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Burger King adds a sweet potato pie to its menu in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2023 - Tweet
This isn’t just any sweet potato pie — it’s My Sweet Potato Pie!
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • desserts • fast food • food • hot pies • Naruto Kintoki • pie • pies • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets)
Is Burger King Japan’s new Crown The One Pounder really that hard to eat?
- Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2023
One person’s cheesy nightmare is another person’s divine dream.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • crazy • crown • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kouhey • one-pounder • SNJO • taste test • weird • whopper)
Burger King Japan’s new Crown The One Pounder is like a cheeseburger on steroids
- Oona McGee
Aug 10, 2023
When six slices of cheese just isn’t enough, it’s time to bring out the Crown.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • crazy • crown • fast food • food • hamburgers • one-pounder • weird • whopper)
Burger King Japan’s Tom Yum Shrimp Whopper isn’t exactly tom yum kung
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2023
Not quite the Whopper we were hoping for.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • P.K. Sanjun • review • SNJO • taste test • Thai food • Thailand • tom yum • Tom Yum Goong • Tom Yum Kung • weird)
What does a Burger King Whopper with nothing but 20 slices of cheese taste like?
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2023
We recreate The Real Cheese Burger in Japan.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • food hack • hamburgers • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Thailand • weird)
Burger King’s new all-cheese The Real Cheese Burger looks crazy, sort of makes linguistic sense
- Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2023
Burger King Thailand’s new sandwich grabs our eyes and opens our mind.
- SE Asia
- (Burger King • burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • Thailand • weird)
Burger King releases a Shrimp Whopper in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2023
A new surf and turf burger is born.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • Shrimp • surf and turf • whopper)
Burger King Japan rewards you with Diablo IV loot for eating five spice double cheeseburgers
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2023
Will your stomach answer the call to adventure?
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • Diablo • Diablo IV • fast food • food • hamburgers • video games)
What happens when you combine fries from 8 different fast food chains in Japan?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2023
Playing God with French fries can have some unexpected consequences.
- Japan
- (Burger King • COK • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • freshness burger • fries • KFC • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)
My oh my! Burger King Japan’s elegantly named Kyoto tea matcha pie has returned
- Casey Baseel
Apr 1, 2023
My Matcha Pie is what it’s called in English, but the sweet’s Japanese name gets an extra dash of class.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • fast food • food • green tea • matcha • pie • sweets • Uji Matcha)
All-you-can-eat cheeseburgers offered by Burger King Japan for its 1,495-calorie King Yeti burger
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2023
Sometimes one gigantic cheeseburger just isn’t enough, you know?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • King Yeti)
Burger King Japan unleashes King Yeti the One Pounder and all of its cheesy goodness
- Krista Rogers
Feb 17, 2023
Seriously–its name sounds like it could be a villain from Trigun.
- Japan
- (Burger King • cheeseburger • fast food • food • hamburger • hungry • King Yeti • limited • new • one-pounder)
Burger King Japan’s Cheeseburger Gelände — exceptional in taste, size and… paper napkins?
- Katie Pask
Feb 3, 2023
Burger King’s latest offering leaves Mr. Sato stunned not once, not twice but three times!
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
Diablo IV Lilith burger turns Burger King into Burger Queen in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Dec 13, 2022
Do you dare to take a bite out of the queen of hell?
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • Diablo • Diablo 4 • Diablo IV • fast food • Lilith • marketing • video games)
Burger King adds a matcha pie to the menu in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Nov 24, 2022
This is not a drill, matcha lovers!
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • cool • desserts • fast food • food • green tea • marketing • matcha • sweets • Uji Matcha)
Burger King Japan opens real-world Spy x Family Berlint branch【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2022
Forger family has a new dinner option.
- Japan
- (anime • Anya • awesome • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • manga • restaurants • Spy x Family)
Burger King adds peanut butter burgers to its menu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 20, 2022
There’s even a beefy PB & J in this surprising tie-up with hit anime Spy x Family.
- Japan
- (anime • anime collaboration • Anya • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Japanese anime • marketing • peanut butter • Peanuts • Spy x Family • weird)
Burger King Japan guarantees new chicken sandwich is bigger than your phone with weird promotion
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2022
If you’ve got a big phone and a big appetite, this is the deal for you.
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Smartphones • weird)
World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2022
Bringing the refreshment of kakigori shaved ice to burgers this summer.
- Japan
- (beach hut • beaches • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • Coca-Cola • COK • cool • crazy • fast food • food • ice • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • whopper)
Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2022
How many one-pounders can one man handle?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • food challenge • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • super one pound beef burger • taste test)
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