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We try the new Famichiki Burger from Family Mart
- Oona McGee
Jan 15, 2021 - Tweet
Is Japan’s new D.I.Y. fried chicken sandwich a match made in convenience store heaven?
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • conbini • convenience stores • Famichiki • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • kombini • konbini • new • SNJO)
Pringles unveils new regional-exclusive flavour in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 19, 2020
Tokai soul food in a can.
- Japan
- (Aichi • chicken • chicken wings • food • limited edition • local specialties • Nagoya • Nagoya Castle • potato chips • Pringles • tebasaki • Tokai)
Japanese restaurant has all-you-can-eat juicy fried chicken for LESS THAN A DOLLAR
- Katie Pask
Nov 13, 2020
No, you’re not dreaming and yes, this is real.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • awesome • buffet • cheap • cheap food • chicken • crazy • food • fried chicken • Restaurant • restaurants • Tokyo)
Fried chicken pillows with sizzling ASMR audio will soothe your soul, rouse your appetite
- Oona McGee
Oct 27, 2020
Home decor for the nugget lover with everything.
- Japan
- (ASMR • chicken • chicken nuggets • cushions • Felissimo • fried chicken • frying • home decor • nuggets • pillows)
Learn about meat cuts with…chocolate?
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2020
Getting kids to slow down and really think about the food they eat.
- Japan
- (Bandai Candy • chicken • chocolate • food • fun • Japanese chocolate • meat • pork • puzzle • SNJO • sushi • toy • tuna • yakiniku • yakitori)
Treat yourself to a secluded izakaya experience with Tsukada Nojo’s home drinking service!
- Katy Kelly
Jun 16, 2020
You provide the alcohol, and Tsukada Nojo will take care of everything else.
- Japan
- (bar • chicken • delicious • drinking • food • home delivery • izakaya • SNOJ • stay at home • Tsukada Nojo)
Let’s cook this jet-black chicken in the rice cooker and see what happens【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2020
When the opportunity to recreate a mouthwatering manga meal comes up, we’re not going to turn it down.
- Japan
- (anime • chicken • Chuka Ichiban • COK • cooking • cool • crazy • food • manga • rice cooker • SNO • SoraKitchen • weird)
KFC Japan holds annual memorial services for its chicken
- Master Blaster
Dec 30, 2019
Execs pray for chickens of the past and future on “Chicken Thanksgiving.”
- Japan
- (chicken • Chicken Thanksgiving • fast food • funeral • Higashi-Fushimi Inari • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • memorial service • Osaka • Sumiyoshi Taisha • Tokyo)
Kyoto yakitori restaurant earns Michelin rating with one of the best value-for-money deals in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 14, 2019
Kyoto Yakitori Kazu offers fine dining on a budget.
- Japan
- (Bib Gourmand • chicken • COK • food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • Michelin Guide • restaurants • travel • yakitori)
Oddly epic chicken-tuna battle commercial features two legendary voice actors in animal mode
- Krista Rogers
Oct 23, 2019
“Will you eat, or be eaten?” is the ominous tagline of this land chicken vs. sea chicken animated battle.
- Japan
- (ads • anime • chicken • cool • food • funny • tuna • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)
Suntory’s brilliant new canned cocktail is made specifically to taste great with fried chicken
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2019
Beverage giant seeks to make Japanese-style karaage fried chicken and chu-his an even better combination.
- Japan
- (alcohol • chicken • chu-hi • COK • drinks • food • fried chicken • karaage • shochu • Suntory)
This is Japan’s oldest oyakodon chicken-and-egg rice bowl restaurant, and it’s awesome
- Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2019
The birthplace of one of Japan’s favorite lunches is still in business in Tokyo after more than 200 years.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • culture • donburi • food • history • oyakodon • restaurants • rice bowls • SNJO • Tokyo)
KFC will straight-up sell you a bag of fried chicken skin in Indonesia
- Casey Baseel
May 31, 2019
Not in the mood for skinless chicken? How about some chickenless skin instead?
Our honest review of Family Mart’s new bite-sized Pokechiki chicken
- Shannon McNaught
May 16, 2019
Could this new lineup possibly be better than Famichiki?
- Japan
- (chicken • conbini • convenience stores • Famichicki • Family mart • Pokechicki)
Girl’s hair-flavored fried chicken now on sale, is embarrassingly delicious
- Master Blaster
Dec 17, 2018
We try Tenka Torimasu‘s latest girl-flavored chicken and learn there really is no dignified way of ordering it.
- Japan
- (chicken • hair • Kamen Joshi • karaage • SNO • Tenka Torimasu • wtf)
Lawson chicken nuggets have a new mild curry flavor, packed in adorable Eevee boxes!
- Katy Kelly
Sep 20, 2018
Project Eevee teams up with convenience store Lawson to provide cute Pokémon packaging for the chain’s newest tasty chicken offerings.
Japan’s KFC chains fall behind on profits, needs to up the spices to meet the prices
- Katy Kelly
Aug 31, 2018
The Colonel’s company can’t convince enough customers to cram their chops with chicken, and that has cold hard cash consequences.
- Japan
- (business • chicken • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
McDonald’s Japan’s new spicy McNuggets promise to punch you in the face with spiciness
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2018
”Extra-extra spicy” and “extra-extra kind” dipping sauces also unveiled.
Hong Kong’s new Hot & Spicy KFC chicken creatively reimagined as explosions in fiery ads
- Koh Ruide
Apr 22, 2018
Who knew fried chicken would make the perfect backdrop for some explosive Hollywood-style advertising?
- SE Asia
- (advertising • chicken • delicious • Hong Kong • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
Japanese convenience store’s fried chicken pizza burger is a some-assembly-required masterpiece
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2017
Frankenstein’s monster of fried chicken is frighteningly tasty.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • chicken • COK • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • Lawson • pizza • SNOJ)
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