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Pete Moody Lu Mikado Review	One of the few favourable things I remember about many nights in seedy Tokyo Karaoke bars was the insistence of the management to include bowls of Pocky on each table. Now the Japanese have an odd approach to tea (at least by my Western standards) which always seems to turn out green, maybe they don’t have the knack like we do, but no amount of green tea or Asahai/Kirin beer can do justice to the Pocky. The very idea of dunking a Pocky into a cold glass of beer is odd at the extreme even by Japanese standards. One simply must have a cup of tea with a good splash of milk in order to get the most from the experience and a possible chance to shut out the infernal din from people singing Beatles songs wrongly. Now if anyone opened a Karaoke bar that sells a generous mug of PG tips (pyramid tea bags, of course) without Karaoke and kept filling up the Pocky regularly, I predict they would corner the ex-pat market and be millionaires in mere months. Imagine my surprise when on a recent visit to the World showcase in Epcot Florida, the Japanese store sold Pocky. I spent a pleasant afternoon wandering around Epcot in the sunshine munching my way through a twin pack of Pocky. Lovely. Regards Pete (currently living in Milan where they have NO IDEA about tea without adding lemons and get rather obsessive about their coffee)
John Eccleston	Following on from the tea money discussion - my folks were also big fans of pointing out 'money' on the top of tea. Hence, when I was a nipper I would stir every cup of tea in a frenzy, to try and make some 'money' appear. This usually just resulted in lots of spilled tea. Having money on your tea is supposed to bring good luck, but despite frantic tea-drinking leading up to eight o'clock every Saturday evening, it has so far failed to secure me a lottery win. I'm not sure about the origins of the money thing - my grandparents were Scottish and Irish, so maybe it's some exclusive Celt thing. One other thing - in my experience, 'money' is more easily conjured on top of tea that has sugar in it. And finally, I thought I'd share some tea terminology (tea-minology?) with you. Round our house, when somebody is foolish enough to serve up a cuppa that's too weak, they are promptly told that they've just made some "fortnight tea" (two week - ho!). That's all for now. Thanks; John.
Zoe Healy McVitie's Lyles Creams Review	Dear Nicey I had forgotten all about these as your review was a long time prior to my seeing them on the shelf. Not being a cream biscuit fan myself, I nearly didnt buy them, but luckily the other half stuck them in the trolley, as they remind me exactly of the biggest breakfast treat from my youth - a bowl of porridge laced with black treacle and cream. They are now my favorite biscuit, even surpassing the Bahlsen dark chocolate ones. Does anyone else have a favorite biscuit influenced by a love of another food I wonder? Yours Zoe
Jo Willett Custard Cream Review	Hi, Must congratulate you on your thoroughly engaging site, makes my mouth water every time I visit. I would like to add to the comments following the Custard Cream review: They are pretty good dunked in port. I discovered this one day, snuggled up on the sofa with my hubby who was partaking of a few custard creams with his cup of tea. I had declined a cuppa in favour of a generous measure of Dow's Port, and, just to wind him up, I nicked a Custard Cream. In danger of having to surrender it back to him, I dunked it quickly in my port. He looked at me in disgust and said he no longer wanted the biscuit, so I ate it. I wasn't expecting it to taste very good, but to my surprise it was gorgeous. I am now on a lifelong crusade to introduce as many people as possible to this unlikely but very tasty combination. Am also very impressed by one reviewer's suggestion of prising the two halves of two Custard Creams apart and matching together the creamy sides - very cunning indeed. I am of the habit of eating both halves separately, and feeling very smug because that way I get all the cream with only half the biscuit, thus cheating the manufacturer, but I hadn't thought of matching TWO creamy sides together. I am quite excited by this prospect and need to go and buy a packet as soon as possible so I can have a go. Yours biscuitly, Jo Willett
El Pollo Diablo	Nicey, Your website is amazingly good, and I like it very much, but I have noticed that your toucan tea drinking news is sadly lacking. Please allow me to direct you here Best Wishes, El Pollo Diablo
	Nicey replies: They could just remove the large amounts of Guinness from their diet, which is allegedly a good source of iron, but that would be cruel.
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