Dice’s Drivel

Another interesting moe food product from Japan.

I was walking around Daikanyama when I saw this Akihabara Oden
Curry selling in a vending machine, inside a lifestyle furnishing
shop!! There was a small note on the shelf giving a brief description
of what it is. Thank god the note’s in English.

What got my attention wasn’t the weird vending machine looking so out of place in a furnishing shop, but the very moe - looking Imouto (younger sister) on its cover saying "Tuck in, Oniichan (elder brother)". Manufactured by Daito and selling at only 500 Yen (SGD$6.60) a pack, I’d say it’s a steal!

The back cover details the ingredients (which are made up of
flavoured curry power, a quail’s egg, beef , sea kelp & radish -
quite standard for a Oden dish) and the methods of cooking. I wonder
why they even bother printing the cooking methods if Imouto chan here
is going to cook it for Oniichan anyway~

Anyway, molded after the popular concept of Oden Cans, this instant
Oden Curry was released in Akihabara on the 25th April this year and
was apparently sold out on its very first day of sale. I was just
wondering if there really were that many hungry Otakus doing the
Singaporean Queue for this curry.

By the way the packet of Oden Curry consist of ONLY curry. Don’t
expect rice to be in the same pack. You’ll most have to buy another
pack of white rice for 200 Yen.

How to cook Oden Curry:

1. Insert the medium sized sealed aluminum pack into water and bring it to a boil. Cook the packet for 5 minutes
2. Once done, transfer the content to a heatproof container, and heat
   it up in the microwave set at 500W and approximately for 2 minutes. (Or
   1 min 30 secs at 600W)

OR

1. Sit and wait for Imouto chan to magically appear from the box & cook the curry for you.

October’s no longer about Halloween in all its eerie squishy Black & Orange. Quite contrary, it’s been recoloured PINK!

Many sites, TV channels, magazines & even retail fronts have gone PINK (Apes
Concert included) during the month of October to bring attention to
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ultimately raising some money for
research.

While most people can’t do much about the research itself, they however, can
do something about the monies funding the research. And I reckon some
even psyched themselves into believing that simply appreciating boobs
are the way to go.

Given sex & erotic watz-notz, sells (very
well actually!) But I give it to the wacky Japanese to come up with,
manufacture & profit from something as simplistic as Oppai Pudding (おっぱいプリン) which literally translates to Breast pudding.

Simply put, it’s just custard pudding that
comes in a creative package. The package needs to be unrevealed in
pieces (much to the joy of many otakus, I believe). At first glance
it’s just another harmless, innocent looking pink box
with pictures depicting three different prefectures of Japan - Osaka,
Tokyo & Yokohama. Once unwrapped, you’re greeted with the over
friendly anime hottie - either a chou kawaii cutie, a school girl who’s
brimming with "innocence" or a no-mess-with-me hot chick.

Interestingly, since it’s going to be a
commercial product the makers probably thought that it would better to
be on the conservative side by giving the hotties bras over their
seemingly oishii boobs. (Really! -.-~!) Much to the consumer’s delight,
you get to undress your pudding! Apparently, each cutie says a
different quirky phrase. My Japanese’s not fantastic. I reckon this
Osaka lady is whispering something like "Sweet secret dessert.If you
lick, you’ll get fired up" or something like that. Are we getting hot
yet???…

I find it seemingly strange though that this
little caption is selling like hotcakes at one of the shops just
outside the famous Asakusa Kannon Temple.

I guess one could bring this piece of creative
to this law abiding country and start making money … … … … …
provided its been approved by the Ministry of Health, gone through the
food calculator, and ultimately rated perhaps an NC16 (for censorship).
-.-!