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Soy Sauce flavor -- Putting the 'scream' into 'we all scream for ice cream'

Tasting some of the Wackiest Japanese ice creams. (MDN Photo/Aiko Yamagami)Soy sauce, used in a wide variety of Japanese culinary dishes, is said to be "the flavor of Japan."

But the dubious choice to add soy sauce to milk and sugar and pack it in a punnet has made the condiment a standout pick to headline the Wackiest World of Japanese Ice Cream and possibly soy, er, soiled the reputation of ice cream as we know it forever.

Soy sauce ice cream was not a simple choice to lead, though, considering it was competing against such flavors as pit viper, Indian curry, miso ramen and salad.

And it was hard to choose soy sauce over the Pearl of the Orient -- Pearl-flavored ice cream.

For plenty of other gems, some of which may seriously hamper sleep patterns, check out link below to the Wackiest World of Japanese Ice Cream.

These ice creams can all be found in the Cup Ice Museum, part of Ice Cream City inside Namjatown theme park in Tokyo's Toshima-ku. (Story by Ryann Connell Photos/Artwork by Aiko Yamagami)



May 31, 2006