Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Swede Nothings


the best thing since Abba


If you've ever bought anything at Ikea Kota Damansara, you would have noticed an eatery right after the check-out counters. It's a small cafe at the exit area named, quite aptly so, the Exit Cafe. Heh!

Yesterday, having run out of places to entertain Jesse, I brought him in to the section where they sell Swedish goodies. In fact, if you like any of the Swedish stuff you eat at any one of Ikea's 3 restaurants, chances are you'll find them here. Yes, even the meatballs and the brown sauce mix, and the little berries on top!

But what caught my attention was the squeeze-tube shrimp cream cheese! It's cream cheese with little bits of shrimp in it and it comes in a metal tube, just like toothpaste. (Actually it's more like tile-grout since toothpastes no longer use metal tubes.) I bought a tube of the stuff along with a pack of Swedish crispbreads.

I love it. The crunchy healthy-tasting crispbread! The creamy cream cheese. And the little bits of shrimp. Plus the convenience of getting in a tube. I'm half tempted to brush my teeth with the stuff. Or squeeze the whole tube in my mouth when no one's watching. Whoa! I bet Jesse would love it too, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to share yet. Heh!

Ahhhh... I love Ikea!

16 comments:

  1. lol ohhh do share n then tell us how he liked or hated it ;p

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  2. sounds delish. must go and get one soon

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  3. YaY!! i love Ikea.. too..!! but never seems to buy alot of things from there.. bummer..!!

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  4. Yea i love ikea too, but then what else to expect from a swedeophile. Havent tried the shrimp cream cheese, but definitely will after reading this. Swedish almond thins are amazing too

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  5. talking about swedish food... my parents still goes there to drink free coffee and eat their favourite meat balls every weekend... as for me? local meat balls still look better :P

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  6. ahh i notice you got the shrimp in a tube. i recommend the caviar in a tuber. Delicious. a bit salty though.
    quite surprized that they sell those here though. got mine , shrimp, caviar, bacon from a friend of mine in sweden

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  7. slurpssss.... time to head on to ikea... AGAIN! hehehehe yippeeee

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  8. love your blog. reading them makes me miss kuala lumpur sooo much.

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  9. Wow, shrimp and caviar in tubes??? Do they just have plain cream cheese? Then I can just squeeze the whole tube into my mouth. Heh!

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  10. it's divine isn't it?
    tubular satisfaction. snigger.

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  11. ahhh, simple yet heavenly.... will try it soon yumyum. cheers!

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  12. Authentic Swedish meatballs are good.

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  13. Don't put the tube in the bathroom, or you might mis-took it as toothpaste, haha...

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  14. He loved it Visithra. So much so, he snatched the tube from me and tried to stuff the whole thing down his throat! :lol:
    Get two, Foodcrazee. Damn thing runs out quickly!
    Just buy the food then, MamaBoK!
    Almond Thins eh, Akki? I didn't see those in Ikea. Must... look... past... shrimp... cheese.... *ack*
    Local meatballs better, Egghead? You mean like the Soong Kee Beef Ball Noodles? Hmmm....
    I saw some other weird stuff too Leo, but wasn't feeling terrible adventurous that day.
    One more excuse to go Ikea, eh Babe!?
    :lol: Thanks Michele. Though, technically, this post should make you miss Sweden.
    Nope, no plain cheese for these crazy vikings, Primrose.
    All satisfaction comes in a tubular form, MOTT? Hehhh....
    Hurry before I buy up all their stock, JoeC!
    I hear the same about authentic Swedish women, Amber. Hahahh!
    No worries there, Jacky. I'll be just as happy brushing my teeth with it. :lol:

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  15. now i'm hungry. :p
    btw, elo there. :)
    starting to blog again but dunno for how long. :(
    and i think i left a comment somewhere but not sure which posting.
    also, glad to see your little Jesse is growing bigger and bigger. :)
    Cheerio. :)

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  16. I love IKEA but not shrimp! Let me go see if they have other flavours to be squeezed!

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