Asia Blog: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam


Strange Fortune Cookie

Posted in Cute, Food by Elliott Back on July 23rd, 2008. [Del.icio.us]

I found the following fortunate cookie my dinner last night, it’s a little strange, but I get a positive impression from it. It’s wishing me well:

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“Age can never hope to with you while your heart is young.” If you can figure out what the missing verb is, let me know.

Weird Japanese Drinks & Beverages

Posted in Japan, Food by Elliott Back on June 22nd, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

If you’re interested in a “Cool Calpiss Drink” you must already be living in Japan, which offers cucumber flavored pepsi soda, real chilled breast milk, and black vinegar juice:

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Check out this list of The Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks. You’ll never look at coffee the same way again!

This is not KFC

Posted in China, Food by Elliott Back on January 20th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

This is not KFC

This is not a KFC, but at first glance, I thought it was. The logos are so similar! Nope, it’s Yonghe Dawang, apparently a good dim-sum place.