Il mondo or Le Monde means “The World” in Italian and in French respectively but I do not see the connection as far as this line of biscuits is concerned but of course, this very popular Malaysian brand needs no introduction whatsoever. Incidentally, have you seen the new logo? You can click this link here and watch the Youtube video if you are still unaware of it.
Well, it so happened that I was going to have my afternoon tea that day and I saw two packs of these…
…mango-flavoured puff sandwich biscuits on the table. Eyewwwww!!! I am never really fond of anything mango-flavoured though I do enjoy fresh mango sometimes, provided it is sweet and yes, I quite like mango lassi too.
For want of something to eat, I took one and boy, I loved it!!! It was not sweet, the cream filling, and I was not put off by the mango essence because I actually thought it was quite nice and I loved how the crackers were very brittle/crispy, not hard like some plus they were savoury and made the whole biscuit taste kind of salty with a hint of sweetness. As a matter of fact, I liked it so much that I finished both packets at one go.
I asked my missus where she got them from and she told me they were from one of the shops in the next lane near our house. That was why when I was there the other morning, I grabbed a couple of packs…
…at RM5.20 each to take home to enjoy.
They are individually packed, 10 packets…
…each with two inside so that would work out to 52 sen a packet, 26 sen per cracker. Yes, long gone are the good ol’ days when things were 5 sen or 10 sen each.
I did try the lemon-flavoured ones – maybe, that was where they derived the name Le-mond from – which I thought were quite all right but I prefer the mango. There are other flavours as well including cheese, strawberry and chocolate but none of those tickle my fancy so I did not bother to buy them. Well, you may enjoy those, we’ll never know. To each his own!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 