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Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch
- Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2020 - Tweet
Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's)
McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever rice burgers are here, and we try them before they go on sale
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
We weren’t sure if a bacon cheese rice burger was a good idea, and now we know if our fears were justified.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • SNJO • taste test)
McDonald’s releases new rice burgers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2020
Three of the fast food chain’s popular burgers get a rice overhaul for a limited time.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • rice burger)
Eat your burger with a Japanese sword at Shogun Burger in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2020
Each blade is made by a craftsman from Seki using centuries-old traditional swordsmithing techniques.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kabukicho • Katana • samurai • shinjuku • shogun • SNJO • swords • Tokyo)
Dateless on Christmas? Burger King Japan invites you to celebrate with whole bucket of fast food
- Casey Baseel
Dec 20, 2019
If you’re all alone on the biggest date night of the year, Burger King wants to throw a party for one in your stomach.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • Christmas • Christmas Eve • dating • fast food • funny • relationships • romance)
Japanese burger shop Lotteria offering venison burgers this November for “Good Meat Day”
- Dale Roll
Nov 24, 2019
Fancy trying a different kind of burger?
- Japan
- (burgers • Burgers in Japan • deer • Good Meat Day • gourmet hamburger • venison)
Burger King opens world’s first Ghost Store in Shibuya with the only Ghost Whopper in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 25, 2019
Eat Whoppers inside the nest of the living dead as zombie staff crawl around you this Halloween.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • eating • fast food • food • Ghost Whopper • halloween • Halloween 2019 • Shibuya • Whopper Jr. • zombies)
Beautiful Kyoto Hard Rock Cafe, and we stopped by to try its exclusive signature burger【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2019
And check out the cool Kyoto-themed merch, of course.
Meatless Vegetable Burgers on sale at select Freshness Burgers in Japan【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Jun 7, 2019
They really push the limits of what you would call a “burger”, but we try one anyway.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • freshness burger • Narita Airport • New Chitose Airport • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo • tomato • vegetarian)
Donald Trump ate this double cheeseburger in Japan, so we do too
- SoraNews24
May 28, 2019
We try the Tokyo cheeseburger deemed worthy of being served to a burger-loving president.
- Japan, USA
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • Donald Trump • fast food • food • hamburgers • presidential visit • restaurants • Shinzo Abe • Trump • U.S. president)
How to make a McDonald’s hamburger twice as delicious: Turn it into a waffle!【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2019
Our boss’ mad genius gives birth to the Maffle.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • cooking • cool • crazy • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • SNOJ • SoraKitchen • waffle iron • waffles • weird • Yoshio)
Tokyo hotel’s 100,000-yen (US$900) hamburger is topped with a wagyu steak to honor new emperor
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
Roppongi hotel uses two kinds of beef, gold powder in ludicrously luxurious, massively mouthwatering burger.
- Japan
- (beef • burgers • Emperor of Japan • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hamburgers • hotels • Hyatt • new era name • restaurants • Roppongi • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Shake Shack opens in Kyoto with exclusive matcha green tea treats
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2019
New menu items make use of Kyoto’s famous high-quality Uji matcha.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • desserts • fast food • green tea • hamburgers • Kyoto • matcha • Shake Shack • sweets • Uji)
Vegan Sakura Burger from Tokyo vegetarian cafe gives everyone a taste of cherry blossom season
- Oona McGee
Mar 7, 2019
Brand new menu offers a variety of sakura-inspired drinks and meals for vegan and vegetarian diners.
- Japan
- (burgers • cafes • cherry blossoms • restaurants • sakura • Tokyo • vegan • vegetarian)
Kura Burger: Japanese sushi chain restaurant offers burgers in Tokyo for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Mar 2, 2019
Rice cola, fish patties and rice buns make for a very different sushi experience.
- Japan
- (burgers • Cola • drinks • food • food review • Japanese food • Kura Burger • Kura Sushi • Shari cola • SNO • sushi • Sushi Train • taste test)
Japan’s Whipped Cream Burger is a fistful of sweet dairy and a mouthful of complete honesty
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
The most decadent, least healthy, and absolute craziest vegetarian burger we’ve ever tried.
- Japan
- (awesome • burgers • COK • crazy • cream • food • sandwiches • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • whipped cream)
We try Freshness Burger’s latest creation, the Blueberry Cheese Burger【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Feb 7, 2019
Is the sweet-and-sour flavor of blueberries compatible with the savory, meaty flavor of a burger?
- Japan
- (blueberries. unusual burgers • burgers • Burgers in Japan • fast food • freshness burger • hamburger)
We try the new teriyaki burgers from McDonald’s Japan 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2019
How do they stack up against the original Teriyaki McBurger?
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • RNO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)
We taste McDonald’s Japan’s brand-new garlic burger, shrimp sandwich, and more
- Dale Roll
Oct 13, 2018
How do the Gran Garlic Pepper, Ebi Filet-o, and Teriyaki Chicken Filet-o sandwiches stack up to McDonald’s regular fare?
- Japan
- (burgers • delicious • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sandwiches • taste test • teriyaki burger)
Face-to-cheesy-face with the Marugoto Camembert Burger from Dom Dom
- Master Blaster
Jul 26, 2018
It’s an Atkins dream come true in the form of two all-beef patties inside a pair of camembert cheese slabs.
- Japan
- (burgers • camembert • cheeseburgers • DomDom • fast food • restaurants)
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