On a weekly trip to a local Asian supermarket, The New 168 Market (1050 Somerset Street W.), something caught our eye in the cookie aisle.

Celebrity Endorsed Processed Food
Resembling Swiss rolls, only made out of yellow cake and filled with a pink cream, the cakes we have actually seen before. Only this time, we recognized the Asian celebrity on the box.

After looking over the box, we found the name of the celebrity nestled amongst a handful of Korean characters, Rain.

Winged Rain

Rain is a successful Korean pop (KPop) music star who was introduced to American Hollywood audiences via the Wachowskis' forgettable Speed Racer and, more recently, Ninja Assassin.

Ninja Assassin is where Jenn and I first saw Rain, having watched the movie at the Silver City movie theater in Gloucester.

Ninja Assassin Movie Poster
Source: Imp Awards

Wildly violent and excessively bloody, the movie features some impressive oriental-style fight choreography that reminds me of the ninja movies from my youth, even co-staring Sho Kosugi, the actor and martial artist who was most sought after to play ninja in the 1980s.

Before Ninja Assasin's premiere, Beyond Hollywood's Nix asked if Rain underwent a physical transformation for his role.

Rain as "Raizo" in Ninja Assassin
Source: Ooh La La blog

To answer Nix's question...Umm yes and he spent much of the movie shirtless too...

As for what do the cakes taste like, neither Jenn nor I have mustered up the courage to try them yet. We're wondering if they resulted in the marked transformation from Kpop star to fearsome Ninja Assassin.

Particulars:
New 168 Market
1050 Somerset Street W.
(613)729-8895



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