Weeaboo time again!



Asahi beer with Nissan Terriyaki Chicken and Garlic instant noodles.

The noodles weren't that great. Alright, but not my favourite flavour. Not that it's really an "authentic" flavour either. I've got to find time to make a trip to this place for a box of Tonkotsu and a box of Kyoto Shoryu flavoured ones sometime.

As for the beer, I was pretty disappointed. At my old store I've had many customers ask for this, which we didn't have at the point. They talked about it like it was the best beer in the world. When we started stocking it, from seeing how pleased our customers were, I thought I should try some as well.

It tastes nearly identical to Hahn Super Dry. Extremely bland and flavourless. Xel's informed me that Asahi's export versions are brewed from various locations though (mine was from Thailand), so I must put this on my must-try list when I go back to Japan again (the trip is not planned at all, but it's inevitable.

Had a Sapporo soon afterwards though, and that was much like how I remembered it tasting when I had the Japanese brew. It's mid-strength bitter with a slight weirdness to it, but doesn't leave an aftertaste much upon swallowing. I find this much better than the Asahi that I had. Kirin's supposed to be Asahi's major rival though.. I haven't seen one such bottle in Australia yet (though I'm sure it's somewhere).

And then, last night I had this.