Fatness First: My Lipton Tea Collection

Fatness First is nothing new with me, The President & Founder of the club. You can check previous entries about my new food, drink, and snack discoveries.

I was turned onto Lipton Milk Tea (in the blue carton) about 3 years ago. I never thought I would like it but I became hooked. Whenever I’m in a Japanese コンビニー I always check for the new seasonally released flavor of Lipton. Usually the teas are just fruit flavored, or au lait, or milk blends. The carton changes colors with the theme and special holiday decorations.

Here is a collection of the ones I have tried most recently.

The most recent flavor being chocolate.

Yuzu (lemon/lime) is also new.

I love bananas! So I must say anything banana released becomes my favorite!

Stay tuned for more…

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Fatness First: The Exclusive Pepsi Collection

Because my grandmother loves Pepsi, I have made it a hobby to collect and mail her 2 bottles of the newest Pepsi flavors, only marketed in Japan. I first started with the release of:

Cucumber Pepsi: Taste-extra sweet fruity flavors-not a cucumber taste, Color-light marine green

Blue Hawaii Pepsi: Taste-lemon/pineapple-ish flavor, Color-aqua blue

White Yogurt: Taste-should have been a soft Calpis taste, but it tasted as hard and strong as regular Pepsi despite the color-cloudy white

Shiso Pepsi (Japanese word for Perilla "mint family" herb): Taste-like fresh ginger, Color-light green

~See my brother Josh’s pictures in the August 2009 archive when he came to visit-not a fan of Shiso. Actually noone was and they sat for months in crates and the price dropped to 88yen (80 cents) a bottle. It should have been 2 for $1!~

Azuki (Red bean): Taste-sweet and weird, Color-burgundy

I wonder what we’ll drink of next…?

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DaiTime Osaka-Fatness First (All You Can Eat)

Thank you Darrell Gartrell for showing me around Osaka. Japan African American Friendship Association (JAFA) Founder and President, super successful entrepreneur, and a great source of inspiration!

I never knew love like this! I never knew! I am a banana lover of all things flavored after the wonderful fruit. When I stopped at the "Dig Me Out" Diner and browsed the menu for dessert and came across the "Hot Banana Cake" I couldn't resist. This made me speechless...I can only recommend go eat it yourself! Spongy, warm, goodness!




JAPANESE
This restaurant was near my hostel, and I happened to wander in on a hungry evening. The wood interior was nice, but I really marveled over the upstairs and how the floor was made of pebbles, and slabs of rocks, that also led into the bathroom and covered the ground. My selection of Tempura was set off when it was garnished with black pebbles.
The variety of seafood and miscellaneous deep fried items were delicious. You aways know a good restaurant by the selection of tsukemono(pickled dishes) that they bring to you in the beginning.


CHINESE
I love Gyoza (chinese dumplings) and fried rice. I want giant gyoza graff on my kitchen wall!


Okonomiyaki (As You Like Pancake) was originated in Osaka. I couldn't wait to come eat it in it's birthplace. In Osaka, you can get it with noodles, which is extra fatness!
The only thing I don't like is that unlike the chain restaurants like DohTohBori,
where you experience the pleasure of cooking it at your own table.

Osakans don't want you to touch the Okonomiyake and they will cook it for you themselves!