Friday, December 25, 2009

Fanta rouge

Chiang Mai, Thailand
Christmas Day 2009

Frank reports that one of his earliest childhood memories (from when he was three) was his great fondness for “Fanta rouge” (or red Fanta) when his family lived in French Guyana in 1964. This evening when he caught sight of an offering of red Fantas at a shrine adjacent to our cafĂ©, he suddenly felt obliged to have one for old time’s sake. From French Guyana to Northern Thailand—with 45 years in between red Fantas. Frank reports that the taste provoked at least a memory or two.

What's amazing to me is that they still make the stuff!