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[oakenguy]

Yesterday morning D and I scooted to the Deluxe Town Diner, over in Watertown; she'd heard they serve vegan pancakes, and a rare sight like that had to be investigated. It turned out to be a wacky sort of fusion diner, equal parts simple and upscale-- the sort of place with a six page menu (not counting the 12-item tea list) where you can get a bottomless cup of joe to eat with your cod cakes benedict, and then get a kobe beef burger for takeout.

After we ate, we explored the neighborhood a little bit, and it was just as quirky as the diner. About 2/3 of the shops and names seemed Armenian; there were posters everywhere for a "Little Russian Circus" that would be arriving in a few weeks, a place that sold nothing but cupcakes across the street from a restaurant that promised "An Opera of Nuts!" And best of all there was a Turkish/Armenian market that sold fresh hummus and felafel, hookahs, and a Challenging Soda.





Because yes, with a name like Uludag Gazoz, it HAS to be good.

Several things to note here:

* Their motto is "Legendary Taste!". Not GOOD, you'll note. Just legendary. Know what else is legendary? The Guy With a Hook for a Hand.

* Looking closer, I see there's no expiration date as such. It does, however, say "Best before end: See Bottom." The bottom says "PD: 010506 ED: 010207". This is breathtakingly open to interpretation.

On the other hand, I drink Moxie for fun. Here we go:

It smells like jasmine face powder that's been on my mom's dresser since the sixties.

And the taste....hmm...D calls it "medical". I think it's more like apricot syrup and seltzer water.

If I don't post again in 48 hours, please come by the house and check on us?

Comments

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

Along with other fabulous slogans is Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia's national airline: "Garuda Indonesia: 25 Years of Challenge."

Um. Yeah....

[prettydark.livejournal.com]

Oh my.

[temperlj.livejournal.com]

BWAH!!!!

[cristoforou.livejournal.com]

My take? The drink is from the future. "PD: 01056 ED: 010207" is taken from a calendar system that humanity will have to adopt because our super-intelligent PDAs tell us to.

But here's the real kicker. It's a temporal paradox (don't ask me to explain, there's no time). You created Uludag Gazoz, and it is your responsibility to destroy it. It's "Legendary Taste" must be wiped clean from the pages of history, and the only way this will happen is if you drink the whole thing. Don't pour it down the sink. Don't give it to a stranger. This something you have to do yourself. Don't ask me why. There's no time.

The future of humanity counting on you.

Bottoms up, my friend.

[st-andrews-girl.livejournal.com]

PD: Production Date
ED: Expiration Date

Not terribly clear to the consumer, but crystal to a manufacturer

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Funny how I've lived in Somerville for 12 years but have never explored Watertown. Maybe it would be worth a trip. That diner sounds great.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That place is *awesome*. It's worth the trip.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

It's surprisingly funky! If you do decide to explore, I'd love to come with. :)

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's weird about a place that just sells cupcakes? We have one. http://www.cakefetish.com/ I love Cake Fetish! Mmmm.... cupcakes.....

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Cupcakes are rarely seen in our fine diners and bakeries! It's one of the sadder facts about this town; they're woefully underappreciated.

[bulrogue.livejournal.com]

Someone already got the PD and ED, however, either way your screwed.

American:010207 means Jan(01)2nd(02)2007(07)
European:010207 means 1st(01)Feb(02)2007(07)


Are you sure you want to wait 48 hours? How about 12?

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

If I posted more often, I'd say 12; with my luck, though, giving a short deadline like that would lead to superrob breaking down my door just as I was finishing up a Kingdom of Loathing round and getting ready to post a meme.

[kittybrat.livejournal.com]

mmm moxie. i can only drink it RARELY, though i used to drink it lots when i was in high school. i love its root-beer-with-mouthwash-aftertaste flavor, haha.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! Moxie, the taste of New England winters and sadness!

[kittybrat.livejournal.com]

hahaha

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Note the subliminal placement of "Terror" title of the book just behind in the photo. You two'd better remember to post a check-in tomorrow. Worried readers might just assemble a posse...


Great recommendation. I wonder if it's right by that Russian market that has the frozen chocolate-covered cheesecakes...

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

You and your compulsion to drink strange-flavored sodas. Wasn't it "birch beer" last time?

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Hey, birch beer's good!

(Also, cream soda.)

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

You can really taste the treeeeeees!

It's true, it is a compulsion of mine. I think it started in high school when I noticed on bike rides that every little town seemed to have at least one type of soda I'd never seen anywhere else.

In retrospect, that says more about the limited shelf space in the places I went to. But at the time I thought I was being an Intrepid Explorer.

[sairisse.livejournal.com]

If you guys survive this, and still want to try weird sodas, there's always this.

[fightguy.livejournal.com]

I got one that's even scarier...

(read the whole thing... it's worth it)

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, the last paragraph is the best! "Stephen Seagal's Root Beer Rush" sounds like either an Onion headline or a ride at a very disturbing theme park.

You know, you have to admire Chuck Norris's integrity for *not* pumping out products like this into the market.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Flavored with woodruff?!?!?

Ohmigod, I cannot rest until I've tried this.

Uludag Gazoz!

[hazeleyedfae.livejournal.com]

I smell a YouTube Broadcast... O:)

[misswrite.livejournal.com]

Hello. Stumbled over here in through a friend of a friend. I was bored, but you are not boring. You are fun to read. Will you be friend?

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

How flattering! And your LJ seems very fun. :)