pocari sweat
6 Jan 2010eat

While I’m on this udon kick, I may as well plug Pocari Sweat. My first exposure to Pocari Sweat was Susan’s commercial in Miss Wyoming (”Hey team, let’s Pocari”) about 5 years ago. Since then, I’ve discovered it’s actually cheaper in Korean convenience stores. It works standalone, with vodka or even white rum. The bottles and cans are OK, but the real deal is the powder packets that make 2L of what amounts to piss flavoured water. I still love it though.
udon toolkit
6 Jan 2010eat

I used to be scared of udon noodles; they seemed sort of like how I imagined my intestines. As soon as I got the seasoning down, udon sort of became a compulsion. I bet I have a tapeworm from all the noodles I eat. Mirin sauce is really good, kind of like sugary vinegar. Then there’s the “MSG coated salt” product – it kind of makes everything taste good.