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Eel sauce is our new favorite cooking hack for making any dish sweet and savory with zero hassle
- Krista Rogers
Sep 10, 2026 - Tweet
Here are five app-eel-ing side dishes, rice bowls, and sweets for using up your leftover eel sauce.
Japan’s Mos Burger goes super-premium for summer with eel burgers that require pre-orders
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2026
Summer is the season for unagi, and Mos Burger has some very special, and very expensive, sandwiches on the way to celebrate Doyo no Ushi no Hi.
- Japan
- (burgers • crazy • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • expensive food • fast food • food • freshwater eel • Mos Burger • rice burgers • unagi)
Super! Eel Bread takes Japanese sushi into uncharted territory
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2026
Honouring a centuries-old tradition with a modern twist.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • breads • Day of the Ox • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • food • kochi • summer • sushi • unagi • weird food)
Sushi Push Pops aiming to be Japan’s newest sakura season snack sensation
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2026
Restaurant chain creates sushi you can eat with one hand, leaving your other free to toast the cherry blossoms.
Lotteria releases an unadon eel rice bowl burger in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2025
Does this burger really taste like a Japanese rice bowl?
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fast food • food • limited edition • Lotteria • prawns • review • SNJO • taste test • unadon • unagi)
Does eel ramen really taste like eel?
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2024
A Japanese souvenir like no other.
- Japan
- (COK • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fish • food • instant food • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • unagi • Ushi no Hi • weird food)
Eating Japan’s Mystery Eel, mysteriously, both is and isn’t like eating real eel【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2024
Cup Noodle maker releases instant cup unagi…except it’s not really unagi.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Meshi • Cup Noodle • eel • food • instant food • mystery meat • Nissin • plant-based food • SNJO • taste test • unagi)
Cup Noodle maker now offering instant Mystery Eel meals
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2024
Nissin’s Mystery Unagi isn’t quite like its Mystery Meat, though.
- Japan
- (Cup Meshi • Cup Noodle • eel • food • instant food • mystery meat • Nissin • plant-based food • unagi)
Trying Family Mart’s Alternative Seafood Rice Bowl made with 5 imitation toppings【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2024
A taste of things to come?
- Japan
- (COK • conveniece stores • crab • eel • Family mart • food • ikura • imitation food • kamaboko • negitoro • sea urchin • seafood • SNJO • taste test)
The Unagyu Burger Kit’s ultra expensive/ultra cheap mixture is here, and it’s time to taste test it
- SoraNews24
Jul 6, 2023
A cheap grub/fine dining hybrid from a nationwide fast food chain and an exclusive sushi restaurant.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • eel • food • gyudon • Matsuya • SNJO • taste test • Tenzushi • unagi)
Super expensive sushi restaurant super cheap beef bowl chain team up to create Unagyu Burger
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2023
Teruzushi and Matsuya come together for a broader interpretation of Japan’s summertime eel-eating tradition.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • culture • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • food • gyudon • Japanese language • linguistics • Matsuya • Teruzushi • unagi • Ushi no Hi)
Eel vendor in Asakusa becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2023
We find out if this is a foreign tourist trap or a truly great place to eat eel in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • Asakusa Unana • COK • eel • hole in the wall • Japanese restaurants • onigiri • reddit • restaurants • review • rice balls • SNJO • standing restaurants • taste test • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist traps • travel)
Eel-topped takoyaki is delicious in any season, but here’s why now is the best time to try it
- Dale Roll
Apr 30, 2023
Hint: it’s because you can only buy it at one specific place.
- Japan
- (COK • eel • food • Gindaco • Jingu Stadium • SNJO • takoyaki • Tsukiji Gindaco • unagi • Yuichiro Wasai)
How to pick out the best anago eel and other things we learned at the anago processing center
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2023
Getting hungry and knowledgeable on a visit to Japan’s number-one anago prefecture.
Eggslut adds a whole ass eel to a new sandwich in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2022
Ah, the joys of a Japanese summer.
- Japan
- (big eats • breakfast • breakfast shop • COK • eel • egg sandwiches • eggs • eggslut • Miyashita Park • Mr. Sato • sandwiches • Shibuya • SNJO • summer • Tokyo • unagi)
Nope, these AREN’T eels — Gunma Prefecture’s ‘Nasu no Kabayaki’ blows our reporter’s mind
- Katie Pask
Aug 21, 2022
Our reporter was craving some grilled eel, but ended up with something even more delicious!
- Japan
- (eel • food • grilled eel • Gunma • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • kabayaki • restaurants • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa)
What’s it like to eat eel from a Japanese vending machine?
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2022
Mr Sato takes us on an unagi adventure.
- Japan
- (COK • eel • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • unagi • Unagi Uomasa • vending machines • weird)
Does the eel from these cheap takeout shops pass the buyobuyo quality test? We find out
- Dale Roll
Jun 29, 2022
Unagi for about 1,000 yen…is it worth it?
- Japan
- (COK • comparison • eel • fast food • food • freshwater eel • Gusto • Nakau • restaurants • SNJO • Sukiya • takeout • unagi • Yoshinoya • Yuichiro Wasai)
Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best saltwater eel sushi?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2022
It’s a four-way anago showdown of affordable luxuries.
- Japan
- (anago • best conveyor belt sushi • COK • conger eel • Conveyor belt sushi • eel • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • saltwater eel • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
Our Japanese-language reporter tries eel cola so you don’t have to 【Taste Test】
- Shannon
Aug 5, 2021
Out of all the weird colas we’ve tried, this may be the weirdest.
- Japan
- (Cola • eel • eel cola • taste test • weird snacks)
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