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Eating ALL the McDonald’s and KFC Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2022 - Tweet
Plus, a brand new contender muscles in on the competition in a big way.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • KFC • KFC Japan • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
McDonald’s USA wishes Final Fantasy VII a happy 25th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Sep 9, 2022
Golden Arches salute the landmark video game’s milestone.
- Japan, USA
- (cool • fast food • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • McDonald's • Square Enix • video games)
McDonald’s releases new Sukiyaki Tsukimi Burger in Japan for moon viewing season 2022
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2022
Plus a new McFlurry, dipping sauce, and more burgers to round out this year’s collection.
- Japan
- (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • milkshakes • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • pie • sukiyaki • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)
Japanese burger chain adds mochi sticky rice to its moon-viewing sandwiches
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2022
Fast food chain throws caution to the wind by adding a deadly ingredient to its menu.
- Japan
- (burgers • cool • eggs • fast food • First Kitchen • food • mochi • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • rice cakes • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)
Pizza Hut’s new rice pizzas debut in Japan, but are they any good?
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2022
Not every topping is a perfect match for rice instead of pizza dough.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (COK • fast food • food • Gohan • Gohan Pizza • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • rice • Rice Pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Autumn is on the way, and that means it’s time for fried chicken fried egg sandwiches in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Aug 29, 2022
Tsukimi sandwiches on their way back to KFC Japan, in katsu and non-katsu forms.
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • katsu • KFC • KFC Japan • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • tsukimi sandwiches)
Burger King Japan guarantees new chicken sandwich is bigger than your phone with weird promotion
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2022
If you’ve got a big phone and a big appetite, this is the deal for you.
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • cool • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Smartphones • weird)
Unboxing the McDonald’s French Fry Snack Maker【Review】
- Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2022
Will this retro toy turn out to be a cool gadget or worthless garbage?
- Japan
- (bread • COK • cool • fast food • food • french fries • fries • funny • gadgets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • retro • retro toys • review • SNJO • taste test • toys)
Our writer falls victim to Katsuya’s new Full Power Egg
- Master Blaster
Aug 21, 2022
This egg is not for the faint of heart.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • eggs • fast food • Full Power Egg • Katsuya • restaurants • shrimp cutlet • spicy food)
Mr. Sato stops by 7-Eleven’s often overlooked fast food chain Poppo
- Master Blaster
Aug 20, 2022
From fries in bowls to ice cream dipped in shaved ice, they do things differently here.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • fast food • french fries • kakigori • kakigori-don • Mr. Sato • Poppo • Seven & i)
Rice Pizza?! Pizza Hut creates a new base for customers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2022
Gohan Pizza My Box is full of new surprises.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (fast food • food • Gohan • Gohan Pizza • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • rice • Rice Pizza • weird • weird food)
World’s first Ice Whopper now on the menu at Burger King Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2022
Bringing the refreshment of kakigori shaved ice to burgers this summer.
- Japan
- (beach hut • beaches • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • Coca-Cola • COK • cool • crazy • fast food • food • ice • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • whopper)
McDonald’s adds Doraemon exclusives to its menu in Japan【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Aug 10, 2022
Anime tie-up inspired by the flavours of a Japanese summer festival.
- Japan
- (anime • choco banana • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • SNJO • summer festivals • sweets • taste test)
Hut Day is just around the corner in Japan…or is it Hat Day?
- Master Blaster
Aug 7, 2022
Huppy Hut Duy!
- Japan
- (automotive parts • fast food • Hat Day • Hatto Day • Hut Day • Japanese holidays • pizza • Pizza Hut • Ringer Hut • Yellow Hat)
When life gives you McDonald’s curry sauce, make…curry rice!
- Oona McGee
Aug 6, 2022
How successful with this experiment be?
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • butter chicken • Chicken McNuggets • chicken nuggets • COK • curry • curry rice • fast food • food • hack • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNuggets • SNJO • spicy • taste test)
McDo…raemon! McDonald’s Japan offering Doraemon Shake and pie for festival season
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2022
It’s like an Anywhere Door for your sweet tooth.
- Japan
- (anime • choco banana • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • summer festivals • sweets)
Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022
Tell us, Ronald, is this an exclusive menu item worth travelling for?
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • cool • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • SNJO • taste test • Thailand)
Burger King Japan’s all-you-can-eat challenge knocks us out of the ring
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2022
How many one-pounders can one man handle?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • food challenge • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • super one pound beef burger • taste test)
Durian Mango Cheese Pizza comes to Pizza Hut Taiwan, we put our nose on the line and try some
- Master Blaster
Jul 13, 2022
This pizza leaves the whole pineapple controversy in the dust.
- Taiwan
- (COK • durian • fast food • food • mango • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • strange food • taste test • 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)
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