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Tasting trending Taiwanese castella at a Chinese chain restaurant in Japan: yum or no?
Finding a taste of Taiwan in Japan.
- Japan
- (Bamiyan • castella • cheap eats • chinese food • desserts • Taiwanese food • trending now)
We enjoy an unlimited salad and dessert buffet for 780 yen at Tokyo shabu shabu restaurant
- Shannon
Apr 16, 2023
Add this to your list of cheap eats in Tokyo!
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • cheap eats • cheap lunch • dessert bar • kakigori • Mitaka • Salad bar • Shabu Tabe • Shabu-shabu • Tokyo lunch)
Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2023
Sushi, sashimi, and yakitori galore, but only for diners who know where to find it!
- Japan
- (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • bars • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • food review • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurant reviews • restaurants • review • sashimi • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • video game • yakitori)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo’s Kabukicho is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2023
This underground world is filled with hungry government officials and cheap eats.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ward Office • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides
- Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2022
Rub shoulders with government officials at this cheap eatery that feeds the ministry.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • Mr. Sato • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias)
Secret staff cafeteria in Osaka is one of Japan’s best-kept secrets
- Oona McGee
Nov 18, 2022
This super cheap find is open to the public, so join us as we walk you through how to eat there.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • K. Masami • Osaka • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias • train stations • trains)
Secret staff cafeteria at this Japanese train station is still open…for those in the know
- Oona McGee
Oct 31, 2022
Eat where the rail employees eat, at super cheap prices.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Namba Station • Osaka • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • train stations • trains)
School Cafeteria for adults is a great place to go for cheap Japanese food in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Oct 20, 2022
Experience the comforting flavours of a school lunch, and enjoy all-you-can eat Japanese curry as well!
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese school lunch • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • school lunches • secrets • shinjuku • shokudo • SNJO • Tokyo)
The secret staff cafeteria at Osaka Airport that few people know about
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2022
Behind this door lies an oasis of cheap Japanese meals, if you know where to find it.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Itami Airport • Japanese food • Osaka • Osaka International Airport • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • SNJO)
Mega Nigiri Sushi in Okinawa is top quality AND super cheap, a unicorn in the sushi world
- Oona McGee
Aug 3, 2022
Looking for top-quality sushi at an incredibly low price in the capital of Okinawa? This hidden gem will tick all your boxes.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • cheap food • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • taste test)
All-you-can drink deal in Japan puts the self-serve drinks machine right on your table
- Oona McGee
Mar 16, 2022
This Japanese yakiniku chain wants you to get drunk on your own or with a friend for less than 5 bucks!
- Japan
- (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • dining • drinks • food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • solo • solo dining • solo grill • yakiniku)
The secret staff cafeteria at a Japanese train station that few people know about
- Oona McGee
Mar 10, 2022
It’s like a dungeon quest, but anyone who finds this special door can enjoy the cheap meals hidden behind it.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cheap eats • cheap food • eating • Japanese train stations • Namba Station • Osaka • restaurants • secrets • shokudo • train stations • trains)
Londoners marvel at newly-opened Marugame Udon restaurant’s low prices
- Katy Kelly
Aug 2, 2021
You paid how much for a bowl of udon?!
- Europe, Japan
- (cheap eats • Japanese cuisine • london • Marugame Udon • Noodles • tasty • udon • United Kingdom)
Lawson Japan serves up carbs on carbs with their new French Fry Bread
- Katy Kelly
Jul 16, 2021
Finally, a competitor for yakisoba bread has arrived.
- Japan
- (bread • carbohydrates • carbs • cheap eats • food • french fries • fried potatoes • Lawson • Lawson Japan)
This casual restaurant in Yokohama will serve you a tasty “two-color” tray at the crack of dawn
- Katy Kelly
Jun 10, 2021
We follow a Japanese taxi driver’s recommendation and find a delicious eatery that’s easy on the eyes and the wallet.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • delicious • diner • early dining • fatty tuna • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • tasty • tuna • Yokohama)
Coronavirus makes popular Japanese restaurant chain raise prices by one yen, but not to earn more
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2020
Saizeriya’s price bump isn’t an economic decision, it’s a health one.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • coins • COK • coronavirus • food • money • restaurants • Saizeriya • society)
Japanese wife creates izakaya pub at home during coronavirus outbreak
- Oona McGee
Apr 11, 2020
When your husband can’t go out to the izakaya during a pandemic, you bring the izakaya to him.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • drinking • food • izakaya • Japanese wife • love • marriage • restaurants • romance • society)
Samurai Mac burgers arrive at McDonald’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2020
Which warrior faction do you belong to?
- Japan
- (Big Mac • burgers • cheap eats • fast food • food and drink • limited edition • McDonald's • samurai)
We order all four burgers from McDonald’s Japan’s Big Mac line and compare their…sizes
- Katy Kelly
Mar 7, 2020
The Big Mac Jr., the classic Big Mac, the Grand Big Mac and the Giga Big Mac are like a happy Big Mac family made of meat and buns.
- Japan
- (Big Mac • Big Mac Jr. • cheap eats • cute • family • funny • Giga Big Mac • Grand Big Mac • McDonald's • mini • Seiji Nakazawa • size • SNOJ • supersize)
Tokyo bento shop famous for jumbo orders offers a meaty sausage lunch for under 1,000 yen
- Katy Kelly
Feb 22, 2020
The Internet is still reeling from the amount of oblong meat products they’ve crammed into a single lunch box.
- Japan
- (bento • cheap eats • Kitchen DIVE • lunch boxes • sausages • super size • Tokyo)
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