Ovaltine Nature Select Soy

Rating: 5 / 5 Stars!!!

This isn't your typical Ovaltine drink. Many of you may have seen the coco malt flavor Ovaltine at your grocery store, but not Ovaltine in soybean powder form. For the past few months I have seen the Thai advertisements on TV for Ovaltine Nature Select Soy. I was a bit iffy about buying the product at first because I was scared that the soy drink would taste terrible. But, I got to sample the soy drink at BigC a couple of weeks ago and I have been hooked on the drink ever since.

There are about 15 single pouches in the Ovaltine Nature Select Soy pack. It costs about 90-100 Baht (around $3 US). All you have to do is pour in hot water into a mug with the soybean powder. This drink tastes like real soy milk and it doesn't taste very sweet too. Highly recommended!

Jele Super Light [Orange Flavor]

Rating: 5 / 5 Stars!!!

You can get this drink in the supermarket (i.e. BigC) in Thailand. It comes in a 6-pack for about 17 Baht (60 cents US). I never saw this drink in the US before either.

Well, this drink is a combination of Jello and juice. I noticed that there is a difference between Jele Super Light and Jele Light. There's tiny coconut/lychee chunks in the Jele Super Light. I have only tried the Orange flavor for both Jele drinks. It's a yummy and refreshing drink on a hot day. :)

Pepsi Cheer

http://www.pepsithai.com/pepsi2010/

Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars

Pepsi Cheer is a limited edition soda offered by PepsiCo during the FIFA 2010 World Cup event. This product is similar to Pepsi GOLD which came out for a limited time during the FIFA 2006 World Cup. I decided to give this soda a try because it's unique and it's a limited edition drink! I don't think you can find this product in the US. I brought this soda from 7-Eleven Thailand for 17 Baht [about 50 cents US]. Overall, this soda is OK. This soda tastes very similar to ginger ale but with the added orange color.

Pocari Sweat

Rating: 5 / 5 stars!!!

This would be my first review of a beverage. Yesterday, I spent the day at the Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort and watched a beach polo match [Hua Hin is about 2-3 hours away from Bangkok]. It really hot and humid weather at the beach. There were clothing and food stands on the beach selling items for charity. There was a booth that gave out "Pocari Sweat" to people that visited the booth. I started laughing when I saw the name of the beverage. My Thai friend was like...what's so funny? I had to explain to him in Thai that "sweat" means to perspire. I knew that this drink is something similar to Gatorade because I saw on the label that it's an electrolyte beverage. The Pocari Sweat drink was very good and I felt very hydrated afterwards. I could taste some citrus flavor in this drink too!

I checked "Pocari Sweat" on Wikipedia and it said that it's a Japanese sports drink. It's mostly sold in East Asia, South East Asia, and the Middle East. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocari_Sweat

So, don't let the name "Pocari Sweat" scare you away! Definitely give this sport drink a taste!