Foreign Grocery Friday: The Craze Hottis of Singapore

September 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM | by jetflyboy | Comments (0)

When we travel, one of our favorite things to do is to pop into a local grocery store and check out the food products and candies we'd never find anywhere else. So we're trying out this new feature, Foreign Grocery Friday, where each week we'll feature some of our (and your) favorite overseas treats. Got a recommendation? Let us know!

This series is typically devoted to fantastic foods we have sampled in far-off lands that we find in grocery stores and even restaurants. This time we found our latest interesting fare at a Singapore 7-11 and, while we do know this is not an authentic eatery, it still sells some snacks that the locals love. Craze Hottis being one of those snacks.

On display in the shop window, like a beacon guiding ships into port, the Craze Hottis machine is illuminated like a popcorn machine and immediately caught our eye. Outfitted with paper bucket and a self-serve scoop, we had to dig in. Opening up the door to a warm cave of crunchy goodness, we filled our container and waited in line to pay and high tail it out.

The taste: Super crunchy and salty like popcorn, but with a consistency of puffed corn or rice snacks. They are waiting in a warmer to be scooped up so they are slightly toasty which creates a lighter consistency. Overall we liked them, but couldn't make it a regular treat to snack on.

The price: The price was just right at 1.50 SGD ($1.22 USD) with is about and make it a super easy and accessible snack. And since they are self-serve you can load the paper basket up if you really chose. We didn't want to be gluttonous.

Where to find it:It seems like these are a specially of the 7-11 chain. The machine is branded for the store as well as for the Quick Bites range. Natural, the convenience stores are found all over the city, but this one was in the ION Center on Orchard Road.

While queuing up, we noticed another interesting treat we have never seen before. A self-serve mashed potato and gravy machine. Just like the American 7-11s have nacho machines, this one serves up piping hot mashed potatoes all set with a side of gravy at the push of a button. But for this trip to the 24 hour snack shop, we stuck with our Craze Hottis, which we pronounce 'craze hotties' since we think its pretty fun.

If you'd like to share some of your foreign grocery finds, we'd love love love to see them. Send 'em on over via email here and snack on, my friends.

[Photos: Jaunted]

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