mouthfeel

Sometimes, all you want is some succulent pineapple-on-a-stick, kept cool on a rather large-ish block of ice and bought for under a buck on a hot, humid summer day in a metropolitan city.

Oh, would you look at that. Your move, western world.

Watermelon truck near my place. About $5 each, but I’ve seen it for $3 in other areas.

맛있는 라면 (“tasty ramen”): Very urgent question. Does MSG 첨가 mean MSG added? It’s confusing because those words are combined with WELL-BEING, its connotational antipode. Then again, we all know it’s not really that bad.

Maybe the secret lies in that lone Chinese character — my poor illiterate self can barely handle Korean, much less hanja. Any help from the Chinese readers?

(As a side note, the packaging transliterates “bok choy” into “PakChoi,” which makes me want to hook up a Pak and a Choi so their kids can be little PakChois together. CUTE.)

Excellent Ice Cream: That’s what it’s called. A cube of ice cream — just ice cream, no cone or waffle or whatever — in a foil wrapper. Looks like a stick of butter, tastes like vanilla and freezer burn. Sold in packs at a Lotte near you.

Courtesy Domino’s Pizza, Seoul chapter: A pizza with tamarind/curry sauce in lieu of tomato, topped with pieces of squid and shrimp drizzled with streaks of orange mayonnaise and tobiko. A digusting abomination of everything good and true about a much-loved American staple. I ate two slices.