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KFC debuts mint chocolate dipping sauce for chicken in South Korea【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2022 - Tweet
A food review we never thought we’d have to make, and it’s not entirely glowing.
- S Asia, SE Asia
- (chicken • choc mint • choco mint • chocolate mint • COK • fried chicken • KFC • mint • mint chocolate • review • SNJO • taste test • weird • wow • wtf)
Cold karaage vending machines take fried chicken to new extremes
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2022
Take a trip to heaven and hell with “Deep Fried Chicken of Angel and Devil I wish you every happiness”.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • cool • food • fried chicken • Japanese vending machines • karaage • SNJO • vending machine • vending machines • weird • wtf)
Chicken nugget ice cream? A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach
- Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2022
A very sweet take on frozen nuggets.
- S Asia, SE Asia
- (chicken • chicken nuggets • COK • cold desserts • desserts • fried chicken • ice cream • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • wow • wtf • Yui Imai)
Is fancy drinkable yogurt better than regular yogurt for marinating chicken? 【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
May 14, 2022
We use a super thick and delicious product from Niigata to see if it will make our chicken super juicy!
- Japan
- (chicken • cooking • food hack • marinade • Niigata • SoraKitchen • taste test • Yasuda Yogurt • yogurt • yogurt drink)
New McDonald’s burgers pay homage to an icon of the kaiju genre
- Oona McGee
Apr 23, 2022
A favourite returns…with some surprising new ingredients.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • food • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr. Sato • nanban chicken • new • SNJO • taste test • tokusatsu)
New burger in Japan combines fried chicken with…strawberries and cream?!?
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2022
Kind of like a British scone, but with a chunk of crunchy fried chicken.
- Japan
- (burgers • buttermilk • chicken • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Lucky Rocky Chicken • SNJO • strawberries • taste test • weird • weird food)
KFC Japan releases official onigiri rice ball, miso ramen rice recipes to level-up fried chicken
- Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2022
Super easy ways to give your KFC takeout a mouthwatering Japanese twist.
- Japan
- (chicken • cooking • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • onigiri • ramen • recipe • rice balls)
Annual survey reveals Gifu jumped 41 spots to become the prefecture with the most karaage eaters
- Dale Roll
Dec 21, 2021
But what caused the huge rise in the dish’s popularity in the prefecture?
- Japan
- (chicken • food • fried chicken • Gifu • Gifu Prefecture • karaage • survey • takeout)
Yoshinoya has a semi-secret chicken bowl you won’t find anywhere on its website【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2021
The toridon quietly appears at select branches of the gyudon king.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • chicken • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Which Japanese convenience store sells the best fried chicken?
- Oona McGee
Oct 29, 2021
Lawson throws its hat into the ring with a new fried chicken, but how does it fare against the offerings from Family Mart and 7-Eleven?
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • chicken • COK • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
We eat green fried chicken that looks like broccoli from a Shibuya chicken shop【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
Oct 27, 2021
Halloween Green Monster Chicken is something special, that’s for sure!
- Japan
- (chicken • Chicken Street Shibuya • food • fried chicken • fried food • Korean fried chicken • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • taste test • Tokyo)
We try Ajinomoto’s European Chicken Katsu Curry Style frozen gyoza that has no katsu in it
- Katy Kelly
Oct 18, 2021
The popularity of katsu-less, “katsu curry” flavored food continues to rampage throughout Europe.
- Japan
- (chicken • chicken katsu • frozen food • fusion food • gyoza • katsu • Miho Kouzuki • SNJO • taste test)
Family Mart’s Famichiki upsize astounds customers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2021
Japanese convenience store chain gives customers much more than they bargained for.
- Japan
- (campaigns • chicken • combini • convenience store • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • fast food • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • twitter)
KFC Japan releases official Kentucky Fried ramen recipe, other Japanese-inspired cooking ideas
- Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2021
Ramen and okonomiyaki made with the Colonel’s blend of 11 herbs and spices?
- Japan
- (chicken • cooking • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • okonomiyaki • ramen • recipe)
Mr Sato’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Doo Wop Chicken Burger in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2021
New opening doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • Doo Wop • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
The strange part of Japan where “grilled chicken” doesn’t always mean “chicken”
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2021
This yakitori bowl is suspiciously lacking in tori.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • crazy • food • Japanese language • linguistics • pork • SNJO • weird • yakitori)
Shibuya unveils two new local ramen dishes themed after famously loyal local dog Hachiko
- Katy Kelly
Jul 7, 2021
And just in time for Ramen Day!
- Japan
- (chicken • dining • eatery • Hachiko • Miyashita Park • ramen • Shibuya • Shibuya Yokocho • tasty • tourism • yakitori)
Lucky Rocky Chicken: The place to go for epic fried chicken sandwiches in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2021
Buttermilk fried chicken is just the start of what makes this new fast food joint so wonderful.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Lucky Rocky Chicken • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
Dom Dom Burger sells chicken sandwich sandwiched in two egg sandwiches
- Master Blaster
Apr 29, 2021
Sandwinception.
- Japan
- (chicken • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • Lunch Pack • sandwiches • teritama • Yamazaki Baking Company)
Pringles now comes in karaage flavour in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2021
Japanese fried food gets even more addictive.
- Japan
- (chicken • chips • COK • food • fried chicken • izakaya • karaage • marketing • potato chips • Pringles • snacks)
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