Proving everything in a bun

肉まん
Nikuman
Meat-bun

A steamed dough bun wrapped around a ball shredded pork.
Pure taste bud joy. I was excepting a hunk of over-cooked ham from the pictures and examples I'd seen from anime, especially since I don't usually eat red meat.
This was extremely tender cuts of sweet pork in a light sauce. Even the steamed bun is a sweetened and chewy, combining into a taste that just melts in your mouth.
I may seem a bit partial to this, and it's not exactly a 'strange' food, but I ate one every day for over a month for breakfast while in Japan. This has become one of my favorite foods you can eat with your bare hands.

EXTRA~
How to make your own nikuman!

What's in a name?

カルピス,
Karupisu
Calpis

That's right. It's pronounced 'Cow-piss'.
This milky white drink is a mix between watered down milk and a Poweraid. It can be left unrefrigerated and is usually drunken luke-warm
It's been around since 1911, remaining almost entirely unchanged, so you know it's good. That or the Japanese have some mighty strange tastes.

It comes in a variety of flavors from apple, grape, peach, low-carb, and even carbonaed (Calpis Soda), and a powder to add to milk or water.

So, if a person ever asks you if you've ever had warm Calpis before, you can not be nearly as horrified anymore.

Off with a start!

こども　ベール
Kodomo Beru
Child's Beer.

That's right, beer for children. All the 'good' taste of a beer, with none of the silly lawsuits of real alcohol .
It tastes like slightly sweet vinegar with a touch of carbonation for that wonderful non-refreshing beer taste. Too bad I don’t like beer to begin with, so this is double fail.

Long day in school? Girlfriend nagging you? Kick back the day with a cold brew of beer, Child's Beer.


Seriously, this stuff is a weak, near-tasteless, imitation of beer. Good if you're not 18 yet and want to have a real grown-up image.