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Kyoto fire ramen

March 19, 2012 by Yein Jee

A mini fire-show at a ramen restaurant [Jp] in Kyoto, Japan. Nothing magical, pour burning oil into water based liquid (vice versa) will do. Don’t try this at home ;)

I bet the gimmick will get them plenty of new customers, but it’s taste that matters most after all (not saying they are bad or anything). Hat tip to Japanprobe.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian Food, Asian videos, Bizarre Food, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese Food, Kyoto City

KARA, Japanese Christmas, fried chicken

December 11, 2011 by Yein Jee

A Japanese commercial featuring Korean pop group KARA, advertising for convenience store Family Mart’s fried chicken for the upcoming Christmas celebration.

Fried chicken is synonymous to Christmas party in Japan. The tradition started in the 1970’s after an ingenious marketing campaign by fast food chain KFC (very popular in Japan), that fried chicken was the best alternative to the customary Xmas turkey which was scarce in those days.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian commercials, Asian Food, Asian pop culture, Asian Traditions, Asian videos, Japan blog, Japanese commercials, Japanese Food, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Japanese Traditions, KARA Korea, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Korean showbiz, Merry Christmas

Takara Tomy’s Giga Pudding

October 11, 2011 by Yein Jee

Japanese commercial for Giga Pudding, a product by Takara Tomy [Jp]. The video went viral and was turned into an internet meme in 2010, puddi puddi…

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian commercials, Asian Food, East Asia, Fun and humour, Internet memes, Japan blog, Japanese commercials, Japanese Food, Japanese pop culture, Sweet food, Takara Tomy Group

Hong Kong Mak Mun Kee wonton noodles

April 7, 2011 by Yein Jee

Mak Mun Kee Noodle House – probably my favourite restaurant in Hong Kong. Discovered the place in 2007, visited twice again during the recent trip.

Hong Kong Mak Mun Kee wonton noodles restaurant

Mak Mun Kee is famous for its wonton noodles and pig trotters. Its shrimp wontons are huge, fresh, with bouncy texture and great flavour. Loved the pig trotters too, which are simmered with red-fermented tofu, a Chinese speciality.

The restaurant will still be on top of my list when I visit Hong Kong next time.

Mak Mun Kee is located at 51, Parkes Street, Jordan.

Filed Under: HKG 2011 Trip, My Food Journal Tagged With: Asian Food, Chinese Food, East Asia, HK food, Hong Kong, Rice and Noodles

Chinese virgin-eggs cooked in boys urine

March 16, 2011 by Yein Jee

Virgin eggs (童子蛋) are chicken eggs cooked in the urine of young boys in China…

China virgin urine eggs

Apparently the bizarre delicacy has a pretty long history in Dongyang City. But it’s making national headlines recently as it was discovered by some folks that the street food has been listed as one of the city’s cultural heritage.

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Filed Under: Featured, Offbeat Tagged With: Asian Food, Bizarre Food, China blog, Chinese Food, Chinese Traditions, Dongyang City, East Asia, Street Food, Unusual and weird, Zhejiang Province

West Japan nostalgic vending machine tour

February 13, 2011 by Yein Jee

A Japanese guy [YT] spent two weeks in July 2010 travelling across West Japan and sampling food (mostly noodles) from various old-style vending machines…

Only a few of the 70+ items look appetising to be frank. The price of each item is shown on the top banner in the video, ranging around 250-350 yen, which is about 3-4 USD; I think it’s considered cheap by Japanese standard.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian Food, Asian videos, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese Food, Vending Machines

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