July 14, 2011
I scream for basashi
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2011 Basashi ice cream, an ice cream mixed with minced horsemeat, is just one of over a hundred bizarre ice cream flavors made by Fugetsudo, a 120-year-old Japanese sweets manufacturer and sales company in Miyagi prefecture. Other curious flavors include natto or fermented soybean, abalone, shark fin ramen, mana […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2011
Basashi ice cream, an ice cream mixed with minced horsemeat, is just one of over a hundred bizarre ice cream flavors made by Fugetsudo, a 120-year-old Japanese sweets manufacturer and sales company in Miyagi prefecture. Other curious flavors include natto or fermented soybean, abalone, shark fin ramen, mana musume (“Adorable Daughter,” a brand of rice), yakisoba, nori, field mushroom, oyster, beer, cypress, mackerel pike, octopus, onion, cow tongue, pearl, kimchi, sea urchin and sea squirt. An inspired selection of desserts for funky summer parties, order an assortment of nine 120ml cups (¥4,400) or a set of fifteen (¥5,900 including tax and shipping) at this specialized ice cream website (Japanese):
