We need.... action!

[Keisuke Takahashi]

Oh yeah I forgot about the Chinatown in LA.. =P it's smaller than the San Fran one though so =P

Well it's all "premade" since the tapioca needs to like sit in a vat of sugar water for like a while.. but after a while they get hard... lol so you kinda want it when it's "fresh" but iono how to tell... it's kinda... luck? lol. Yeah...

[Korova]

Speaking of Chinatown.. i'm heading there later tonight! We're going to get some dinner there and then walk up to North Beach for some pub goodness.

[SOLDIER #819]

Oh yeah I forgot about the Chinatown in LA.. =P it's smaller than the San Fran one though so =P

Damnit! We're special! I'm pretty sure we have that restaurant that was used in Rush Hour over there! Hahaha...>_>

YOU CRAZAY JESUS! YOU CRAZAAAY!

That's what my ex-wife told me!

Well it's all "premade" since the tapioca needs to like sit in a vat of sugar water for like a while.. but after a while they get hard... lol so you kinda want it when it's "fresh" but iono how to tell... it's kinda... luck? lol. Yeah...

I meant like using actual fruit or whatever, lol. I'm not sure I need fresh tapioca.

Speaking of Chinatown.. i'm heading there later tonight! We're going to get some dinner there and then walk up to North Beach for some pub goodness.

You crazy beer barons.

[Keisuke Takahashi]

I meant like using actual fruit or whatever, lol. I'm not sure I need fresh tapioca.

Well if you need help in seeing that they actually use fresh fruit, then you need some new glasses. =P Usually at these places, you can see them make the drinks, and if not, you can usually taste if they use real fruit, be it canned or fresh, obviously fresh fruit will taste better, but either way using real fruit is always better than powder =P but I think there are some flavors where you would need powder.. so yeah..


Well K if you're going.. go Try some! lol

[Korova]

Well I didn't get some Bubble Tea in Chinatown last night... but we have a Quickly just off campus here that I pass nearly every day.

[Keisuke Takahashi]

Well I didn't get some Bubble Tea in Chinatown last night... but we have a Quickly just off campus here that I pass nearly every day.

WTF is a Quickly?

[Korova]

Apparently they are a HUGE chain of Bubble Tea stores, like Starbucks for Tapioca Drinks.. they have 2000 locations in the USA, Asia, Europe, Africa...

[Keisuke Takahashi]

Oh.. i haven't heard of them. =T Though I know a lot of the bubble tea stations, use like Lolicup? I think that's what it's called, as a supplier for their "bubbles" and powders. So.. yeah..

[SOLDIER #819]

Though I know a lot of the bubble tea stations, use like Lolicup?

Lolicup...>_> lmao.

http://www.quicklyusa.com/

I wonder if there is one in my area.

Ah, here we go. There's one in Los Angeles. I just wish it was more local, like Korova's. I guess he wasn't kidding, they're spawning in that area...14 locations! Lucky.

[Korova]

Yeah dude... they're everywhere.. Asians are everywhere too .... 31% of this school is asian! 28% caucasian!!!!

SJSU has more minority graduates than any other university.

The Asian influence in San Francisco is nuts.. it's probably the most "authentic" chinatown.

[Taco-Calamitous]

Yeah dude... they're everywhere..

There isn't one in Hole in the Ground, OR There should be. Maybe I should complain. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Korova]

I meant everywhere HERE, heheheh

[Keisuke Takahashi]

lol. yeah the Asian Population out in CA is crazy, same with NY.. it's just different on the coasts.. ; ;

[Tifa]

Lolicup brings to mind bad images these days.

[Korova]

SF and NYC are unique because thats the traditional immigrant/gateway cities by boat to the USA. SF for (mostly) Asia and NYC for (mostly) Europe.

[Incognitus]

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

(does not understand all this tea talk)

[Korova]

There's like 30 in the SF Area.. here's the one by me:

http://www.quicklyusa.com/sanjosesjsuca.html

[SOLDIER #819]

SF and NYC are unique because thats the traditional immigrant/gateway cities by boat to the USA. SF for (mostly) Asia and NYC for (mostly) Europe.

Panorama City is its own Little Mexico. Does that count for something? Haha. =| I'm sure a very large portion of the people living here are illegal immigrants. Not that I mind, except when everyone starts blasting music in the middle of the night and drink until they pass out. Before they do pass out, some people laugh like banshees for hours on end. Not a good thing to wake up to.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

(does not understand all this tea talk)

I didn't even know there were balls of tapioca in it until they said so. I need to get some green tea though. It'll give me something to drink when I'm not having water or milk. More bland drinks! YES!

Edit: We also have a Filipino community around here. It's cool how the scenery just dramatically changes. Unfortunately, no matter where you go around here, there is one thing that remains the same. On every other street corner, there is ALWAYS a McDonald's. I can't escape, they've taken over.

[Taco-Calamitous]

On every other street corner, there is ALWAYS a McDonald's. I can't escape, they've taken over.

It's because no matter what your ethnic background is, you need your cow's eyes and meat-flavoring-injected french fries.

My friends actually suggested I try to replace soda with green tea at one point, btw. All I had was the hot tea packets, however, and the stuff I liked was like the lipton Iced green tea and the Sobe green tea, etc. It might've worked otherwise, though...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Keisuke Takahashi]

Probably not Taco since those are loaded with Sugar as well.. =P It'd pretty much be drinking the same thing, more or less. =T

I need to switch to something other than soda myself... haha

Damn that QUickly looks pretty nice. Here is one of the two bubble tea places we have in my area... I don't like this place though...

[Incognitus]

This should be renamed "We need action!.... And beverages!"

I strictly drink Luzianne (regular tea bags) non-flavored tea (w/sugar), water, milk, and Gatorade. My preference is fruit punch Gatorade. I've pretty much cut soda out entirely. Occasionally I'll have a soda, but not that often.

[Korova]

I hear ya.. I replaced soda pop recently with milk when i'm at home, and when i'm not: Gatorade... i try to buy cases of gatorade from Costco so they're cheaper.. hehe, i drink a lot of it.

i do still occasionally drink soda, but when i do its diet.

I have a mocha every morning though... i NEEEED it. never been a fan of tea...

edit: i do enjoy lipton iced tea.... when i'm at a soda fountain my preferences go: PowerAid/Gatorade, SoBE Lean, Sweetened Tea (flavored or otherwise), Fruit Punch, Lemonade, and then if none of those are present: diet cola.

edit: yes i drink "soda pop", thats what us mountain-west folk call it.

edit edit edit: Kaz, fruit punch gatorade is the best one i think. I do like the mango one too though.. I mix it up when i'm getting sick of fruit punch, but i tend to always go back to fruit punch or blue raspberry.

[Taco-Calamitous]

I don't know if I could give up soda... heh. I am kind of addicted. I'm not sure what part about it; probably the carbonation and the sugar, mostly. The sugar. Maybe the caffeine, too. I'm gonna get the diabeatus. My dad has it, too. Maybe I should take it more seriously, but... I don't feel like it. Heh.

Wuv, Yer Mom

EDIT: I call it "soda pop" sometimes, too. Or just "pop." I think "pop" is the common name around here.

[Incognitus]

I hear ya.. I replaced soda pop recently with milk when i'm at home, and when i'm not: Gatorade... i try to buy cases of gatorade from Costco so they're cheaper.. hehe, i drink a lot of it.

I'll have to go to Costco then. There's one about 15 miles down the highway from me. It's a bit of a drive to save some change on Gatorade cases, though. Fruit punch is the best, by far. I haven't tried many other flavors, mainly because I never, ever get sick of fruit punch, but I may branch out eventually. Seriously, I could drink the stuff all day. Wish I could get a lifetime supply.

What really sucks is the vending machines pricing Gatorade $0.50 higher than sodas. I always take the Gatorade, but damn it anyway!

[Tifa]

Yeah I;ve been trying to cut down on my soda drinking. Mostly substituting apple juice but it's been out lately at the diner. I've got milk and chocolate syrup stocked in my fridge though.

Lol pop.. >>

I'll get some photos of the bubble tea place here, "TenRen's". It has a nice interior. I should be going tomorrow or something. We wanted to go today for some alcohol mixed with bubble tea, thanks to S's suggestion. LAWL. But it was closed by the time we got there (post-House). momo² looks nice though.

[Keisuke Takahashi]

TenRen is a nice place, depends on which one you go to. they have like two in NY Chinatown or something.. one is like hip and has comtemporary furnshings, the other is more "oldschool" if you will, with thier furnitures.... anyway yeah..

Drinking too much gatorade makes your poop change that color.....

Haha.. yeah you guys just checked didn't you?

I can pretty much drink any gatorade/powerade flavors, though if Gatorade is available, I will choose that over Powerade. If it's at a fast food place, iono drinking a "sports" drink with food is kinda.. weird.. so I just go for the Hi-C, lol nothing like fake juice. =)

Propell isn't too bad either. Drank that shit before it caught on, but didn't know Gatorade made it until the latter... >.>; As for flavors? Iono usually it's anything unless it's yellow or green.. iono flavors of those colors usually aren't good to me for some reason..

[SOLDIER #819]

The slightly flavored water tastes disgusting to me, and usually leaves my mouth dry or something. I like Gatorade (lemon and orange mostly, fruit punch is overpowering most of the time), though I can't really tell the difference between that and something like...Uh...Powerade, if there's any difference. Is Gatorade even that good for you, other than the fact that it has carbs or something in it to burn (which isn't quite good...)? It seems almost like uncarbonated soda to me.

I've been drinking almost nothing but water lately, though. My dad may bring back diet coke once in a while, but I can only take so much of it. I'm not accustomed to the taste anymore. Diet Pepsi and other super sweet diet drinks just gross me out entirely. It's like they just decided to cram as much artificial sweetener into a can as possible. So when I'm not having water, I just have milk (skim, because everyone loves white water), and to a lesser extent juice. I was so hooked on pineapple and orange juice for a while. Mmmmmmm.

Costco wracks my nerves, lol. My mother is fixated on saving money. My mom just buys so much because of bulk savings. Most of it ends up going bad before I can actually eat it. Then she asks me why I didn't cram 12 pieces of fruit down my throat in three days. Good for the stuff that's pre-packaged though. AND THEY SELL PINEAPPLE.

Lol pop.. >>

I read that as loli pop...

[Keisuke Takahashi]

Yeah there's a difference between Gatorade and Powerade... One's owned by Coke. =P As for the taste? You can tell, I think Gatorade tastes better, less sweet. I'm sure they both have them, but Gatorade boasts having electrolytes to help your performance when you work up a sweat, since you lose those... and it's true. Iono why people just drink sports drinks casually, it's kinda weird. >.>;

Skim milk?! You might as well drink water dude... Whole milk is where it's at.

[Korova]

Costco is awesome... sure it costs money to get a membership. if you have a roommate you can go in together... i have bulk shampoo, bulk toothpaste, bulk hotdogs... haha... i use a grocery store mostly (Safeway online delivery) but for stuff that i can freeze or doesn't go bad (like toiletries, laundry stuff) I'll go to Costco. Oh and sometimes video games..

[SOLDIER #819]

Yeah there's a difference between Gatorade and Powerade... One's owned by Coke. =P As for the taste? You can tell, I think Gatorade tastes better, less sweet. I'm sure they both have them, but Gatorade boasts having electrolytes to help your performance when you work up a sweat, since you lose those... and it's true. Iono why people just drink sports drinks casually, it's kinda weird. >.>;

Skim milk?! You might as well drink water dude... Whole milk is where it's at.

I didn't know that, hahaha. I thought Powerade was some sort of deluxe Gatorade for the even more serious athletes. =P No wonder I see it in Coca-Cola vending machines. I don't understand this electrolyte stuff though...lol.

In physiology, the primary ions of electrolytes are sodium(Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), chloride (Cl-), phosphate (PO43-), and hydrogen carbonate (HCO3-).

Electrolytes are commonly found in sports drinks. In oral rehydration therapy, electrolyte drinks containing sodium and potassium salts are used to replenish the body's water and electrolyte levels after dehydration caused by exercise, diaphoresis, diarrhea, vomiting or starvation. Giving pure water to such a person is not the best way to restore fluid levels because it dilutes the salts inside the body's cells and interferes with their chemical functions. This can lead to water intoxication.

Sports drinks such as Gatorade, Powerade, or Lucozade are electrolyte drinks with large amounts of added carbohydrates, such as glucose, to provide energy. The drinks commonly sold to the public are isotonic (with osmolality close to that of blood), with hypotonic (with a lower osmolality) and hypertonic (with a higher osmolality) varieties available to athletes, depending on their nutritional needs.

It is really not necessary to replace losses of sodium, potassium and other electrolytes during exercise since it is unlikely that a significant depletion the body's stores of these minerals will occur during normal training. However, in extreme exercising conditions over 5 or 6 hours (an Ironman or ultramarathon, for example) the consumption of a complex sports drink with electrolytes is recommended. Athletes who do not consume electrolytes under these conditions risk overhydration (or hyponatremia).

Because sports drinks typically contain very high levels of sugar, they are not recommended for regular use by children. Rather, specially-formulated pediatric electrolyte solutions are recommended. Sports drinks are also not appropriate for replacing the fluid lost during diarrhea. The role of sports drinks is to inhibit electrolyte loss but are insufficient to restore imbalance once it occurs.[citation needed] Medicinal rehydration sachets and drinks are available to replace the key electrolyte ions lost. Dentists recommend that regular consumers of sports drinks observe precautions against tooth decay.

Electrolyte and sports drinks can be home-made by using the correct proportions of sugar, salt and water.

Because I have Wikipedia, I am automatically a biologist.

And it's because of skim milk that I am merely a walrus, as opposed to a whale! I grew up on the stuff and drank a ton of it when I was a kid. It's probably why I grew quite a bit (5'11")...Height isn't one of our outstanding traits. I do drink mostly water now, but I try to add in some milk for calcium.

Costco is awesome... sure it costs money to get a membership. if you have a roommate you can go in together... i have bulk shampoo, bulk toothpaste, bulk hotdogs... haha... i use a grocery store mostly (Safeway online delivery) but for stuff that i can freeze or doesn't go bad (like toiletries, laundry stuff) I'll go to Costco. Oh and sometimes video games..

Do hot dogs really last that long? >.>

Costco was doing a $600 bundle thing with the Wii though. Or was it more? They wanted you to buy a ton of games and accessories. Evil bastards.