No more flavored sojus, please

by Sarah J. Gim (Subscribe to Sarah J. Gim's posts)
Posted Mar 25th 2006 4:28PM
Filed under: West Coast, Asia, Fruit, America, Spirits

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melon soju We've talked about Korean sojus here before, and even sang the praises of a strangely flavored "herbal" soju (the herb was ginseng). Now I am no stranger to the Korean spirit distilled from sweet potatoes (many a night and morning battling the stuff), and I am certainly familiar with mixing soju with different flavors to make the stuff that tastes like pure lighter fluid a little more palatable: strawberry soju (ddahl-ghee), peach soju (bohk-soong-ha), yogurt soju (yo-gu-rut), and even cucumber soju (oi).

I just tried a melon version at a cafe in LA's Koreatown and it was horrible. It was neon green, and tasted like a melon flavored body wash. I don't even know what "melon" flavored liquid they used to make it, but if ever you go out for a night on the K-town, stick with the originals.

Tags: alcohol, drinking, drinks, Korea, Korean, soju

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3-26-2006 @ 12:52PM

hilsy said...

I prefer to mix my own soju. My favorite is to mix regular soju with some pineapple juice.

3-26-2006 @ 8:49PM

Robyn said...

sometimes places get just a bit too creative. and i guess they also don't taste their own drinks. for example, i once had a guava martini that tasted exactly like windex.

3-26-2006 @ 8:54PM

sarah said...

hilsy: but do you ever find that pineapple juice makes you sick? i have always found for some reason that pineapple juice in a cocktail always makes for a lovely tropical evening, but a horrible morning after!

robyn: you just made me laugh out loud...i swear i think i have a windex cocktail, but it was made with galliano!

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