Octopus Ice Cream: Now With More Suckers!
In his series of videos about life in Japan, Kevin Cooney takes us on a stomach churning tasting tour of Namjatown's Ice Cream City. What could be so bad about a city of ice cream, certainly one of the best things to have ever been concocted by humans? This city may contain the flavors of your dreams, but it also contains the flavors of your nightmares. Twisted nightmares at that, mostly featuring sea life. Observe:
[video contains some strong language]
Here are some choice quotes if you don't want to watch the nine and a half minute video in its entirety:
Octopus: "Oh my god. Oh. Oh my god, this is horrible. It's a sucker. There's an actual sucker..."
Squid: "That is the most aquatic ice cream I've ever had in my life."
Shark Fin Ramen: "I think whoever decided to make shark fin ice cream should also be put to death for crimes against my mouth."
Saury: "It's in fact chocolate and fish, together at last, fish and chocolate. Fish and chocolate. Peanut butter and chocolate—I can get that, can wrap my mind around that—but fish and chocolate...god, why?"
After tasting the last ice cream he breaks down and gives the impression that he's about to die. I think a strong message here is that sea life and ice cream don't mix well.
If Kevin's expressions of nausea amuse you (they sure amused me), be sure to watch part 2 of the ice cream horror where he painfully digs into octopus, curry, and snake flavored ice creams. [via TV in Japan]
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3 Comments:
That may be the funniest this I have seen all week. Look out Bourdain, your days may be numbered.
syoung68 at 3:59PM on 07/03/07
That was bloody hilarious. I can't believe nobody told me I could eat sea creature flavored ice cream after all that time in Tokyo.
Bravo Kevin!
Nate Uri at 5:02PM on 07/03/07
yongfook.com does similar zany reviews on japanese eats which are always a good read, if a bit heavy on the "reverse racism" =p
onedaylingers at 6:44AM on 07/04/07