The visionaries. The mavericks. The dreamers. These are the people who move humanity forward.
And then there’s me. A dude who wants to eat weirdly-named treats and watch the world burn.
For several years I’ve wanted to buy, eat and write about weird snacks like Stik-O and Hot Kid Ball Cake. And then I saw something on a shelf that made me take the leap.
So, today I’ll be tasting a treat called Couque d’Asses and sharing my impressions with you.
Containing neither Couque nor Asses, this treat is something called a “langue de chat” cookie. This brand is made in Japan and has a chocolate filling.
If you look the list of ingredients in the “Mixed Chocolate” paste, you’ll be reading for a loooong time until you reach any cocoa-related ingredients. Chocolate Lovers, we’re in for a flop!
When you open the box, there are 12 individually-wrapped cookies peeking at you.
The cookies themselves are very light and delicate. They’re beige – not very caramelized – and have a single brown swirl on top. There’s a seam between the two halves that make up each cookie. A smear of chocolate paste sits in the middle.
The texture is very crumbly. Within seconds of hitting the tongue, the cookie melts into nothing.
The biscuit tastes very delicate and generic. The filling gives you a hint of Nutella. The smell reminded me of Israeli Chocolate Spread. (Which is a stone-home banger of a treat. Seriously, if you see this tub of brown goo in the “International” section of your supermarket then you gotta take that bad girl home with you. Surgeon General’s Warning: do not, under any circumstances, eat it out of the tub with a spoon! You will wake up full of regrets.)
These cookies would go well with nothing. Their constitution could not stand up to tea. Their flavour would be overpowered by any other flavour pairing. It’s like eating vapour.
If you are a fan of flavour then this cookie isn’t for you.
If you want to bite into something ethereal, crumbly, blink-and-it’s-gone, while you contemplate the fleeting nature of life – then this cookie will do the job.
There is almost no lingering taste.
It is a 1 out of 5 for me because I like strong flavours / interesting textures.
Lessons learned:
- Food photography is hard – especially at night. The glossy box strongly reflected the light from the table lamp I was using. Next time, I’ll photograph during the day and will research how to soften artificial lights.
- Finding a blog-posts quantity of things to say about a cookie was fairly challenging. I’ll grudgingly have to give food reviewers my respect. My attempts at food funnies end up being too close to the awful, terrible, no-good parody cooking show “Posh Nosh”.
