Weird food fact and business promo from @laurenrosekocher
The creator explains the phenomenon of 'long egg,' a processed egg loaf found in Japanese convenience store foods that went viral on Japanese Twitter. She details what it is, how it's made, and the public's shocked reaction to it. She then pivots to promoting her own Tokyo diner, 'Buy Me Stand,' as a place to get 'real' eggs, showcasing its locations and menu items like gourmet egg salad sandwiches.
Creator: @laurenrosekocher on Instagram
Transcript
Forbidden Japan knowledge. Long egg. About ten years ago, a cursed image took over Japanese Twitter. A smooth, uniform tube of egg sliced like lunch best. On a salad, it looks like a hard boiled egg, but it's not. It's long egg, a processed egg loaf, stabilized, preserved, and flavor engineered. When you see perfect egg slices in your Japanese seven eleven sandwich or salad, it's not natural hard boiled egg, it's long egg. Japanese people on Twitter called it a monster. It went viral. Then it va
Topics: Food, Local, Advertising
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