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Tired of ripping into stubborn chip packs with your teeth? Now you won’t ever have to do that again, and the tools you need for the trick are likely to be in your pocket.

Japan
(chips • hacks • life hacks • Lifehacks • police • Tokyo police • tricks • wow)

Pringles in Japan come in special souvenir packs featuring the flavour of takoyaki octopus balls

Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2017

We get our hands on one of Japan’s most sought-after souvenirs to find out what makes them so popular.

Japan
(chips • food • Kansai • omiyage • Osaka • Pringles • snacks • souvenirs • takoyaki)

We try the latest Pringles flavours released in Japan

Oona McGee
May 26, 2017

The taste of New York and eggs come delivered in a can for a limited time.

Japan
(chips • eggs • Eggs Benedict • food • limited edition • New York • Pringles • steak • taste test)

Pringles ups the ante with free Bluetooth speakers!

Koh Ruide
May 7, 2017

Can’t put down that can of Pringles? Why not get a Bluetooth speaker while you’re at it?

Japan
(chips • food • Pringles • promotion • speaker)

Doritos soy sauce wasabi and octopus dumpling sauce flavors come to Japan and Taiwan

Meg Murphy
Apr 20, 2017

These flavors are only available in Taiwan and Okinawa for a limited time!

Japan, Taiwan
(chips • Doritos • food • japanese snacks • limited edition flavors)

Chocolate fries return to McDonald’s in Japan with an all-new pumpkin flavour for Halloween

Oona McGee
Sep 29, 2016

Hot potato chips covered in pumpkin and chocolate sauce? According to our taste test, it’s like a delicious McDonald’s pumpkin pie!

Japan
(chips • chocolate • fast food • french fries • fries • halloween • McChoco • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pumpkin)

Toast and milk “breakfast” potato chip flavours set to debut in Japan this month

Oona McGee
May 11, 2016

The new potato chip varieties are set to change the way we eat breakfast in the mornings.

Food & Drink, Japan
(breakfast • chips • cool • crisps • Koikeya • limited edition flavors • marketing • potato chips)

Lotteria wins us over with two amazing new potato chip burgers

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2015

Lotteria Japan has done it again. Just when we thought nothing could beat their ramen noodle burgers, they bring out these little beauties. No more dreaming of salty, crunchy potato chips smothered in sauce and stuffed inside your favourite burger because Lotteria has finally made our dreams a reality!

Japan
(burgers • Calbee • chips • fast food • french fries • Lotteria • potato chips)

Sushi-flavored potato chips?!? Could our world really be so beautiful? 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2015

At the start of my workday, my boss asked me if I’d be interested in trying some potato chips that taste like o-toro, the extra fatty tuna that’s a highly prized sushi ingredient. Looking at the clock, I calculated that it had been about 14 hours since I’d had sushi for dinner, and since that’s honestly about two hours longer than I like to go without eating some of Japan’s most famous culinary creation, I solemnly accepted the mission.

But while I’d already experienced potato chips inspired by fine American cuisine, I’d never had sashimi-flavored ones, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, even before I discovered the other big surprise waiting for me.

Japan
(chips • food • sashimi • sushi • taste test)

We mix banana and peach potato chips with toast, yoghurt and granola for a new Japanese breakfast

Oona McGee
May 26, 2015

If you thought traditional Japanese breakfasts were unusual, with their servings of fish, pickles, rice and soup, you’ll be in for a surprise when you see the new offering that’s coming to the table to greet you in the morning.

It’s time to say hello to the morning potato chip. Especially designed for breakfast consumption, these bags of fruity – yes, fruity – goodness are said to combine the energy-giving health benefits of the humble potato with two popular fruit flavours: peach and banana.

So how could these chips possibly fare as breakfast meals? Come with us as we head out into unchartered territory, pairing potato crisps with yoghurt, toast, and a bowl of granola and milk. Will the results be delicious? Read on to find out!

Japan
(chips • crisps • food • fruit • Koikeya)

Popstar nun Sister Cristina tries Japanese potato chips for first time, ranks them for us

Scott Wilson
Mar 13, 2015

Sister Cristina the nun popstar first came to Japan just the other day to promote her new album, give a small concert, and of course bestow some spiritual advice to questions taken from the audience.

One of those questions was about a man’s addiction to potato chips, and what he could do to overcome it. In suave sister-style, Sister Cristina advised him to try eating some other foods, and perhaps limit his chip intake, though she did mention that she is a fan of potatoes in all forms herself.

That set off a lightbulb in our heads, and we here at RocketNews24 wasted no time in sitting down with Sister Cristina to ask her the real hard-hitting question that everyone wants to know: would she be willing to try some Japanese chips and rank them for us? Watch the video after the jump!

Japan
(chips • food • music • ranking • Sister Cristina • snacks)

Sailor Moon tortilla chips come in three flavors and a whopping 18 different bags

Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2014

There are a number of upsides to Sailor Moon Crystal, the recent reboot of the smash hit anime from the 1990s. Aside from benefitting from 20 years of advancement in animation technology and technique, the franchise’s proven record of success means that Crystal has a higher budget and sticks closer to creator Naoko Takeuchi’s manga than the previous adaptation did.

Still, a reboot is a reboot, and if you’ve already watched all 200 episodes of the original Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R, Sailor Moon S, Sailor Moon Super S, and Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, then you’ve got a pretty big head start on many of the places Crystal’s plot is going. So if you’re the kind of person who snacks when you get bored, maybe some Sailor Moon tortilla chips will help you pass the time.

Japan
(anime • chips • food • manga • Sailor Moon • snacks)

Maker of new “Ninja Snack” promises chips that “move like a ninja”, vanish without a trace

Philip Kendall
Feb 5, 2014

Heads up, snack fans! Japan’s Tohato foods has just announced a new brand that will hit shelves later this month. Called “Ninja Snack Fuwamaru“, they’re purported to melt away like a ninja into the night. Hmmm…

Japan
(chips • food • Ninja • snacks)

Yes, Mountain Dew flavoured corn chips are a thing in Japan – and they taste…

Philip Kendall
Jan 7, 2014

We see a lot of weird stuff on the internet, but corn snacks made to taste – and fizz, no less – like the carbonated soft drink Mountain Dew are undoubtedly the oddest thing to happen since millions of adults across the globe simultaneously lied to their children about a bearded man sneaking into their home and leaving gifts for having refrained from murdering anyone or punching an otter since the previous December.

Nevertheless, as the internet chatter suggests, Mountain Dew corn snacks really do exist here in Japan, and so despite imagining that they’d taste about as good as minty orange juice, we tracked some down and, along with a can of actual Mountain Dew (or “Mtn Dew” as it’s now being branded in the US, because who has time fr vwls?) for comparison, conducted a little taste test of our own.

Full impressions after the jump.

Japan
(chips • food • Mountain Dew • review • taste • wtf)

Kids in Korea Order $250 in French Fries, Piss Off Everyone at McDonald’s and on the Internet

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Feb 28, 2013

It happened again! Yet another “large order” at McDonald’s has caused controversy on the Internet. This time, a group of young people in Korea gathered at their local McDonald’s restaurant and ordered an obscene amount of french fries. These kids could be described as mischievous or simply hungry, but either way the end result of their fry ordering rampage was a row of tables filled with greasy fried potatoes that cost 270,000 won (US$250) in total. After witnessing the mound of french fries in his store, a McDonald’s worker decided he had had enough of these shenanigans and told the kids, “Stop causing trouble, you brats! Get out of here!”

As it turns out, a majority of the Internet supports the McDonald’s worker’s harsh words.