7. Lychee/Aloe Vera juice

Beverage: Nuoc nha dam (lo hoi) co thach/Lychee flavour aloe vera juice with pulps

Ingredients: Water, sugar, aloe vera pulps, calcium chloride (E509), lychee flavour

Appearance: Oh dear. I'm scared. It's a return to Green Grass jelly only without the green. We have mucho thick frogspawn suspension. Only I think I can safely assume these are the 'pulps' listed in the ingredients.

Aroma: Whooh. That's strong, lychee strong, not freshtastic off the street lychee fresh, but like lychee all the same. I'm getting spring blossoms on the wind, women dressed in Victorian era dress lounging in the gardens of a stately home expecting the imminent return of Sir Walter Raleigh with his exotic cargo from far off lands and/or Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branner. God forbid.

Taste: As suspected half solid/half liquid. This is bad. It's not good. It's sweet, there are lychees, there's sugar. That's your lot. I'm afraid I'm going to bail on having another sip of this one. There's a toilet not ten feet away from my desk and the rest of this can is going down it right now.

If this drink were a sexually transmitted disease it would be... a really nasty and persistent dose of crabs.

Our survey said... 0.5 out of 10. Really not to my liking.

Cost: 4,500VD

Comments

[Nicky]

Aloe Vera is excellent for sunburn, maybe it would be better smeared all over skin??

[jamie]

Hahaha - I love the soft drink reviews. Are the more vile drinks actually popular?

[pieman]

Nicky, you would NOT want to spill this on your skin. Unless that is, you're into very, very sticky kinkiness.

I believe they are Jamie. the more medicinal (and foul) something is, or sounds, the more popular it is.

Slightly off the point, but it reminds me of one evening I spent in Hanoi. We had a French/Japanese couple over from Paris. Took them for a perefectly pleasant evening of carcass at the excellent beef warehouse at 47 Mai Hac De street. Afterwards I suggested a digestif at the animal alcohol bar round the corner - they serve drinks from large vats of pickled goats, deer, snakes, birds, bears and the like.

Anyway... two guys popped in and sat down at the next table to ours and then ordered two live lizards, big lizards. The barman got them out of the cage and proceeded to smash the lizards to death on the bar counter. He then slit the lizard's throats. The blood was drained into two shot glasses. These two guys slammed the blood and chased it down with a couple of shots of seahorse/lizard mixed alcohol. 5 minutes after they entered the bar they left. My Japanese friend meanwhile was totally freaking out. I politely asked if she fancied a wee nightcap, but she'd already grabbed her coat. Oh well.

[Petit]

Is this the same Wonderfarm that produces the most vile coconut milk in existence

[Petit]

Is this the same Wonderfarm that produces the most vile coconut milk in existence

[azines]

i'm not into these drinks at all. i wish they would get back to the basics.

for example, if it's lychee drink, then have it only be lychee and water and perhaps a sweetener.

speaking of which...if they made a durian flavored drink that would be awesome.

[Lotte Beijsens]

Dear Sir,

I am interested in buying a few cans of you aloe drink with lychee. Is it possible to buy it in Holland or to send it over?

Hoping to hearing from you.

Regards Lotte