Just enough ingredients to not confuse, and yet entice....

Choice 1/2 - Blimply Red

RS-II Limited Addition

While walking around Stockholm today, I stumbled upon a store with Puma’s Mongolian Barbecue setup in a rather clunky kiosk (metal tracker ball for mouse, and metal keyboard). I have to confess, I’d heard of Mongolian BBQ ages ago, but for some odd-reason (blame Interaction Studies!) – I never tried it. I finally did – remaining glued to the screen, engrossed for over 45 minutes trying out several options. I eventually had to surrender the kiosk to 3 French tourists who had been glaring at me for a while.

The results (up for vote!) are immaterial. I will probably end up buying one of them anyway. The important thing for a sneaker-maniac like myself is that finally I could break away from the shackles of choosing from endless clones of black-on-white and white-on-black sneakers which you see in almost every leather-smelling sneaker store on the planet. The MBBQ service allowed me to really play around with customization options and thought it isn’t the most ideal solution possible – its still fun! The delivery takes around 5-7 weeks (from China of course!) but it will be worth the wait to see how this service unfolds.

I definitely won’t mind paying the slightly steeper price for something which I know I made, think is unique and definitely doesn’t bore onlookers on the Tube.

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