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smooth on whole wheat bread, a sprinkle of salt+cinnamon and banana. Holy cow..

In case of vodka, I always find price doesn't always agree with the taste. I find Stoli taste more of a rubbing alcohol than Sky! I usually dilute the vodka though, vodka redbull, or any fruity sparkly water. However if we're talking about Absolut Peach, I'd take them in any form.

If it's basic ingredient we're talking about then.. hmm.. raw tomatoes and raw garlic. There are some things I don't really like, but I don't make my way around them.

Mangoes; perfectly ripe, juicy and sweet. One of the few good things about living in the tropics.

God, I have several pet peeves. I don't really like people SNIFFING at their food when it's uncalled for. No, I don't mean inhaling the aroma with slightly orgasmic look, but sniffing.. like dogs. Especially if they made a face before or during (if afterwards, I'd be worried for the food). I felt insulted if people do that to food i cooked.

I also hate hate hate stubborn refusal to TRY food, like saying "No, I don't like it" when they don't even know what it is, or they have never tried them. This refusal is usually accompanied by slightly disgusted face, which doubles my annoyance.

In an Asian country like mine, we always have communal meal. If we dine out in western restaurant, my family, especially me are always so tense about ordering the same thing. Even amongst my friends I'm known as being Nazi about conformity. What's the fun of ordering the same things? Plus I never manage to finish my meal. Therefore, everybody knows that what goes in my plate are theirs to sample and even finish.

With an equally small appetite friend, we devise an eating game where we switch plates ever minutes or so. It helps to make finishing a meal less of a boring chore.

When my sister's then boyfriend (now husband) joined our dining out, things kind of gotten awkward. He's very well-mannered and he must've been weirded out by our barbaric habit. Solution? We used bread plates and offer him a slice of whatever in our plates and vice versa.

I don't think I'd be able to take it i i had to dine with some smeagols
When I dine with people I barely know (or on a date), I'd offer them to sample my meal, and if they seem reluctant, I'd do the bread plate technicque. I do decline politely even if they offered me to sample meals in their plates though

Am I the only person who thinks HD ice cream to be too much? Too fatty, too sweet... but the raspberry sorbet on the other hand, good god.. I've been living off that stuff in the midst of this tropical heat.

B&J on the other hand is loads of fun, but I find myself only scooping out the fillings.

I hope meringue counts.. But if it doesnt (WHY???), I like cornflake cookies, which might be an indonesian thing. Just pour chocolate ganache over cornflakes, mix well, spoon them over cookie cases, cool and voila! Crunchy, easy, and chocolate-y. Doesn't get any better than that.

For someone who has absolutely zero self-control, 100 calorie packs are godsend. I always wanna try things out, at least have a bite of everything and regular pack would be too much. Living in a third world country teaches me never ever waste food, so I'd finish it anyway even though I'm too full for it. So yeah, Viva bite sized foods!!!

I'd love 100 calorie donuts, french fries, mousse, pizzas, custard, parfait.. well... just every dessert under the sun.

Err.. cupcakes. I'm guilty of baking lots and lots of them, and even though they tasted good, the main reason people love them is their appearance. I'd say 99% commerial cakes look better than they taste. Seriously, opera cake, sacher torte.. *yawn*

Hey DaveFaris, about the shrimp shells, my mom's trick is to pour boiling water over them to "cook" them before she throws them out

Indeed...

Apart from coffee, (dear god, I'll marry a guy who smells like that), I absolutely love the smell of my hands after cupcake baking. Butter and vanilla.. My eyes are rolling in pleasure just at the thought of it.

Coffee buns. For you Southeast asians, you'd know what I'm talking about. The most heady smell ever. I wouldn't be surprised if the smell alone drives one drunk.

Cinnamon buns smell good too. Ah heck, let's just say I love the smell of baked goods and leave it at that.

Wait, honeydew melons! Sweet and enticing. Love it!

Least favorite smell; fishy smell, leftover seafood, and whiskey. The last one is probably caused more by the memory it is associated than the smell itself.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Durian. I had no problem with it myself.

Yep, am addicted to crunchy bites too. I always go for ice creams with crunchy fillings like cookies, chocolate chips instead of plain soft ones. It's the oral fixation in me, I suppose