Fun Fall Drinks From Across the Pond

One of my favorite things to do is get some friends together and try drinks that are different from our own. Sometimes these quests work out great and other times not so much, but they make for great adventures and for great stories! This is what happened when we went to Asia World Market in scenic Plano, Texas:

Caution: May cause salivation and happiness

Yeo’s White Gourd Drink- country of origin: Malaysia. So my little brother and I like to dare each other to try new things and this happened to be my particular dare. When I first popped the tab, I was terrified that it was going to taste disgusting, but a dare is a dare.  I mean, honestly: white gourd drink? Does that even sound appetizing? When I took the first sip of the drink, I was amazed. It was absolutely DELIGHTFUL. It tasted like hazelnut coffee without that first cautious sip! 

Ooooh, the colors!

Ramune- country of origin: Japan. So I tried original at first, and let me tell you- it made a believer out of me. I was a skeptic because I heard that a marble floated around inside of the drink to prevent against the consumer drinking too fast and causing indigestion. How thoughtful! The original tasted like a less carbonated version of Mountain Dew, and it didn’t set my teeth on edge. It was delicious and a subdued sweet instead of burning all the way down like most lemon lime sodas. I highly recommend this for people who love soda, but want to stay away from that stinging carbonation feeling. 

May cause: warm fuzzy feelings and Flintstones music

Chiao Kuo Papaya Milk Drink- country of origin: Taiwan.This one totally knocked my socks off! When I first saw it, I was expecting it to taste like your average, run of the mill milk tea. Oh no. This was so much more. The second I opened the tab on this one I knew I was in for a treat. I tried it chilled and it tasted exactly like Fruity Pebbles. This drink is delicious Fruity Pebbles in a can, with no soggy cereal to suffer through or dirty dishes to have to deal with, ladies and gentlemen; I have found the Holy Grail of breakfast drinks. The flavor is nostalgic and sweet, but not overbearingly so to where you feel like you are drinking a soda. It lacks the aftertaste and thickness of milk. 

Local Hangout Field Trip: Andy’s Frozen Custard

Everyone pretty much has heard of ice cream. Most people are aware of frozen yogurt, and some aware of frozen Greek yogurt. But have you ever heard of Frozen Custard? If not and you love frozen confectionary treats, run to Andy’s Frozen Custard right away! I know it's supposed to be winter right now, but you won’t be sorry! 

What’s so unique about Andy’s? This custard is the softest and creamiest of all the frozen treats I’ve ever tried. Plus they are incredibly customizable! Although they only offer vanilla and chocolate custard (unless you buy one of four prepackaged pint flavors), they have a wide variety of topping for you to choose to have with your treat. You can get anything from a cone to a concrete, which is the topping of your choice blended into the custard.

What’s awesome is that although Andy’s is a franchise, the only one in the state of Texas is right here in our city, so it’s a pretty unique experience for Tylerites and our visitors. My sister and her boyfriend, who both live out of town, always ask if we can get some Andy’s as soon as they come in for a visit. It’s that delectable!

If you feel like grabbing some custard with your friends, you can definitely do that! Andy’s is known for being a local hangout for teenagers where you can get your custard and mosey around on the patio or grab a bench or two. The staff is always very friendly and the service is really great. If you’ve never been, what the heck are you waiting for?! In the meantime, I’ll just be here enjoying my cherry cookie dough sundae…

 If you are interested in other local good eats, check out this blog!

Apple Pie with Alpha Phi!

I previously posted my involvement in the Alpha Phi Omega petitioning group last semester. 

I'm still apart of this group.

   Recently, we have made the progress from transitioning from petitioning group to an actual part of the service fraternity. 
  To be official, we just need a few more  enthusiastic persons who want to be a part of the organization. So the big question floating in your heads right now is probably "what is the organization about?"

Alpha Phi Omega is co-ed service fraternity.
 The purpose of this social fraternity is to assemble college students in fellowship to develop leadership, promote friendship, and provide service to humanity...
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We volunteer at things such as Coats for Kids, beautification of the campus and Cell Phones for Soldiers and more but those are the things off the top of my wee little head.

You CAN be apart of a social Greek fraternity or sorority AND be a part of our group.

We hosted a mixer yesterday that was "Apple Pie with Alpha Phi"  which also included pizza 

pies! from Oliveto. Which I can say for myself that they were so very very yummy in thy tummy.
We had apple and sweet potato pie. and a assortment of different pizza types. The turn out for this event wasn't the best but it was at the same as the Job Fair.
Here are some images I took from it. I could and should have taken more but taking pictures when you are stuffing your face with pizza is quite a difficult task.

 Don't fret if you missed this! because it is very likely we will have another! and I will keep you posted as I will probably be so overjoyed at the prospect that it will be the only thing I will want to blog about.