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No more flavored sojus, please

melon sojuWe'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. 

Filed Under: Ingredients, Drink Recipes
Tags: alcohol, america, asia, drinking, drinks, fruit, Korea, Korean, soju, spirits, west coast

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hilsy

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.
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Robyn

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.
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sarah

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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