Things you should not consume

I found some interesting foods this week.

Notice the red donut.

At a conference, they served me this.  It was a blood orange donut.  My other options were passion fruit and pomegranate.  It actually sounds cool in theory, but think about eating a blood orange.  Now think about eating a donut.  Do you really want a sour fruit as a donut flavor?  No, you don't.  Trust me.

What does this look like to you?

I like boba (bubble) tea.  Unfortunately, it can be hit or miss.  This one looked like Pepto-Bismol.  It also tasted like Pepto-Bismol.  The only reason it looks like I drank so much was because it was almost entirely ice.  Normally that would be bad, but when it tastes like something from the medicine cabinet, I guess it's good?  I'm sure the warm version tastes even worse.

What do you think this is?

It's a green sponge!

I was in K-town and went to a Korean bakery.  I figured the green sponge would be an interesting treat.  It turns out, it's sort of like angel food cake in texture, but tastes like green tea.  The problem is that angel food cake usually has some topping or sauce or something to make it less dry.  This spongy green donut cake did not.  Do not be tempted to buy it.  It is way less exciting than it looks.

Conveyer sushi!

 I was at the mall and saw this conveyer sushi place.  I think conveyer dining is fun to begin with, but this one had a happy hour special.  $1 per plate sushi!  I suppose I should have run away immediately, but it was just too tempting.

Rice stuffed in bean curd.

I should have run away.  The plates were tiny.  Most plates were vegetarian.  The ones that weren't had a single piece of thin, cooked shrimp on rice.  Everything tasted pretty old.  My stomach was not pleased by this adventure.

I managed to go to Asia and eat everything in sight for a month without getting sick, but I eat Asian in the US and have to worry.

Do not eat.

OK, this one was used previously, but it fits the post well.  This is something that should not be consumed.

Bibimbop.

I normally like bibimbop, so this is usually a picture of a good meal.  However, this one made me violently ill, so it makes the bad list.  I was excited because it was from one of the booths in the Korean food court, but this made me even more sick than the $1 sushi.

For every place that gets added to my food rotation, there are a number of places that should be closed down.  These were a few examples.