Thursday, March 15, 2007

Famous Aussie GB Nougats


Do you luv nougats?

I recalled that when I was young, 'cloud nine' chocolate bar was my first try on nougats. That was not my fave as I hate the chewy sticky texture of the nougats.

Few years ago when I was in Australia, I had one of this famous crunchy nougats in my friend's house and was since hooked. This GB nougats is produced by aussie-chinese in Western Australia, 1 kg costs about $21 (=RM 60) in Western Australia, $22 in Melbourne and $23 in Sydney. I luv the green tea flavoured nougat the most. There are also other varieties like original, cappuccino, mint and apricot. I bought 3kg of them when I came back for good last December ^_^

You can also get them from Jusco stores or KLIA.

14 comments:

sc said...

i always prefer this crunchy version rather than the chewy sticky version..

Tummythoz said...

The last time friend brought me these, I overdone until 'jelak'. Akibat greedy. =P
Hope u don't mind me saying but pix blur-blur-leh.

Xiu Long Bao said...

sc: me too! crunchy nougats wiv almond pieces.yum yum...

tummythoz: i think i overdone too. I always hav 3 in a row.
Haha..these pics r the best among the even more blurrry pics. I used my hp fon to take the pics cus my digital camera is now away wiv my mum in macau ^_^

Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchy said...

LURVE Nougat. I like the slightly chewy kind. There's a particular kind that we package with out gifts that I'll post about soon. :-)

Nigel

teckiee said...

ahhhh i think the maroon wraping ones! yummy! I remember last time we can't get it in malaysia... had to ask my friend to buy from OZ for me.

Kok said...

xiu long bao,
now the price went up already. It's about $25 for 1kg here. No more nougat! Let's go for Apple Strudels from Corica's! haha!

Xiu Long Bao said...

nigel: you r making nougats too?

teckiee:waa...u really like this GB nougats hoh :)

kok: wat? $25 per kg??? i just left for 3 mths n the price shoot up so fast?

Kok said...

xiu long bao,
Yaya, cause the property here increase a lot. That's why, they increase the price of the nougat too. Just like in Malaysia, whenever there's an increase in the petrol, the price of everything also increase....

cookies_cream said...

Nougat~!!! It's one of my favorite snack last time. I love the chewy part where it gives you the aromatic flavor....mmmm mmmm. :)

I like the one in purple packet...I think it's original flavor or with almonds. Forgot about it cause too long never eat them. Now that you posted about it, I suddenly miss them so much~!

MeiyeN said...

i am still quite phobia with these cause da last time my bf's sista came back from melbourne, she brought back a lot and that i mostly had at least 2-3 pieces one day... no doubt, they are yummy and i like da green tea flavour so much! :D

Xiu Long Bao said...

cookies_cream: purple packet?i think it is the original chewy one wiv almond pieces :) u miss them now? I still hav alot in my fridge...hehe

meiyen: i luv the green tea one too cus it is not so sweet.Haha...i still hav about 500g of nougats in my fridge...already jelak ;p

Precious Pea said...

Macau also got nice nougat..happened to walk pass their factory during my last visit. Not too bad...not as sweet as GB. If i stay the same place again, will get some for you to try.

Xiu Long Bao said...

precious pea: Macau nougats? Agree dat GB nougats r too sweet, can't go more than 3 at one time.

Josette said...

Thanks! I was wondering where to buy them besides the airport. Will head over to Jusco whenever I need a nougat fix. :D