RORO Retro

I don't know about you but when I was a in school my parents never gave me pocket money nor did they pack me any snacks for recess. Come to think of it, it was never really necessary since recess was at 10am and we finished school a couple of hours later anyway. But then I realised that I was missing out on the glorious junk food available at the school canteen. Satay ikan, Chickadees, Twisties, Nutella, Sumi jelly, Moh Fah Goh and Mamee to just name a few. The all contain the nutritional value equivalent of cardboard but they were oh so irresistable. Incidentally, right up until I was in my late teens, I thought it was Mr Moh's fah goh. Yes, thats what you get when deprived of chinese education.

While wandering around Wisma MPL (formerly HLA) I chanced upon one of my favourite childhood snacks of all time! RORO! I don't even know what the hell these are supposed to taste like. Shell shaped crackers of some sort. I don't remember them being so "airy". I got the feeling they were more dense before. Anyway, they taste like...Well, they taste like... Nondescript seasoning of sorts. Kind of like chicken  salt mixed with seafood flavouring. According to the package, it contains wheat, starch, potatoes, vegetable shortening, salt and permitted flavourings. And only 60 calories per pack! Well its quite a lot considering a bag of these are only 12g. I'm glad I found them, it was fun but it didn't quite live up to all my memory of it. Its always like this isn't it? Memories start to fade and to compensate the details get more embellished over time. Now, it only I can get my hands on Arctic Roll. Mmmm....