Yuck Flavours of Carrefour Yoghurts
Yet another foreigner-originating story about the 'weird' foods found throughout China. This one is again from your local neighbourhood Carrefour dairy aisle; yucky yoghurts.
My advice to the unwary is just be a little judicious in what you reach for in the Carrefour yoghurt cabinet. To the unwary eye looking forward to next morning's dairy fix, you may just choose the nicest and brightest looking container in your rush to escape the hell-hole that is Carrefour Gubei on a packed Wednesday night.
If you didn't look to closely, you may end up with either potato/sweet potato, aloe vera or corn flavoured yoghurt. According to my cultural conditioning, such things are abominations and are wrong on several levels. The only thing that could top it would be seafood-infused yoghurt (very, very, very wrong IMHO) but I have a niggling suspicion that it may do quite well in the Chinese marketplace.
I will now go and enjoy some of the more pleasantly -tailored flavours of strawberry & raspberry yoghurt from the same manufacturer.
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I actually quite like the aloe vera one! Not this brand, I forget what the name is, but it's pretty good. They also do strawberry and regular for the less adventurous.
So, Dangerous Dan -> Yes, I'll agree that I'm not so adventurous when it comes to yoghurt, or breakfast for that matter. Some routines in my expat life will not budge, and a 'western' breakfast is one of those.
I tasted an aloe vera salad once - not my cup'o tea. I wonder if the aloe vera yoghurt is good for your skin. Aloe is great for a sunburn.