If you are a fan of the popular anime series "Dragon Ball Z," you will be delighted with a certain restaurant in Nagoya, Japan as one of the hot pots in its menu is served with Dragon Balls.
According to Foodbeast, Danke Dining serves Dragon Ball Nabe ("nabe" means hot pot in Niponggo) with uncooked meat and vegetables, seasoned broth and seven orange collagen jelly balls that look exactly like the Dragon Balls from the show. A dipping sauce is also included with the meal.
According to Kotaku, in the series, the Dragon Balls are seven balls, which when collected will summon a wish-granting dragon named Shenron. Protagonist Son Goku was able to get a few wishes fulfilled during the course of the show's many seasons.
This is not the first time Dragon Balls has inspired food in the country.
To promote the then-upcoming 18th animated movie "Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods" film in 2013, Mini Stop stores in Japan offered several DBZ-rooted menu items like Super Saiyan French Fries, Majin Buu pudding, Vegeta's salad, Piccolo's Green Tea Cream Puffs, deep fried Dragon Balls, Whipped Cream and Chestnut Krillin bread and the pizza-flavored Spirit Bomb snack, the Saiyan Island reports.
In a Youtube video by someone named Rosanna Pansino, the recipe on how to make a Dragon Ball Z Crème Brulee Cakeballs was also discussed. A video with the said dessert can be seen below:
Dragon Ball Z aired in Japan from 1989 to 1996 under the production of Toei Animation and later dubbed in English and aired in America, airing in Cartoon Network from 2001-2010. Daisuke Nishio directed the first 199 episodes. It ended up as one of the most popular anime series of all time.
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