words of caution

it’s one week into world cup season, and unfortunately after the first few matches – south africa-mexico, england-usa, japan-cameroon and brazil-north korea (which i couldnt watch) – my interest has died somewhat. still, i’ve seen more football this year than i ever have in four lifetimes combined, so i’d actually consider it something of an achievement!

i spotted this in Family Mart the other day, and it looks really tempting but i’m not sure i dare to try:

curry in japan is very mild – i always buy the hottest available (大辛）at the supermarket, but most of them still have hardly any spice. I’ve had LEE 20 and it’s indeed spicy; enough so that my nose drips a little and i need a drink with my meal – proper spice :) i’m scared of this LEE 30 however, since LEE 20 is just within comfort level; any spicier and i don’t think i’ll be able to enjoy it anymore.

if anyone tries this, please tell me how it went down!

I also picked up two very attractive looking drinks at that same family mart:

 

unfortunately, they were very disappointing! i didnt realise that the former had apple juice in it – see the tiny words on the bottom left corner – but no matter what, the drink tasted more like liquid watermelon bubblegum than real watermelon juice; supremely sweet and artificial. that coming from a sugar-loving person too! despite what the little boy on the packet claims, it’s definitely NOT the drink for summer.

as for the mango and pineapple flavoured tea.. japan has lots of fruit-flavoured tea drinks. my favourite are apple tea, peach tea and orange tea – they’re really nice cold, and lipton and just tea (i think that’s the brand) do good ones. i think that some fruits just dont go well with tea though – mango and pineapple being two of them, with pink grapefruit (which i tried several days ago) being another. it was a little too sweet too; cloying and not refreshing like proper cold, fruit-flavoured teas should be. it’s a pity, because i love the mango-pineapple combination in other drinks!