Tainaka, Neo

I chose the topic of bad food combinations. I’ll describe the impressions of eating these combinations. I wanted to know common item of feeling bad. And I thought that maybe I could be convinced the bad combination of foods might be actually delicious.

When I ate dinner, I tried four combinations using my favorite foods.

1 Japanese style parfait and pokes

The combination was terrible. First, I felt the sweetness of soft serve ice cream and a little salty. That’s nice. But later that was too salty. At the same time, I felt it disgusting.

2 Custard cream and okra

The combination was bad. The texture was sticky and mushy. But I somehow I could eat it. 3 Waffle, jjigae(Korean stew), condensed milk and bean paste

This combination of foods was the nastiest. The jjigae was spicy and salty, and the condensed milk and bean paste were very sweet. Jjigae, condensed milk and bean paste competed for the leading taste in my mouth. In addition, there was no spicyness. All the good things about jjigae vanished.

4 Earl Grey, soft serve ice cream, zhasai (Szechuan pickles) and edible spicy oil

The combination was disgusting. The zhasai were falling apart in my mouth with a bad texture. The Earl Grey smelled strange due to being mixed with everything else. But just three ingredients (Earl Grey, soft serve ice cream and eatable spicy oil) were not bad together.”

Tainaka, Neo