends lives there and I could ask her whats good these days (there’s always great restaurants there, but often they only last a year or two because of the seasonality of portland, me economy), but you’d have to email me privately as not to break the rules of this contest with a comment convo and whatall.
If not for the Kit Kat, then for the packaging which kind of reminds me of feminine hygiene products!
[Sunday note: I know, right? Is your Kit Kat feeling not-so-fresh? I'm ruining the surprise for later, but there will be more feminine hygiene candy to give away so if you miss this one you'll have another chance.]
Merp merp merp…candy!
The japanophile in me is jumping for joy right now. Fingers crossed!
I expect to get some of these bars one way or the other, or else! Haha! I’m not joking! Not even slightly!
obsequious
ob·se·qui·ous: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness. Etymology: Middle English, compliant.
[Sunday note: Because my dad is a belligerent nutbag, he left a second comment thinking that i'd just delete him entirely. That's not how it works. It is simply that everyone may have ONE chance. Dad, if you don't want to be in the contest then I'll delete all your comments before I run the random number generator, but until then you get stuck with being made fun of. Here's the second comment I moved to this one if anyone cares:]
In an incredible act of supreme self-sacrifice and benevolence of Biblical proportion, I hereby officially commit Seppuku by posting a second comment. I do this willingly and of freewill, un-coerced by my lovely daughter, in order to alleviate any outcries of nepotism in this fun (and tasty) contest.
… besides, I’ll be demanding some Cherry Blossom, Green Tea matcha Kit Kat on her next foraging trip to Hideo Miazakawonka’s Chocolate Factory.
Good luck to everyone and may the best kid win!
I’m Old Gregg!
I would like to know where you got the Kit Kat. Does this place have other candy bars that have weird Asian/American flavor combos?
[Sunday note: it's from Uwajimaya in Seattle, and I was rather surprised to see it. It's the first time I recall any of the Japan-only flavors of Kit Kat showing up. They had one other flavor that isn't terrible weird, but will also be here as a giveaway in a few days. Also: if you don't want to wait to try and win this one (and if you want a better selection of weird flavors), you can order it from Jbox.]
Just found your blog, and I love it!
[Sunday note: Thanks! Part of my hope in giving some things away was flushing out the lurkers, but it appears I'm gathering some new readers, too!]
I don’t actually want it. I’m commenting to let you know if my number comes up you can just go ahead and pick again.
Matcha Kit-Kat!! Matcha everything!!
[Sunday note: Matcha Burger! Anger Matcha! Actually that last one is pretty good.]
I dare you to send it to me !
I will throw my random comment into the ring.
FEED ME.
gimmie that kitkat!
I would like Kit Kats ‘N Niffles, please.
[Sunday note: You're going to be sad when I actually send you some Niffles.]
ooh, this is exciting! I love free matcha cherry blossom candy! I might have to see if they have this at my local Japanese market…
I rue the day KitKat stopped making the coffee flavored bars. Damn you, Salazar.
[Sunday note: Stop making me ruin one of the other giveaways! If you REALLY love COFFEE then KEEP READING THIS BLOG.]
Am I considered a lurker if I publicly announced my adoration of you?
[Sunday note: HEEEEEEY! This is what I get for being too busy to check analytics! Look at all those people from clusterflock that came over here. I'm blushing. And burpy. But mostly blushing.]
break me off a piece of that kit kat bar
where do you even FIND these?
[Sunday note: In Seattle (and other cities) there's a large Asian supermarket called Uwajimaya, but you can find Japan-only Kit Kat bars online for sale if you do a little searching. In an earlier comment on this post I left a link to one of said places.]
I love Green tea pocky so I bet this will be sublime :) and I see a Jill posting already but that wasn’t me……
[Sunday note: The Kit Kat are significantly sweeter than Pocky -- really sweet, actually -- but the flavor is excellent. I think you'd like them.]
Oh my god. this is AWESOME!
Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that kitkat bar!
1. I’m a clusterflock reader who followed Kelsey’s link over here. Love the blog!
2. Respect Your Elders – I want to make either the Burger Loafer, or the Baked Yams Tahiti. I think my wife will divorce me if I make both.
3. Matcha Liqueur – Dissolve matcha (is “matcha powder” redundant?) in three cups of simple syrup. Add a cup of Everclear. Tasty as an after-dinner drink.
K
[Sunday note: Oh, yes, I need more encouragement to drink alcohol. And I can't say as that I'd blame your wife, but maybe you can cook it at someone else's house? Behind her back? Surely the judge wouldn't believe her in the divorce hearing if she claimed "infidelitous cooking."]
I MAKE YOUR BOB BARLEY SALAD LIKE…TWICE A MONTH! AND DOUBLE THE FUCK-TON INGREDIANTS TO MAKE EVEN MORE OF A FUCK-TON…
[Sunday note: Whaaat? Twice a month! I'm not sure that's good for your colon.]
mmmm.maple syrup. pick me! pick me!
I love matcha stuff more than anyone in this post.
[Sunday note: if you can provide empirical evidence, we might discuss it. MIGHT.]
Look at all these comments. Righteous. I don’t really want the candy, but if I win I will take pictures of my kid eating it, which will be cute.
[Sunday note: It's just like every party I've thrown -- sort of forced and awkward until I bring out the food and then everyone gets rambunctious. And I'd love to see your kid having a Japanese Kit Kat taste test.]
Yay! Candy! this is totally the most people i have ever seen comment one of your posts, which is totally a shame.
[Sunday note: It's a shame, but I'm definitely a repeat offender in this category myself, so in a way I'm taking a weird delight in all this.]
Hrmm… Free candy. This makes me suspicious. What’s in it for you?
PS- I dig your blog.
[Sunday note: You are right to be suspicious and I am pleased that one of you has learned something here. However, in this instance my motivation is harmless to you: I've been pretty bummed out lately, and I wanted to fabricate some artificial cheer. AND IT IS WORKING.]
Just found you via bread ‘n’ honey. Yum!
Your blog makes me laugh. I like that.
I love Japanese KitKats :D What other flavors have you tried before?
[Sunday note: Actually, not many, just one other. Which I won't share just yet because I'm going to actually give one away. There's a few I really wanted to try, especially after reading the list over at Wikipedia.]
oh my god, pick me. I’ll share it with you.
[Sunday note: LOL!]
fuuuuuuuuck
Macho Matcha Me. Please?!
i hope i win because it’s impossible to find these in the detroit area.
[Sunday note: Oh man, now I feel guilt pressure.]
Gimme that Kit Kat Bar!!!