I don't want to see another chocolate bar for the rest of my life..

Or at least until next week. Oh, I've had so much chocolate stuffed into me that I'm a bit egg-bound and thoroughly sick of the sight and smell of the stuff. I tell my family not to buy so much, but they go ahead anyway so I join in, just to be sociable.

Damn, I'm going to have to put in some serious hours at the swimming pool to shift my little weekend belly: "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips!"

How was your Easter? Did you stuff yourself silly like me, or did you show more restraint?

Happy Easter!

It's Easter now, right? I get confused whether it's meant to be the Friday, Sunday or Monday so since I've already cracked open one of my eggs I'm going to just go with the flow and celebrate today.

Men's Pocky for the intelligent connoisseur who enjoys the finer points in life.

Men's Pocky: "'Crispy pretzel dipped in dark chocolate for the intelligent connoisseur who enjoys the finer points in life."

I went to the Health Food Store today to stock up on supplies and since I have to pass the Japanese food store on the way, I just had to pop in there too and stock up on some Japanese treats as well. I love my Pocky and I was amused to see this Men's Pocky. It's got bittersweet chocolate and apparently offers a more "mature" taste.

Are you man enough for Men's Pocky?

Found in a Japanese restaurant - Pocky!

Oh, look what I found in the Japanese supermarket today - Pocky! There's this tiny little Japanese shop in the basement of a Japanese restaurant in town (I forget the name as usual, I only ever know how to get there) and they have the best imported biscuits and sweets.

I'm not a huge fan of biscuits as I prefer just to have chocolate and get straight to the good stuff rather than waste my time with wheaty biscuits, but of all the ones I've ever had my all-time favourite biscuit is definitely the Pocky. I first found them when I lived in France where they're known as Mikado biscuits (not to be confused with the Irish marshmallow and jam biscuit of the same name). I used to be able to get Mikado when I lived in London at my local Sainsbury's in Chiswick but they haven't had them for years so imagine my joy when I found some Pocky!

I wasn't quite so happy when I saw the price though - £1.95 for a little packet of biscuits. They're yummy but even so, they're pricey plus you get a big carbon footprint to feel guilty about. Anyway, in case you've never had them, they're a sweet thin breadstick coated in chocolate apart from the top which allows you to handle it without getting your fingers messy.

You can get different versions whatever your preference: milk chocolate; dark chocolate; white chocolate; hazlenut; almond; strawberry etc. My favourite is the chocolate and hazlenut one. Oh my, now that one is heavenly..

In case you were wondering what to buy me for Valentine's day this year..

Looking for that perfect gift for your Nintendo Wii loving other half? Paul Pape Designs has a scrummy suggestion: chocolate Miis. They even come in a Wii-shaped box!

If you're same-sex inclined as you can order your selection in lesbian or gay flavours too. They also come in white or milk chocolate combinations for all you checkerboard guys and gals.

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