Creamy Dessert Makes a Mockery of Tradition
Could it be true? Has Japan, the land of the eternally small—small homes, small cars, small people—decided to turn over a new leaf and venture into the world of bigness? Could a gargantuan creme caramel spell the end of Japan as we know it?
As if to spit in the eye of centuries of Japanese miniaturizing, the people at Takara Tomy have created the astounding Giga Pudding, a flan so large you have to make it in a bucket. Luckily, the bucket’s included.
Giga Pudding’s a cinch to make at home. Just follow the simple directions on the pail, and then remove every single thing from your teensy-weensy Japanese refrigerator so you can somehow wedge it in there. A few hours’ wait and presto!, creamy dessert for you and 19 of your closest friends.
You’d have thought they would go about it in steps. They could have started with a Kilo Pudding, for instance, then graduated to a Mega Pudding. But no—with this invention, Takara Tomy’s mad dessert scientists have propelled pudding directly to the Giga level, to a size larger than the average Japanese head.
Some observers believe this insult to tradition can only lead to trouble. Rumors are already circulating of Yakuza gangsters strong-arming their way into parties and scooping off the Giga Pudding’s sugary brown top for themselves. Some people will stop at nothing!
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By DanBing on 26-09-2009
Comment by wombat#9
September 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
pretty soon there will be mini basketballs rolling around Japan
Comment by Ryan Lee Hannant
September 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Is that Bjork?
Comment by storm
September 27th, 2009 at 6:15 am
i believe it's more of an insult to labeled the Japanese people with the perceptive of all of them are small in everything.
This post practically makes them sounds like dwarfs!
Not everything's follows the Western measurement standard for normal size! (=_='')
And this post is hardly a Weird Asian News…
Comment by Fudge
September 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
author to this post cant write. go back to college and try again!
Comment by weelad
September 27th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Godzilla wanted a dessert of the proper dimensions.
Comment by two-faced joel
September 28th, 2009 at 11:21 am
i like pudding,yes
Comment by ZeroDrop
September 28th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Nothing better than his video ad… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEI1AUFJKw
Comment by Sandra Vanessa Diaz
September 30th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Is this Japo-Mex? It looks like flan to me. (a mexican dessert for those of you who haven't heard of it) Yeah, it's exactly like flan.
Comment by Will
October 1st, 2009 at 12:44 am
Awesome
I tweeted this for you (@turningotaku)