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We take up Thai restaurant’s challenge to eat a 6.5-kilo serving of ramen noodles and coriander
- Oona McGee
May 15, 2016 - Tweet
Customers who finish everything, including the two-kilo topping of coriander, are rewarded with all-you-can-eat coriander for life.
- Food & Drink, Japan, SE Asia
- (coriander • food challenge • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • review • Thai • tom yum)
Wagyu vs. kokusangyu – The difference between the two types of “Japanese beef”
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2016
Before you order that Japanese steak, make sure you know what you’re getting.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (beef • food • Japanese language • Kobe beef • meat • Wagyu)
Awesome Captain America and Iron Man Ramen now being served at Tokyo restaurant 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2016
We could eat this all day.
- Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan
- (awesome • Captain America • Captain America: Civil War • cool • food • Iron Man • Marvel • movies • ramen • superhero)
Want more meat on your ramen? This restaurant has got you covered
- KK Miller
May 13, 2016
This Hokkaido ramen joint’s chashu is extremely tasty, so it’s a good thing they give you a ton of it.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (chashu • food • Hokkaido • meat • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)
Kendo mask chopstick rests bring samurai spirit to any meal
- Oona McGee
May 12, 2016
Now you can practice your master swordsmanship skills with chopsticks and a miniature ceramic opponent.
- Culture, Food & Drink, Japan
- (ceramics • chopstick rests • chopsticks • cool • culture • Kendo • martial arts • samurai • sports)
Frozen fruit used as ice cubes: Colorful, fun, and deliciously refreshing! 【Taste test】
- Kay
May 11, 2016
Using frozen fruit as ice cubes in your drink sounded like an awesome idea, so we tried it with seven different fruits, and here’s how they turned out!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cool • drinks • frozen fruit • fruits • ice)
Two new Lipton teas prepare to launch in Japan, we try the first: lychee tea!
- Meg Murphy
May 11, 2016
With one of two limited-edition flavors already available, its time for a taste-test!
Rice bowl with a mountain of roast beef served in Tokyo bistro
- Master Blaster
May 11, 2016
Good roast beef is a little hard to come by in Japan, and now we know why: This place is using it all themselves.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (big food • donburi • raost beef • roast beef don • Saka's Bistro • Tokyo)
New Japanese sandwich doughnuts from Mister Donut feature matcha, soybean flour and red beans
- Oona McGee
May 11, 2016
Traditional Japanese dessert flavours now come in delicious doughnut form—for a limited time only.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (adzuki • donuts • doughnuts • green tea • Japanese dessert • kinako • matcha • Mister Donut • sweets)
Toast and milk “breakfast” potato chip flavours set to debut in Japan this month
- Oona McGee
May 11, 2016
The new potato chip varieties are set to change the way we eat breakfast in the mornings.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (breakfast • chips • cool • crisps • Koikeya • limited edition flavors • marketing • potato chips)
10 Tokyo-area restaurants dieters should skip, but everyone else should definitely visit
- KK Miller
May 10, 2016
Why should there be only one No Diet Day? Check out 10 restaurants perfect for 10 more days of gluttony!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (big food • diets • food • meat • no diet day • restaurants • sushi • Tokyo • Yokohama)
We try the new, limited edition squid viscera potato chips from Japan【Taste Test】
- Jamie Koide
May 10, 2016
Do you have the guts to try these fermented squid gut-flavored potato chips?
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Japanese potato chips • junk food • squid • weird • Yamayoshi)
Check if you have a soba allergy with these amazing ukiyoe-print temporary tattoos!
- Preston Phro
May 10, 2016
Finding out you can’t eat soba stinks — but at least this is the coolest way to get bad news!
- Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan, News
- (allergies • buckwheat • soba • temporary tattoos • ukiyo-e • ukiyoe)
Wine & Cheese Puccho add a hint of class to your chewy candy【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
May 9, 2016
Can this new wine and toasted cheese flavored gummy candy give connoisseurs a pocket-sized taste of the high life?
KFC Hong Kong releases fried-chicken-flavored nail polish, world not sure if ready 【Video】
- Scott Wilson
May 7, 2016
And yes, it comes in both original and hot and spicy flavors.
- China, Entertainment, Food & Drink, News
- (bizarre • delicious • fingernails • Hong Kong • KFC • nail polish)
Pizza Hut Japan asks customers “Don’t you hungry?” 【Why does Engrish happen in Japan?】
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2016
Sure, Pizza Hut, but do you English?
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Engrish • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • Pizza Hut • Why Does Engrish Happen?)
You can now buy your favorite Japanese foods in candle form!【Pics】
- Jamie Koide
May 5, 2016
Curry and gyoza so hot, it burns—literally.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (candles • cute • food sample • home decor • Japanese food • Village Vanguard)
Japan’s top 10 hotel breakfasts 2016: Kobe hotel tops the list once again!
- Jamie Koide
May 5, 2016
Experience a tour of some of Japan’s best cuisine without even setting foot outside of your hotel with these top 10 breakfast buffet picks.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (breakfast • buffets • food • hotels • Kagoshima • travel • Trip Advisor)
Gorgeous Taiwanese travel mugs have us green with tea envy 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2016
Whether your cup is half-empty or half-full, it’s always best if it’s beautiful too.
- Food & Drink, Taiwan
- (beautiful • coffee • drinks • tea • travel mugs • tumblers)
Why use chocolate or nuts when you can top your ice cream with gold like these Japanese cafes?
- Casey Baseel
May 3, 2016
Taking a page from traditional artisans, these treats shine like gold near the Sea of Japan.
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