The Kinder Surprise Returns!

If you were a 90s kid in Hong Kong like me, you'd have grown up with the Kinder Egg Surprise. I loved it when I was a child, because not only was the thin, milky chocolate yummy, there was always a little toy inside! Actually, I didn't care much for the chocolate - I was more of a crisps and savoury snacks sort of kid - but that surprise toy, inside the orange capsule that I had to get my Dad to open for me every time... just wow!

The Kinder Surprise is still being sold at many other countries, so what you may not know if you're not from Hong Kong is that it was banned here many years ago. I don't know, I think it was banned in the US as well (please don't take my word, I am 95% sure it's wrong) but because of whatever place it was banned in, it was not allowed in Hong Kong too. The reason is stupid: children in the 2000s are apparently so dumb that they choke on the toys... alright, if you say so! But what happened is that in Hong Kong, the Kinder Surprise has long been replaced with the Kinder Egg Joy, which tastes disgusting to me because I loathe white chocolate and c'mon... how the eff would it ever measure up to the almighty Kinder Surprise?

You could imagine my joy when I found a place setting the Kinder Surprise. I found it through Instagram actually - a fellow user was posting about how she found it in "360", and silly me just assumed it was Threesixty in Elements, so despite the expensive MTR fees to cross the harbour, I dragged Jason with me... only to find that the girl meant 優品360° (Best Mart 360), which is a cheap snack store located all over Hong Kong. I made that mistake because I can't read Chinese, LOL. Jason could not stop laughing at me!

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