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Green Tea Coke, Leaf Pepsi

June 10, 2009 in Food, Japan | 2 comments

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Two days ago, Coca cola unveiled their new strange-yet-awesome combination drink, Green Tea flavored zero calorie Coca Cola plus in Japan. It contains something called Catechins that are supposed to help you not be fat or something. And Japanese women like to not be fat so they are banking on that fact. In about 2 weeks Pepsi will fire back with their own odd-yet-superb combination drink of their own, Pepsi Shiso, which incorporates Pepsi and a leaf called Shiso. All I know is that I need these two drinks in my belly, because as you all know, I love weird Japanese liquids entering my mouth!

Source Articles:
Japan Probe: Green tea-flavored Coca-Cola
Japan Probe: Pepsi Shiso

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Asian Restaurant Review #1: Hanaichimonme

April 22, 2009 in Food, Japan | 1 comment

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Hello and welcome to my Asian Restaurant Review, where I review some of the Asian restaurants I have been to in the greater Los Angeles area, or any area where I happen to come across a restaurant that serves the cuisine of Asia.

The place of subject will be a Ramen shop located in the Little Tokyo Square that’s been there for years called Hanaichimonme. Let’s break it down into syllables. Say it with me now: HA-NA-I-CHI-MON-ME. Here it is phonetically for the English speakers: HA-NA-E-CHEE-MOE-N-MAY.

I’ve been to this place many times before and I’ve always liked it for some reason. It’s definitely not for the Ramen which is decent but not great. I just recently went back to this place over the weekend after a long while and Read the rest of this entry »

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Asian food item #2: Bulgogi

April 20, 2009 in Food, Korea | 1 comment

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Hello all. And welcome to “Asian food item”, a section devoted to Asian food item’s of the world designed to help all of the unfamiliar become, well, familiar with the cuisine of Asia.

Today’s Asian food item is: BULGOGI (불고기). Ah, Bulgogi. There aren’t enough good things I can say about this item. It is a Korean meat dish that consists of, well, beef and not much else. I’ve seen it with carrots and I’ve seen it without. My personal preference is without. The one constant thing I do notice is the presence of Read the rest of this entry »

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The always elusive KOGI BBQ truck

April 14, 2009 in Food, Korea | 1 comment

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Ah, the Kogi BBQ truck. For me, once a myth, now a reality.

I can’t remember where I first heard about it but I can definitely remember where I first saw it. A friend and I were walking to a Subway sandwich just down the street from where we worked to catch some dinner and there it was: A KOGI BBQ truck, sitting on a corner, a couple of customers standing around it enjoying their edible mixture of Mexican and Korean culture. “Oh, it must be here every week. We’ll catch it next time.”, we foolishly said to ourselves. Boy, were we wrong. We would go to Subway every so often and we would always think, “I wonder if we’ll see it this time.” but week after week, we had no such luck. Was that it? Was that our one and only chance to Read the rest of this entry »

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Asian food item #1: Tamago Kake Gohan

April 10, 2009 in Food, Japan | 4 comments

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Hello all. And welcome to “Asian food item”, a section devoted to Asian food item’s of the world designed to help all of the unfamiliar become, well, familiar with the cuisine of Asia.

The first item is kind of off-putting, especially to many Americans who aren’t exactly used to eating raw foods.

Tamago Kake Gohan (卵掛けご飯) is a Japanese dish and it literally means “Egg over rice”. It is typically eaten for breakfast as it is painfully simple to Read the rest of this entry »

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