Kikuya, a ramen shop in Tokyo offers a bizarre menu of ramen dishes, including vanilla ice cream ramen, yogurt ramen and chocolate ramen…
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A Chinese pear was sold for 66,000 yuan (~ USD8,800) in Beijing, China. The 1.505kg pear was crowned the ‘King of Pear’ in a Chinese pear and fruit festival in Beijing last weekend (September 8), and was auctioned off with the astonishing price.
Biscuit-maker Jacob’s had created some ‘biscuit sculptures’ which were exhibited at Junction 8 Shopping Centre, Singapore in mid-August.
The sculptures were made by stacking their famous crackers into models of famous buildings around the world, including the Eiffel Tower (France), Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Tower Bridge (England), Esplanade (Singapore), Petronas Twin Towers (Malaysia), The Great Wall (China) and Taj Mahal (India).
First the F-Cup Cookies, here comes the tea… the same manufacturer is now offering a similar type breast enhancement substance beverage.
The tea has a breast enlarging herb pueraria mirifica (a plant found in Thailand and Myanmar) that might enhance boob size. I believe ladies (or some guys?) would need to drink a lot of tea to see any effect though.
A cool Japanese commercial featuring young Japanese star Erika Sawajiri, for food manufacturer Meiji.
Erika Sawajiri – Meiji Fran Aromatier
A conjoined watermelon was found at a village near Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province in China. A watermelon farmer that has been in business for a decade found the watermelon in his field on Monday (August 13).
Kimchi (김치; also known as Gimchi and Kimchee) is a traditional Korean fermented dish made of seasoned vegetables.
The most popular type of kimchi is made with napa cabbage; other varieties include kkakdugi which is a kimchi made with cubed radishes, oh-ee so-bae-gi which is a stuffed cucumber kimchi and kkaennip (깻잎) kimchi with layers of perilla leaves marinated in soy sauce and other spices.
Kimchi has been a Korean cuisine for over 2000 years; it is probably right to say that a Korean meal these days is incomplete without Kimchi. Kimchi is often eaten with rice and other dishes, but over the years Kimchi has developed into various forms of delicacies like Kimchi soup, Kimchi ramen, barbecue Kimchi and Kimchi spring role etc… creativity is the only limit to the reinvention of Kimchi recipe.
An extra bonus for eating Kimchi is its health value; it has been claimed as one of the world healthiest food for its richness in vitamins and healthy bacteria that aids digestion.
A 300-year-old wild ginseng was sold for 3 million yuan (~ USD400,000) in Jilin, China.
The 366 grams wild ginseng was found in Changbai Mountain (Changbaishan) in July 2007. The value of a wild ginseng is often determined by its age, shape and ‘completeness’.
Ginseng is a widely use herb in Chinese and Korean medicine for centuries. The popularity of ginseng is growing worldwide in recent decades, as studies have proven its medical value.
Most of the ginsengs these days are cultivated, but wild ginseng is commonly believed to have better medical value. A good piece of wild ginseng could worth thousands of dollars, and in this case… a whopping $400,000!
What would you do if you have $400,000?