Melon Cream Soda

Mike GristFood / Drink, Japan

Sometimes you just need a melon.

Here is an example of a time you might need a melon:

You’re hungry, and thirsty, and want to eat a melon.

That’s the appropriate time. For the rest of the time- let’s enjoy Melon Cream Soda!

Melon Cream Soda.

Melon soda is very popular here in Japan. For long years I was loathe to try it because I’ve always had something of a vendetta against melons. They’ve blocked my attempts to accomplish wondrous feats on several occasions. Plus I don’t much like the taste of them.

Finally when I was persuaded to try melon soda- I found that it didn’t taste anything remotely like melons. What did it taste like? I’d be hard-pressed to say. Like a soda, really, with some kind of flavor. Not mellony.

Glass awaiting completion.

Take the next step, and you’re putting a scoop of ice cream into your melon soda and having a cream soda. Yum. I’ve always enjoyed this, often imbibing it at family restaurants such as Royal Host and Jonathon’s.

In a glass!

Now though came the test- can you distill delicious cream soda made with fresh melons, soda water, and ice cream into a bottle?

This is the bottle receptacle.
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This is the glass- filled!

The answer to this question is- surprisingly yes. It tastes really quite good. It has the thick cloudiness of molten floating ice cream, mixed with the soda/melon taste, and comes out very well.

Yum.

3 thumbs up!

TOKYO

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