Dec 23, 2006
Japanese ice cream
Japan has a fine history of taking Western products and producing innovative new versions. They might have gone too far with ice cream, if the following list is anything to go by:
- abalone (shellfish)
- basashi (raw horse meat)
- brown rice
- cherry blossom
- curry
- charcoal
- chicken wings
- deep sea water
- dried kelp (seaweed)
- garlic
- goat
- lettuce
- natto (fermented soy beans)
- noodle
- oyster
- persimmon
- potato
- red wine
- sesame
- shark fin
- silk (?)
- spinach
- stout (beer)
- tulip
- wasabi
- whale
- wheat
- The Wacky World of Japanese Ice-cream (MDN WaiWai)
Gallery of interesting Japanese ice cream flavours, with descriptions of each
- More Japanese Ice Cream (Maiso Bisson)
“I got all excited about some unappealing Japanese ice cream flavors when I found the story in Mainichi Daily News a while ago”
- Green tea ice cream (Wikipedia)
“This flavour is extremely popular in Japan, and almost all ice cream manufacturers produce a version of it”
Popularity: 3% [?]
4 Comments, Comment or Ping
Peter
Dont forget Green Tea flavour.
Jan 31st, 2008
Alice
They’ve got sea salt with caramel too, doesn’t taste too bad in my opinion.
May 21st, 2008
steph
the persimmons and cherry blossom one sound delicious
Feb 13th, 2010
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