大蒜味可樂 日本暗黑料理又出新成員

Garlic flavored cola. Fizzy sweet cola with a pungent garlic taste. Yum? Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of weird food and drink come out of Japan, and as of January 9, there has been a new addition to that list。
　　大蒜味可樂？氣泡豐富、甜味十足的可樂裏透着辛辣刺鼻的大蒜味？是的，你沒看錯。過去幾年裏，我們曾見識過源自日本的形形色色的暗黑食物或飲料，現在這個暗黑羣體又多了一名新成員。

Hailing from Aomori, the garlic capital of Japan, which has previously produced such delectables as garlic ice cream and garlic beer, “Jats Takkola,” is brought to us from the garlic center of the garlic capital of Japan, also known as “Garlic Town,” Sannohe Districts’ Takko Town。
　　這款大蒜味可樂名叫Jats Takkola，出自青森縣。青森縣在日本被稱爲大蒜之都，這裏曾出產過不少具有大蒜風味的產品，比如大蒜味冰淇淋和大蒜味啤酒等。

The town got its charming nickname from the fact that every July, so much garlic is harvested that the entire town. We have a feeling they don’t suffer from vampire attacks very often。
　　青森縣之所以被稱爲大蒜之都，是因爲每年七月份這裏都會收穫大量的大蒜。感覺連吸血鬼都不會光顧這裏，因爲那濃濃的大蒜味。

The town offers pretty much any form of garlic you could ever imagine, but the creation of the Takkola (get it? Takko + cola = takkola)， took some trial and error experimentation. The real issue, apparently, was breaking through the stereotype that garlic should be used exclusively for food。
　　青森縣出產過各式各樣、你想到或想不到的大蒜味食品，這次的大蒜味可樂在面世前也是經過一系列失敗試驗的。但最終成果仍成功表明大蒜不只可以用在食物裏，可樂裏也能加大蒜。

The drink is just cola mixed with some finely ground garlic, pretty simple. It’s just as bubbly and tasty as normal cola, but you get the pleasant aftertaste of garlic. Who wouldn’t love that?! Really, if you think about it, it’s probably not much different than washing down some garlicky gyoza with cola and then burping. You just don’t have to eat the gyoza first。
　　其實這款可樂不過是在可樂里加入了被磨成細粉狀的大蒜，喝起來和普通可樂一樣多泡、可口，只是回味時有令人愉快的大蒜味。誰會不喜歡呢？說真的，你其實可以這麼想象，比如你喝着可樂吃大蒜味的日式煎餃，之後打嗝的那種味道，只是通過這款可樂你可以獲得不用吃大蒜味日式煎餃的那種體驗。

Since the name of the drink doesn’t mention garlic at all, this could easily be used to play some tricks on unassuming friends who don’t know that Takko is the garlic center of Japan. Then there is also the fact that “Jats!” is local dialect for what you say when you are surprised, an odd feature for the name of a cola. That is, unless the creators of this drink had some tomfoolery in mind when they made it!
　　因爲這款可樂的名字裏沒包含任何跟大蒜有關的字詞，所以你可以用它來跟不知道Takko是日本大蒜之都的朋友開玩笑。而且Jats是青森縣方言中人在驚訝時所發出的聲音，製作者們把這個詞加在大蒜味可樂的名字中，搞不好是在製作的時候腦補了什麼。

In reality, they chose the name because they want this item to leave a lasting impression and to “stimulate the heart” of whoever sips it. They advise that before you drink, turn it slowly to remix the garlic, open the cap carefully and then take a sip. According to the creators, there is no way that you won’t shout in surprise after tasting it。
　　實際上，這樣命名是因爲製作者們希望這款可樂能給每個品嚐過它的人都留下持久深刻的印象並且能夠“直擊他們的內心”。製作者們還建議在喝之前，先搖一搖，然後小心打開瓶蓋喝一小口，嘗過之後應該沒有人不發出驚奇的叫聲吧。

So, if you’re itching to play tricks on friends, are just really scared of vampires, or are looking for a health-boosting cola, you can order a case of 24 bottles from the town’s merchandisewebsite, for 7,200 yen (US$60) or if you’re in the area, head to the store itself where you can get single bottles for 299 yen (US$2.50) each, until the end of February。
　　所以，如果你想要跟朋友開玩笑，如果你非常害怕吸血鬼，如果你還在苦苦尋覓一款健康可樂，那麼請趕緊登陸青森縣的購物網站訂購一箱24瓶裝的大蒜味可樂吧。現在起到2月底，網購一箱需7200日元(約60美元)，直接在當地商店購買一瓶爲299日元(約2.5美元)。