Famous 5: Mr. Yogato!

What started as one rocket scientist’s craving for delicious, healthy, tart frozen yogurt when he moved to D.C., has become an amazing labor of love. And lucky for us, the man behind the most popular frozen yogurt shop in DC just so happens to be participating in the FamousDC Twitter Challenge. Mr. Yogato has also agreed to name a customer combo after the winner – and will donate the proceeds from the sale of the winner’s combo to the charity of their choice!

His website states “Mr. Yogato is Famous,” but now he’s FamousDC. Here are his Famous Five Questions:

1) Your yogurt shop has cool music, a dry erase board and an old school Nintendo. What is it missing?

A mini-golf course would be awesome. So would a bowling alley, a ball pit, or a human maze. I’d also love one of those jousting pedestals like they used to have in American Gladiators.

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Also, I really want pictures of as many Seinfeld minor character eating Yogato as possible. So far, we only have Sidra (Teri Hatcher). I really want to get the Soup Nazi, the Sidler, the Virgin, the Low-talker, Man-hands, and the Maestro. Free yogurt to anyone who brings one of these guys into Yogato!

2) What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever had anyone put on yogurt?

The three coolest combos are bacon bits and pineapple (“the Hawaiian Pizza”), Old Bay and Raspberries (“Yogato’s Favorite”), and Li Hing Mui Powder and Maple Syrup (“The Belgian Waffle”). Edamame and avocado were both surprisingly good. One customer recommended Foie Gras, but I never tried it.

3) Michelle Obama walks into Mr. Yogato, does the robot and then prepares to order. She draws a blank and ask you for the perfect yogurt. What do you suggest for the First Lady?

First, I would point out that “Michelle Obama” is an anagram for “Claimable Home.” Then I would ask her what on earth that has to do with the perfect yogurt. Correct answer: “Everything.”

4) Fill in the blanks: Mr. Yogato is to _______ as FamousDC is to ________ .

I haven’t done analogies since the SAT’s. Remember how awful it was memorizing all of those useless vocabulary words? I remember that I nailed A-C and then lost interest. Therefore, my vocabulary is awesome from A-C (abstemious, ameliorate, abrogate, bellicose, blithesome, clarion), but terrible from D-Z.

5) If you were a yogurt flavor, what would it be?

Probably a combination of striking good looks, muscles of granite, and a keen sense of wit.

*Bonus question (from Mike Madden, Salon.com ) — What are your favorite and least favorite Metro bus lines, and why? If you’ve never taken the bus, you can write a short anthropological essay on tourist behavior on the subway instead, but only for half-credit.

Mike Madden, I will trade you one little Original Tangy with strawberries for domain name rights to salon.com. Do we have a deal?

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