Bizzare Japanese Lunch boxes

Earlier we blogged about those weird Japanese ice-cream flavours… and now I know how the Japanese get their kids to eat this weird stuff… they make it look cool. Root Coffee has fabulous photos of Japanese Bento Boxes – A bento is traditionally made in a 4:3:2:1 ratio: 4 parts of rice, 3 parts of the side dish (either meat or fish), 2 parts of vegetables, and 1 part of a serving of pickled vegetables or a dessert. However, almost anything can be used to make a bento. And here’s how you get a kid to eat raw fish:

Wouldn’t you love a mum who made a lunch box like that?

Train Runs Through Bangkok Market

We see some pretty amazing markets on our tag-along tours to Thailand but this is pretty cool… just watch it until the end:

http://view.break.com/368159 – Watch more free videos

How to prepare a kiwi

via Phils Phun

Asian Meat labels

Jeff at SIDE SALAD tags along with Jaden from Jaden’s steamy kitchen blog to explore the wonders of Asian supermarkets. And if you fancy making a beef aorta salad or perhaps a pork uterus soup then you’re about to discover the mother-load. Personally I like this zen-like meat product:

Ah meat… where would we be without you?

South African BBQ Etiquette

South Africans are serious about braaing [braai = barbecue]. It’s so serious there’s even a hierarchy – first the tong master, then the boerie layer, and finally the fork pronger.

YouTube – South African Braai Etiquette

101 Frightening Ice Cream Flavors From Around The World

The Japanese have never been scared of adopting and adapting western ideas and technology… cars, electronic goods etc. But they really fail when it comes to Ice cream- like the offering below- a fish flavoured icecream with some of the fish flavour masked out with Brandy… Urrgh

101 Frightening Ice Cream Flavors From Around The World has a great list of god-awful ice creams but it seems most of them are made in Japan.

cool and funny video on how to eat sushi

Ever wanted to know the correct etiquette when it comes to eating Sushi? Then wonder no more… this video had me in stitches:

YouTube – Japanese Sushi Documentary

the bear who loved vodka

One of the cutest cartoons I’ve seen in a while. Based on a true story about a bear that was abandoned by his rich owner when he went to jail and was raised to be an alcoholic by a drunken servant.

for the small video which loads pretty quick go to potapych – the bear who loved vodka

America’s love of food on a stick

If you’re into food on a stick then no-one does it better than the Minnesota state fair:

YouTube – Minnesota State Fair On A Stick

Engrish… Asian English signs

Part of the fun in travelling to Asia is the fantastic signage or menu descriptions you find. Like this:

Engrish is a description given to Asian english. Here is a great collection of Chinglish (chinese english) signs, Flickr: The Chinglish Pool