Friday, November 27, 2015

Geek Grub #2: Japan's Christmas KFC Tradition (feat. Yoshiette 1)...


Thanksgiving 2015: 11:59 PM...

Yoshiette 1 in regular clothes sitting quietly and still while the clock ticks...

The day after: 12:00 AM...

Yoshiette 1 now in Christmas Lingerie and a Santa hat with Deck the Halls playing...

YE1: The Time has come...




Hey, this is the original Yoshiette, Everyone's favorite robot sidekick for a review/web producer series. I want to explain a reference from a blog from last year by telling you about how KFC Became a Christmas tradition in Japan...



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FAST FACT:

Christmas Isn't a widely celebrated holiday in Japan, with only around 1% Of the population being Christian, but it is celebrated as a commercial holiday rather than a traditional holiday...


In the early 70s, KFC came to Japan as several US companies were leaving a huge footprint in Japan as Japan was leaving a huge footprint in America's corporate world. Years later there was a myth about a foreigner from America coming to Japan and not having a stove to cook a Christmas turkey, so he came to KFC and got a bucket of Chicken for him and his family. Some time later, KFC caught on to the urban legend, and made a campaign called Kentucky Christmas. It caught on so well that KFC Introduced the Christmas Bucket It came with Enough chicken for a family of 4, a salad, Ice Cream, and a KFC Christmas Plate. in later years it has been replaced with Cake, but It's still just as popular now as it was 40 years ago. The lines for KFC's on Christmas Day (AKA The Busiest day for the restaurant chain) are like up to 2 hours long, and some people order their chicken months in advance. If you do preorder it soon enough, you get to have it for 3990 yen (or $33), otherwise you're getting it for 4090 yen (or just a dollar more for us, but a crapton of money for our friends in Japan). Japan Airlines actually sold KFC on their flights during the festive period... You could also get Premium Chicken Strips, Fries, KFC Brand Chanmery (a Japanese non alcoholic soda version of Champagne), and much more. The real treasure of the menu is the premium series, with roast turkey and red wine. So yeah If you're in Japan sometime during any Christmas in your life, go try KFC's Christmas Menu, Because one day, we might be leaving milk and cookies for the Colonel instead of Santa. Who knows, maybe Santa is actually the Ghost of Colonel Sanders in physical form...


Now if you'd excuse me, I'm going to take me and Joe Tokugawa to japan to prepare for the A. Yoshi KFC Christmas Dinner from Japan... UP UP AND AWAY!!!!!!!


CLOSING FAST FACT:

In certain KFC Restaurants in Japan, they actually have bars in the restaurants called Route 25. Yeah, in Japan, you can order whiskey at KFC, and you wonder why KFC's better there than in here.

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