RC Cola and a Moon Pie

One snack I love more than most, especially in the summer, is an RC Cola and a Moon Pie. I have no idea why the two flavors go together so well, but they absolutely do.

Now, this may come as a surprise, but over here we can't get most of the snacks that I am so fond of back home in the US.

However, earlier this past week, our town just started importing a new drink (yes, we're aware of almost every foreign product that gets imported into town, usually within a week or two of it showing up) from Thailand, a drink called "Est."

I first tried Est when I was in Thailand in January because - and this is real - the marketing on Thai TV in the airport just as we were arriving grabbed my interest (that's pretty good marketing, if you ask me).

I grabbed a bottle and was immediately struck by how similar the flavor was to RC Cola. After asking around, I was told that the company who had bottled for Pepsi Cola in Thailand had not had their contract renewed, so they had created their own cola drink, mimicking Pepsi's colors and flavors.


Well, when I saw Est in our town this week, I grabbed 3 bottles with childlike delight, because we already have a snack in town called an "Orion Pie," which is remarkably similar (though not nearly as good) as a Moon Pie.

Putting the two together = as close to an RC Cola and Moon Pie as I can get. Pure (Asian) Bliss.