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4letterwords
04-20-2006, 09:05 PM
Which do you prefer?
jindojim
04-21-2006, 01:07 AM
Show me, Sho yu, Kikkomannn~~

Alright!
gyoza
04-21-2006, 01:09 AM
Haven't heard of La Choy...
Unknown
04-21-2006, 01:17 AM
Haven't heard of La Choy...

I haven't either.
OaklandZoo
04-21-2006, 01:37 AM
La Choy is probably some asian company in America, you know, those that are only found in small asian food stores. At least that's what I'm guessing.

For me it doesn't really matter if it's Kikkoman or Yamasa, or hell even Top Valu or Great Value. As long as they are all made by Japanese companies I will have no problem using it.
JusenkyoGuide
04-21-2006, 02:05 AM
Show me, Sho yu, Kikkomannn~~

Alright!
I love that.

My fiancee doesn't, possibly having something to do with me singing it everytime we see Kikkoman in the store. ;)
Unknown
04-21-2006, 02:07 AM
I'm just going to vote for Kikkoman. I haven't had the other one before.
Toa
04-21-2006, 02:09 AM
I'm going to stick with previous posters: never heard of the other, but I love Kikkoman. ;)
gyoza
04-21-2006, 02:18 AM
I love that.

My fiancee doesn't, possibly having something to do with me singing it everytime we see Kikkoman in the store. ;)

Hahah it's like how me and my friends go MUSHROOM MUSHROOM whenever we eat mushroom pizza and draw stares from anyone else in the room.
JusenkyoGuide
04-21-2006, 02:27 AM
Hahah it's like how me and my friends go MUSHROOM MUSHROOM whenever we eat mushroom pizza and draw stares from anyone else in the room.
But what do you do when you get to snake?
gyoza
04-21-2006, 02:33 AM
We don't... we just say it a couple of times and are done with it.

If we actually got there... I dunno, salami perhaps? :watson:
animefx
04-21-2006, 02:42 AM
Probably Kikkoman is better... Although, my parents have ALWAYS cooked with La Choy and my step-dad is an awesome cook!

Which do you prefer?
Frankey-eh
04-21-2006, 05:08 AM
...I can't even image-google La Choy to see what they look like.

and I love kikkoman's commercial where a tiny boy and an overweight guy are having nabe, and they do rock-paper-scissor to see who gets the first/second/third/etc. pick and the little boy pwns the big guy. :D
羽之助
04-21-2006, 09:22 AM
The soy sauce we always used in Canada was Pearl River Bridge. I thought it was fine. I don't care where the hell it was made.
Perfekt
04-22-2006, 01:58 AM
I vote Kikkomans, although ive tried both. Also: if you look at the bottle it comes in, in the UK, it says 'Made in Holland under license'. :duh:
Uska
04-22-2006, 04:04 AM
I like both, but Kikkoman should be the light one or it's too salty. La Choy is pretty good tho.
mediocre
04-22-2006, 04:55 AM
La Choy is partially fake soy sauce. They boil partially hydrolyzed proteins in hydrochloric acid.


Kikkoman or San-Jirushi (when it is on sale. I like it the best, it only has 5 ingredients).


Pic of la choy bottle: http://shopuncleharrys.dukestores.duke.edu/images/cond%201%20048.jpg
Frankey-eh
04-22-2006, 05:00 AM
and Hane, I would be careful about using that Pearl River if I were you...Chinese stuff's been known for its fakeness too.
like they put bleach-like stuff in tofu to make it look whiter. They put the same stuff in noodles ot make it look whiter too. and recently, there's been testing to show that those colorings are exceeding the daily-intake level considered healthy.

You (or...I) can always trust Japanese stuff.
羽之助
04-22-2006, 07:31 AM
You know, I had a Korean friend complaining about Chinese imports to South Korea, saying how the packers stuffed the fish with nails or some other metal implement so they could charge more for the weight.

I used to trust all Japanese stuff, but there were a few mislabeling scandals and the Snow Brand thing, so now ... I'll buy what's cheap and not disgusting. :)
Trump
04-22-2006, 04:14 PM
They have La Choy right next to Kikoman in the large grocery stores I go to in Florida, Publix (for those in the Southeast) and Target. It is interesting how other people have never heard of it.
羽之助
04-22-2006, 04:50 PM
Here's something interesting. Apparently this La Choy stuff is, well, not soy sauce. It's a bunch of stuff designed to taste like soy sauce.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37010-2004Sep20.html
4letterwords
04-22-2006, 06:02 PM
I like kikkoman. However, La Choy isnt THAT terrible.
Frankey-eh
04-22-2006, 09:47 PM
can someone get me a picture of La Choy?
whenever I read the title, I think it's saying
"spicy vegetables" because I'm reading it cantonese way.

image-googling didn't work for me...
Unknown
04-22-2006, 09:51 PM
http://shopuncleharrys.dukestores.duke.edu/images/cond%201%20048.jpg
There is a link to a La Choy picture in this thread. Anyways, here it is.
Frankey-eh
04-22-2006, 09:56 PM
oh. nope, never seen it.
it's not sold around here
gentlemanandscholar
04-23-2006, 01:18 AM
La Choy is getting owned.
jindojim
04-23-2006, 06:05 AM
Does La Choy have its own zany flash animation?
Nope.

It's no wonder why Kikkoman destroys all foreign sauces. It even kills bacteria!
http://yoga.at.infoseek.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso_e.htm
Kuroshi
04-23-2006, 10:28 PM
In terms of soy sauce, Kikkoman is far superior.

In terms of bottled teriyaki, however, I will have to say that La Choy is better. Kikkoman's is too salty, saltier than the soy.