no.283 140207 Thank you for the grape greek yogurt

Guess it's a new flavour.

Grapes are my favourite fruit. Hence, I love the grape flavour. I love the scent (there's this grape scented lotion that I love putting on, but sadly, it's discontinued!!). If you're a wine aficionado, then you're probably familiar with various types of grapes. I love grapes but I'm not a wine drinker. So I don't have that much knowledge about grapes, but I can tell you that my favourite are the Korean grapes as known as the campbell grapes. 

Growing up in Korea, I only knew of a few kinds of grapes. "Po-do" is the word for grapes, and when we say "podo" it refers to one specific type - the campbell grapes. There's also something called "guh-bong" with much larger fruit than the regular "podo" and also "chung-po-do" which literally means blue/green grapes… and these are a rare find. I think I only saw it once when I went to my grandma's cousin's house. I vividly remember them growing it in their house, although I don't think I ever tried them or anything. When I came to Canada, I was surprised to see that there were seedless grapes. But I was also surprised and disappointed since I was unable to find my "podo" anywhere… until a few years ago, when Californian campbell grapes began to be imported. I think sine last year or so, Ontario began to grow them as well, and at the same time, I could see "podo" imported from Korea at Korean supermarkets. 

Anyways, that's a lot of information about grapes.. haha. So, there's a really good grape flavoured yogurt in Korea with actual whole sized grapes in the yogurt. That's probably one of the first things I buy whenever I visit Korea. It's a shame that Canada doesn't produce any grape yogurts… that's what I thought until today. When I went grocery shopping today, I couldn't believe my eyes. I saw grape flavoured yogurt. Not just any yogurt, but greek yogurt! I got super excited and grabbed a pack. I was so excited to try it, hoping that it will have the same flavour as the one I always get in Korea. Sadly, there were no grapes inside the container, but still, it had a pretty good grape flavour. I would say I was satisfied… but they could've made it more tasty for sure. However, I'm still happy that we finally have grape flavoured yogurt in Canada!