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Food & Drink (Page 11)

Sakura season comes to the kitchen with cherry blossom-shaped pasta

Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2016
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Spruce up your spaghetti, sakura-style.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossoms • cooking • cool • food • Noodles • pasta • sakura)

Japanese Twitter user transcribes McDonald’s distinctive deep fryer chime to sheet music

Master Blaster
Apr 12, 2016

Warm the hearts of friends and family by recreating that distinct beeping sound of a finished basket of McDonald’s fries on the instrument of your choice. It’s a timeless classic.

Food & Drink, Internet, Japan, Music
(deep fryer • french fries • McDonald's • sheet music • wtf)

Beautiful marshmallow flowers are in bloom at Tokyo’s Dominque Ansel Bakery!

Kay
Apr 12, 2016

Sakura season may be over in Tokyo, but we were still able to see some beautiful and sweet flowers bloom at the Dominique Ansel Bakery in Omotesando, Tokyo!

Food & Drink, Japan
(cronuts • Dominique Ansel Bakery • drinks • flower • marshmallow • sakura • sweets)

The only things better than Japanese cooking videos are miniature Japanese cooking videos!

Preston Phro
Apr 10, 2016

At this point, we’re not even sure we can even call it “bite-size!”

Culture, Cute, Food & Drink, Internet, Japan
(cooking • food • miniature • Miniature Space • okonomiyaki • sushi • tofu • YouTube)

Yoshinoya opens fanciest restaurant yet! Almost as luxurious as a hospital cafeteria

Master Blaster
Apr 10, 2016

The famous beef bowl chain is taking a swanky step outside the box with bold offerings including electricity, coffee, and a modicum of privacy.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Ebisu • fast food • gyudon • Tokyo • Yoshinoya)

Towering piles of sushi are waiting for you at this awesome Tokyo restaurant 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2016

They’re not called “mountain-sized servings” for nothing.

Food & Drink, Japan
(awesome • big food • crazy • food • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi • Tokyo)

Japan’s MOS Burger replaces hamburger buns with lettuce for limited “Natsumi” range

Oona McGee
Apr 8, 2016

With a choice of meat or soy patty fillings, vegetarians and meat lovers alike will fall in love this healthy fast food option.

Food & Drink, Japan
(burgers • fast food • hamburgers • MOS • Mos Burger • taste test • vegetarian)

Beautiful, heartwarming anime short is also a commercial for miso 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2016

Brief glimpse at multigenerational family has viewers reaching for their tissues and chopsticks.

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(ad • anime • family • food • Miso • miso soup • moving • touching • video)

Adorable cat-shaped cakes come out to play/get eaten in Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2016

Theme confectioner’s newest creations are so cute you could (and should) eat them right up.

Cats, Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
(cakes • cats • cute • food • Patisserie Swallowtail • sweets • Tokyo)

New Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan to offer a piece of melon heaven!

Kay
Apr 7, 2016

Sweet, fruity bliss is coming to Starbucks Japan again, this time in cantaloupe flavor!

Food & Drink, Japan
(beverage • cantaloupe • Frappuccino • melon • Starbucks • sweet)

Book your plane tickets now: Shanghai’s official Hello Kitty restaurant looks amazing!

Preston Phro
Apr 6, 2016

Looking for the cutest dining experience ever? Time to head to Shanghai!

China, Cute, Food & Drink
(Bistro Bianco Hello Kitty • Hello Kitty • Shanghai)

Steamy Heinz Japan commercials urge married women to have affairs with handsome pig【Videos】

Master Blaster
Apr 6, 2016

Don’t blink or you might miss what these inter-species romance vignettes are actually trying to promote.

Food & Drink, Japan
(commercial • Heinz • Iberian pig • Japanese commercials • romance • sauce • videos • weird • wtf)

Tokyo KFC now serves alcohol with its fried chicken, including Japanese craft beers

Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2016

The mix of 11 herbs and spices only gets better with the addition of 17 kinds of beer.

Food & Drink, Japan
(alcohol • beer • craft beer • fast food • fried chicken • KFC • restaurants • Tokyo)

Japan’s biggest curry chain now offers a true vegetarian curry

Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2016

Coco Ichibanya rolls out a new curry roux in select locations to better serve its health-conscious and non-Japanese clientele.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cheap eats • coco ichi • coco ichibanya • curry • food • restaurants • vegan • vegetarian)

The Chibiusa Cafe, Tokyo’s newest Sailor Moon themed restaurant, reveals its awesome menu

Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2016

Anime fans, don’t miss your chance to try the Tuxedo Mask Nihilistic Pasta.

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(anime • cafes • Chibiusa • food • manga • restaurants • Roppongi Hills • Sailor Moon • Tokyo)

Does Japan’s green tea white wine taste like tea, wine, or something else entirely?【Taste Test】

Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2016

Once we heard about matcha white wine from Kyoto, we knew we had to try it for ourselves.

Food & Drink, Japan
(alcohol • drinks • green tea • matcha • taste test • white wine • wine)

Funny reaction video shows Americans trying sea urchin for the first time

Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2016

How do you think this group will react to the taste of one of Japan’s favorite sushi delicacies?

Food & Drink, USA
(food • funny • reaction • sea urchin • sushi • uni • video)

Makers of frozen snack sincerely apologize for a 9-cent price increase

Master Blaster
Apr 4, 2016

The maker’s of Japan’s famous ice candy Garigari-kun released an ad apologizing for a 9-cent price increase, and I still haven’t heard jack from my insurance company.