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Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at McDonald’s?
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2023 - Tweet
Nine meal combo suggestions cover everything from burgers through to fries and desserts.
- Japan
- (1000 yen • Big Mac • burgers • cheap food • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japanese food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)
Four things you should eat at Japanese chain Ringer Hut, according to staff who work there
- Krista Rogers
Jun 21, 2023
We thought we knew everything that was on the menu, but there was one dish that surprised us.
- Japan
- (champon • chanpon • COK • dining • fast food • food • Nagasaki • pk sanjun • Ringer Hut • SNJO • udon)
KFC adds N.Y. Chicken Burgers to its menu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2023
Take your taste buds on a trip to New York for a limited time.
- Japan
- (Buffalo Chicken • burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • COK • exclusive • fast food • fried chicken • Japan-exclusive • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • new • New York • Spicy Chicken Burger)
How to get a beef bowl breakfast in Japan for only 290 yen (some assembly required)
- Master Blaster
Jun 17, 2023
Hack the tamago kake!
- Japan
- (beef bowls • breakfast • cheap food • fast food • gyudon • Masanuki Sunakoma • Matsunoya • Matsuya • restaurants • tamago kake gohan • TKG)
Burger King releases a Shrimp Whopper in Japan for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2023
A new surf and turf burger is born.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • Shrimp • surf and turf • whopper)
Lemon & Cheese pies from McDonald’s bring some sunshine to the rainy season【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2023
And Spicy Chicken McNuggets bring the heat.
- Japan
- (cheese • Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • lemon • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • rainy season • SNJO • Spicy Chicken McNuggets • sweets • taste test)
New Wendy’s chicken burger inspired by ramen contains…no ramen?
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2023
Burger achieves the impossible by tasting like ramen despite not containing any noodles.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken burgers • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • garlic • Japanese food • limited • Mr. Sato • new • Noodles • ramen • ramen burger • SNJO • taste test • Wendy's)
Burger King Japan rewards you with Diablo IV loot for eating five spice double cheeseburgers
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2023
Will your stomach answer the call to adventure?
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • Diablo • Diablo IV • fast food • food • hamburgers • video games)
California’s In-N-Out Burger opening popup restaurant in downtown Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2023
Los Angeles institution makes the trip across the Pacific, but you’ll need to get yours ASAP.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • In-N-Out • In-N-Out Burger)
Pizza Hut Japan’s new Wiener Coffee Pizza tastes as crazy as it sounds
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2023
Pun becomes a pizza, in true Japanese style.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • fast food • food • Japanese • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • puns • sausages • SNJO • taste test • Vienna • weird • weird food • wieners)
Conveyor belt yakiniku: Our new favourite way to enjoy all-you-can-eat meat in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2023
Yakiniku just got even more exciting.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • beef • COK • conveyor belt • conveyor belt restaurants • fast food • food • Gyukaku • kalbi • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • short ribs • SNJO • taste test)
McDonald’s brings back the Japanese ‘90s with Heisei comeback menu, videos with J-pop hit【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2023
Any Boys and Girls hungry for some ‘90s nostalgia?
- Japan
- (1990s • 90s • Ayumi Hamasaki • burgers • fashion • fast food • food • hamburgers • Heisei • Heisei era • J-Pop • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music • Namie Amuro • videos)
Is McDonald’s Japan’s new tandoori chicken curry McNugget sauce better with naan?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2023
People have been saying the new McDonald’s sauce tastes just like curry, but how does it fare as a main dish?
- Japan
- (Chicken McNugget • COK • curry • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNugget • naan • SNJO • tandoori chicken • taste test)
“Prisoner of Short Ribs”: Yoshinoya’s first sister restaurant in 10 years (maybe 8?)【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2023
The math is hazy, but is the quality clear?
- Japan
- (beef • COK • fast food • food • kalbi • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • short ribs • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Japan has a pizza for dogs, so of course we tried it
- SoraNews24
May 9, 2023
Does the wanko pizza taste better when eaten on all fours?
- Japan
- (cilantro • COK • coriander • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • food • herbs • limited edition • marketing • pakuchi • pizza • Pizza Hut • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Is this epic Japanese tofu burger better than a teriyaki burger?
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2023
This chain thinks it’s time for Japan to have a new representative burger, so we put it to the test.
- Japan
- (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki burger • tofu • vegetarian)
McDonald’s breakfast menu in Hong Kong is like nothing we’ve ever seen in Japan
- Katie Pask
Apr 25, 2023
The Hong Kong-Style Macaroni Soup might be our new favourite way to start the day.
- Japan
- (breakfast • fast food • food • Hong Kong • Ikuna Kamezawa • McDonald's • pasta • SNJO • taste test • travel)
KFC adds hash brown burgers to its menu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 24, 2023
New range includes a “forbidden” burger that swaps out buns for fried chicken pieces.
- Korea
- (burgers • chicken • COK • exclusive • fast food • fried chicken • hash browns • Japan-exclusive • KFC • limited edition • new • potatoes • SNJO • taste test)
One Piece x McDonald’s Japan collaboration burgers: Does the treasure taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2023
Join us as we take our taste buds on an adventure with Luffy and the gang.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • cool • fast food • food • Luffy • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • One Piece • review • SNJO • straw hat pirates • taste test)
McDonald’s Japan goes old-school with new Showa-era Kissa Mac sweets lineup【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2023
A taste of nostalgia for the golden era of Japanese coffee shops is coming to the golden arches.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • ice cream • kissaten • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McDonald's pie • melon soda • parfaits • pudding • purin • Showa • Showa Era • sweets)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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