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Tom & Jerry Prawn Crackers
 March 9, 2010 6:00 pm
Direct from District 9:
Amid brought me a gift from his recent trip to Singapore – a package of these Tom & Jerry Prawn Crackers. Hey, don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it… but I don’t see this coming to the Whole Foods Market anytime soon. |
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Hi Jerry –
Classic Tom & Jerry is huge out here. I see the 1940s and 50s cartoons played in many, many places – from the airport shuttle when we arrived here – to the local barber who has the cartoons looping to distract the kids during haircuts. I see it on Kleenex boxes, food packaging, etc…
Oh, man… I’m going to have to look for these next time I go to the Asian food market :) And I’m not sure if you’re ever tried a prawn cracker, but they’re indeed delicious.
Tom and Jerry is consistently one of the top-rated non-anime shown in Asian countries, from what I remember.
Chris! Pick me up a bag!
..and if Mammy-Two-Shoes has any products, please include those as well!
just wrote a post on my blog (http://roomforyoungones.blogspot.com) about vintage production drawings – jerry swinging a carrot is my prized possession. http://bit.ly/bH0bWp
the first post i wrote is inspired by you guys and all about UPA. check it out. http://bit.ly/aMMsPi
hope you like it.
I thought cans of South African cat food were more popular in District 9.
Much like the things i may spot in an Asian food store!
Prawn crackers are pretty good! Dunno about Tom and Jerry, though…
Hmmm.. this post about an OH SO WACKY AND FOREIGN food from Singapore is missing that certain something. ….I know; let’s reference a fictional racist term from a movie set in South Africa!
No wonder I found it familiar when I saw the image, yeah we see a lot of them in local stores. I grew up watching Tom and Jerry as a kid in 1990s too.
Man, that art for the packaging is spot on! Very nice.
not gonna lie…those shrimp flavored chips/fry are delish.
One of the better pieces of Tom and Jerry merchandice art that I’ve seen for a while… but when will they learn to simply use the original Hanna-Barbera designs?
As a Singaporean, I find this post very amusing and groanworthy.
I hardly know anyone who watches Tom and Jerry here by the way. This kind of cheap usage of cartoon characters on snack food has been around so long, I don’t know if it’s something to write about at all.
Ugh I love prawn crackers and this is making me super hungry.
Back in the 90s, I’d drive to the San Gabriel Valley to see the new Hong Kong movies. The theatres all sold shrimp chips, cuttlefish snacks and the like. I usually had shrimp chips and a Coke. Yum!
can anyone tell me the source of these products ? i need to distribute them ? i am a wholesaler …