Aya Ueto

'Honorary apron chief' Aya Ueto serves up new cup pasta

Wednesday 15th July, 04:00 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Aya Ueto, 23, attended an event in Chiyoda Ward this week held by Sanyo Foods to announce their new products within the Sapporo Ichiban cup pasta range. Ueto will star in the commercial for the new 100% durum wheat products which will go on sale nationwide on Aug 3.

Ueto, appointed “honorary apron chief” for the event, surprised the media when she hopped off stage and had a cameraman, much to his delight, try the cup pasta she had just prepared. “It’s no different from authentic Italian pasta,” she boasted as she spoon-fed the lucky man.

Ueto later said she began learning how to cook when she was 19, saying that she thought it would be embarrassing if she turned 20 and couldn’t cook. A reporter asked Ueto if she was learning cooking for a certain special someone, and she replied: “Until now I’ve only cooked for my family, but I hope to head in that direction. I want to be a good mother and wife.”

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lostrune2 at 02:55 PM JST - 15th July

No matter the subject, they always manage to sneak in the boyfriend/husband question.
ebisen at 04:26 PM JST - 15th July

telecasterplayer - OMFG OMFG OMFG !!!!! just imagine the horror :))!!!
Wakarimasen at 04:57 PM JST - 15th July

Is she an actress? I thought she was more of a gravure merchant.
Netgaijin at 05:29 PM JST - 15th July

Pasta with chopstick? People would eat anything she serves.
Coolasapool at 06:11 PM JST - 15th July

“It’s no different from authentic Italian pasta,”

oh, thats brilliant that is... hahahaha
stirfry at 06:41 PM JST - 15th July

instant noodles in a cancer-causing plastic cup is not the same as italian pasta..its not even in the same universe...one is actual food, one is, uh, a japanese facsimile. If coooking proper pasta for 7 minutes is beyond your capabilities, you should just lock yourself indoors.
TokyoHustla at 07:10 PM JST - 15th July

“It’s no different from authentic Italian pasta"

Stirfry, it's exactly the same. They serve the same stuff in Italy. You think there's something special about Italian pasta? There isn't. It's instant, you just add boiling water. Same thing. Just in Italy it's made by people who aren't so bright, have hairy hands and smell bad, and smoke whilst they cook. That's the only difference there big guy.
sansamp at 07:19 PM JST - 15th July

It’s no different from authentic Italian pasta

Except it's not "authentic", not "Italian" and probably not "pasta" for say.
Spanishwoman at 08:41 PM JST - 15th July

So being a good wife means cooking well. I thought it had more to do with comprehension, patience, support and things like that...
DenDon at 08:49 PM JST - 15th July

nah. and do the dishes once you're done
bamboohat at 09:47 PM JST - 15th July

One girl.. one cup?

and she fed it to a "lucky" cameraman....
Freddy5 at 10:18 PM JST - 15th July

Best Apronist?
whitepocky at 10:30 PM JST - 15th July

Let's hope she didn't knock up instant pasta for her family
GAYMAN at 09:45 PM JST - 16th July

now quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity can finally merge
zaichik at 08:47 AM JST - 20th July

Ueto, appointed “honorary apron chief” for the event, surprised the media when she hopped off stage and had a cameraman, much to his delight

Sounds like a line from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue....