Mayonnaise Fanatics in Japan!!

[bicentennial_baby]

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - When Koji Nakamura mixes up a margarita cocktail, he adds a special ingredient - mayonnaise.

"Mayogarita", a white drink with a hint of the creamy dressing, is one of several cocktails Nakamura serves in his "Mayonnaise Kitchen" restaurant in suburban Tokyo, which features mayonnaise on everything from toast and spaghetti to fondue.

Despite its Western heritage, mayonnaise has become the condiment of choice for many young Japanese, who add it to everything from sushi, noodles and tempura.

While older Japanese might gag at the thought of mayonnaise on rice or savoury pancakes, the young are slathering it on. They even have a name for mayo fanatics: "mayolers".

"People keep discovering various ways to cook food with mayonnaise," Nakamura said. "If you put it on raw tuna fish with red flesh, it tastes like medium-fatty tuna fish. That kind of unpredictability makes it interesting and popular."

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Nakamura's tiny restaurant, with fewer than a dozen tables and decorated with cut-outs shaped like mayonnaise bottles, also offers "Mayoty Dog", which tastes like the vodka-based cocktail Salty Dog but is served in a glass with mayonnaise on its rim instead of salt

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-28951120070813

:puke: and :crazy:

[wildhorses]

1. at least, it isn't miracle whip

:silly:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I can only hope that it's Hellman's

Y'know...Bring out the Hellman's and bring out the best! :D

:P

[Bunny]

4. WTF???

Miracle Whip is the ONLY condiment I will put in my martini! *sniff*



:rofl:

[wildhorses]

8. but, it is a salad dressing --

you make baby jesus cry :cry:

:rofl:

[trof]

3. This will never replace The Stinking Rose in San Francisco.

When in San Francisco, all you have to do is "follow your nose" and it will lead you to one of The-City-By-The-Bay's most unique and entertaining dining experiences... The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant.

Located in North Beach, San Francisco's renowned Little Italy, the "original" Stinking Rose has become famous for celebrating the culinary euphoria of garlic and serving over 3,000 pounds of the pungent herb each month. Named after an historical term for "garlic", The Stinking Rose offers sumptuous, contemporary California-Italian cuisine prepared and adorned with garlic - and strives to accommodate every palate. There is hearty fare for the truly adventurous, mild for the novice, and sans garlic for those finding the herb's folklore and aroma more appealing than its taste.
http://www.thestinkingrose.com/about.htm

[MrScorpio]

5. The Japanese have discovered tuna with mayo.

I don't know about you, but I think it's time to start a relish franchise in Japan, along with boiled eggs and onions on wheat bread.


We'll be tuna salad sandwich GODS!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I'm still recovering from salami with butter sandwiches in Paris!!

:rofl:

:hi:

[MrScorpio]

7. Or for me, all the Italian food in the French Riviera

I was expecting French food in France

[bicentennial_baby]

9. It's fine line down there, holmes...

Au nord, mon ami... :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. Erm.. uh... ew.

:o

[SeattleGirl]

11. Future headline: "Sharp rise in heart disease and clogged arteries

in Japanese population."