I’ve tasted American candy before and it seemed quite different from what I’d been used to in Cadburys. It’s very sweet, but doesn’t taste as milky to me. Anyway - there’s a really interesting article in the New York Times on candy from the UK and a shop in New Jersey selling Cadburys and Nestle stuff to expats.

Read: The World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

Waiting for some water to boil, I noticed this on the side of the pasta sauce.

“Perfect for two people looking for a bit more excitement.”

I don’t feel excited yet.

A while ago I set up a few Google Alerts for the names of various towns and got a few relating to award winning Fish and Chip shops. Checking back, one of them is just down the road, and it’s easy to see (or taste!) why they are.

You get a carton full for a quid and they’re probably the best I can remember having. It makes a nice change to the flat, tasteless ones that seem to be around at the moment.