Thursday, September 20, 2007

vocabulary question

What the hell is a "Lassi" (라시)? All I know is that it's a type of drink being sold by the cafe in our building's lobby, and that the kiwi version of the drink (키위 라시) is highly, highly addictive.


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8 comments:

taemin said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassi

kwandongbrian said...

Lassi is an Indian yogurt drink. I enjoyed them in India. a coworker had a 'bhang lassi' (drug drink) and was messed up for a few hours.

Joel said...

It's an Indian beverage made from fruit juice and yogurt. It's delicious, though I am more partial to the mango than anything else.

Anonymous said...

Yep. What they said.

However, you can get Indian styled lassis in rosewater flavor, as well as plain w/salt. (Don't ask me about the addition of salt--I don't understand it.). The rosewater ones are pleasant.

There is another type of drink out there on the market called Kefir, which is a pro-biotic type of yogurt drink, which has fruit. Similar concept, though less emphasis on sugar and more emphasis on the microbes.

Lassis actually come in handy if you're eating spicy food such as a spicy Vindaloo from the Goa region of India; or eating some firey food from Andhra; dairy really does cut the heat of a chile. And I have yet to meet a chile as hot as a chile from Andhra.

Anonymous said...

Doggy drinkie?

Shelly said...

It's like soylent green.

Okay, no, it's not.

kwandongbrian said...

I guess we agree that it originally comes from India.

Am I the only one wondering about the New Zealand version? I always hte ziwis were careful about drugs and cleanliving. I wonder what makes their lassi addictive.

kwandongbrian said...

Really, I wasn't drunk when typing that. It should read:
...I always thought the Kiwis were careful about drugs and cleanliving...