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Japanese burger chain releases epic tofu burgers, designed by customers
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2023 - Tweet
A dream burger with a Japanese flavour, devised by over 110,000 customers.
- Japan
- (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • tofu • vegetarian)
Subway Japan has sweet red bean sandwiches?!?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 11, 2023
We try the sandwich shop’s take on anpan, one of Japan’s favorite sweet snacks.
- Japan
- (anko • COK • cool • fast food • food • sandwich • SNJO • Subway • Subway Japan • Subway sandwich • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • weird)
Pizza Hut’s sakura pizza takes cherry blossom season to weird places in Taiwan
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2023
Forget about putting pineapple on pizza because this is a lot, lot worse.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (cherry blossoms • fast food • food • natto • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • review • sakura • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Egg-teriyaki-cheeseburger-from-Mos-Burger-flavored potato snacks coming this month
- Master Blaster
Apr 8, 2023
Flavors don’t get more specific than that.
- Japan
- (Ajigen • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • haburgers • Mos Burger • Mos Burger Potato • snacks • teriyaki burger • Torottama Cheese Teriyaki Burger Flavor • weird)
Who has the most cost-effective fast food French fries in Japan? We investigate nine big chains
- Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2023
Can we please make performing experiments with potatoes an Olympic sport? I’d watch that all day.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • calculation • COK • cost performance • fast food • food • french fries • fries • potatoes • SNJO)
What happens when you combine fries from 8 different fast food chains in Japan?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2023
Playing God with French fries can have some unexpected consequences.
- Japan
- (Burger King • COK • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • freshness burger • fries • KFC • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)
My oh my! Burger King Japan’s elegantly named Kyoto tea matcha pie has returned
- Casey Baseel
Apr 1, 2023
My Matcha Pie is what it’s called in English, but the sweet’s Japanese name gets an extra dash of class.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • fast food • food • green tea • matcha • pie • sweets • Uji Matcha)
Does Mos Burger’s new Muscle Burger give you muscles?
- Oona McGee
Apr 1, 2023
Japanese pre wrestler Kazuchika Okada puts his name, and body, behind this new release.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Kazuchika Okada • kinniku • limited edition • marketing • Meat Day • Mos Burger • muscles • New Japan Pro-Wrestling • niku • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • protein • review • SNJO • taste test • wrestlers • wrestling)
Lotteria teams up with Demon Slayer for epic hunger-slaying “Oni-on” combos
- Dale Roll
Mar 31, 2023
Plus, free Demon Slayer stickers with every “Oni-on” combo order!
- Japan
- (anime • collaboration • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • fast food • hamburgers • Lotteria • rice burgers • sandwiches)
Did Burger King just troll McDonald’s Japan with its new Big Bet burger?
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2023
Move aside, Big Mac — the Big Bet is in town!
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
KFC releases the Zinger Triple Down in Korea 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2023
This fried-chicken-on-fried-chicken-on-fried-chicken extravaganza isn’t exactly a burger, but we’re certainly not complaining.
- Korea
- (burgers • chicken • fast food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Korea • Korea • review • SNJO • Soon Pyon's • taste test • Triple Down)
McDonald’s Japan’s new daifuku pie: Is it as good as the Japanese sweet that inspired it?
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2023
A limited-edition pie created specially for sakura season.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Does Pizza Hut Japan’s new “Too Much Coriander Pizza” really contain too much coriander?
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2023
Whether you know it as coriander, cilantro or pakuchi, this is a very surprising combination.
- Japan
- (cilantro • COK • coriander • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • food • herbs • limited edition • marketing • pakuchi • pizza • Pizza Hut • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Japanese fast food chain Mos Burger to release fish-free fish burger
- Katie Pask
Mar 21, 2023
Soy Sea Burger joins the line-up of the chain’s animal-free menu.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Mos Burger • restaurants • SDGs • vegan • vegetarian)
Pizza Hut adds a “too much coriander” pizza to its lineup in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2023
New limited-time offering said to shock Generation Z.
- Japan
- (cilantro • COK • coriander • fast food • food • herbs • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • weird • weird food)
7-Eleven’s new whipped cream sandwich takes Japanese convenience store food to a whole new level
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2023
Join us as we try this weird sandwich, and find out why it’s even better without fruit.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • conbini • conbini food • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cream sandwich • fast food • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • sandwiches • SNJO • strawberries and cream • strawberry • taste test)
McDonald’s adds a Japanese daifuku pie to its menu for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Mar 17, 2023
It’s sweets over flowers this sakura season.
- Japan
- (Ado • asmi • cool • deep fryer • fast food • food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • music • TikTok • weird)
Sakura season arrives at McDonald’s Japan with new range of exclusive menu items
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2023
The cherry blossoms look extra tasty this year.
- Japan
- (burgers • cherries • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • commercials • fast food • food • hanami • Japanese commercials • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sakura • sakura 2023 • teritama)
All-you-can-eat cheeseburgers offered by Burger King Japan for its 1,495-calorie King Yeti burger
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2023
Sometimes one gigantic cheeseburger just isn’t enough, you know?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cheeseburgers • COK • fast food • food • King Yeti)
Shizuoka Prefecture is getting its own region-limited burgers featuring a local delicacy
- Dale Roll
Feb 27, 2023
And of course, they’ll only be around for a limited time!
- Japan
- (aojiro iso • burgers • COK • fast food • food • katsu • Miso • Mos Burger • Shizuoka)
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