09-05-2004, 05:48 AM
If you ever go to Japan... even if you stay for 2 weeks and drink several drinks a day, i doubt you can try even half of all the soft drinks. There is so many varieties and so many brands it's untrue.
One type is the sour vinegar drinks, normally they are mildy sour to give it a bit of kick but not enough that you feel like you are drinking normal vinegar. I was getting some small cartons of Japanese soya milk and since they tend to just have japanese writing on them i had to guess. I picked up a wrong one and took a huge gulp and it turned out to be pretty much full strength japanese vinegar. The shock of it made it go right up my nose. -.-;;
On another note does anyone like those asian drinks which have chewy black pearl balls in them? You get a big straw so you can suck them up. I find them quite nice. Drinks with bits in them are another subset of drinks in asia. There are some nice japanese ones where you get a foil pouch and you suck out a runny kinda jelly. I love them but it is quite hard when you get near the end!
One type is the sour vinegar drinks, normally they are mildy sour to give it a bit of kick but not enough that you feel like you are drinking normal vinegar. I was getting some small cartons of Japanese soya milk and since they tend to just have japanese writing on them i had to guess. I picked up a wrong one and took a huge gulp and it turned out to be pretty much full strength japanese vinegar. The shock of it made it go right up my nose. -.-;;
On another note does anyone like those asian drinks which have chewy black pearl balls in them? You get a big straw so you can suck them up. I find them quite nice. Drinks with bits in them are another subset of drinks in asia. There are some nice japanese ones where you get a foil pouch and you suck out a runny kinda jelly. I love them but it is quite hard when you get near the end!