There were various stages of building a wooden bath-house represented on the nose: from French polish to pine smoke, a lump of coal and the smell of the inside of a sauna. Once in the warm, steamy bath, why not add some scent with geraniums, cherry, apple or plum? It would seem an awful shame to be bathing without some tasty treats to nibble on, wouldn't it? Then reach over and feast your eyes on a plate of marzipan, chocolate, caramel, baklava with extra honey and some (vanilla) fudge.. But, oh no! What's this? It's only Inappropriate Culturally-mis-matching Pudding Man! "I see you're enjoying a nice Japanese bath! Here, have some crème caramel and Christmas pudding, you idiot!". He then faded into the steamy evening, with only the slowly receding clip-clopping of clogs to remind you of his untimely interruption.

In one of the most interesting tasting lists we've had yet, this Yoichi managed to evoke Bonjela, amalgam, Atomic Fireballs, Jägermeister, black bean sauce, garam masala, rubber and tin! Lime got mentioned a couple of times, as did liquorice, whilst grape and grapefruit are also allowed into this list we shall call "vaguely fruity things..". Then some coffee, nutmeg, cloves and chili water made up a separate category known as "things that are spices, spicy or coffee". And that's it! Except we forgot peanut. And maple & pecan tart. NUTS.