ahhh... flan!

I'm out searching for the yummiest store-bought flan. In Asia (at least in Taiwan and Japan that I know for sure) we call all these caramel/vanilla custardy thing "pudding". I think there's a slight texture difference among the different brands and countries, but so far I've noticed that Japanese "pudding" is the closest to flan. And then you can totally imaging how surprised and confused I was when I had my first soft and creamy "pudding" (which is more of a "yogurt-like" consistency) in the U.S.

Anyway, so far I've found that Louisa's Baked Flan is the best I can find in a regular grocery store. Yum.


This is "flan".


And this is "pudding" in Taiwan and Japan.