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What’s inside the McDonald’s Big Smile Bag in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2021 - Tweet
All part of the chain’s Japan-exclusive 50th anniversary celebrations.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • design • fast food • food • fries • fukubukuro • limited edition • lucky bag • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • SNJO • Speedee Service System)
Japanese Black Wagyu from Yoshinoya – Premium beef isn’t just for politicians anymore!【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2021
Once only available in the halls of Japan’s parliament, you can now get this special gyuju nationwide.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • Japanese beef • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu • Yoshinoya)
Mr Sato’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Doo Wop Chicken Burger in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2021
New opening doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • Doo Wop • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
The young girl starring in this cool retro-style McDonald’s Japan video is actually 62 years old!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2021
McDonald’s Japan celebrates its 50th birthday by recreating the scene on opening day at its first restaurant in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (ads • beautiful women • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • history • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • retro • touching • video)
McDonald’s Japan won’t sell you a Caramel Macaron dessert burger, so we made our own
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2021
Sometimes, you just have to take the craziness into your own hands.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)
Burger King’s new Tokyo Teriyaki Tower is Japan’s newest meat wall【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2021
We scale Tokyo’s newest attraction: A four-patty teriyaki tower.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • marketing • SNJO • teriyaki)
Burger King unleashes the Tokyo Teriyaki Tower in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 25, 2021
A towering teriyaki treat for the taste buds, only available for a limited time.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • marketing • teriyaki)
Mr. Sato tries boba tea from store ranked best in Japan, rediscovers his love for tapioca
- Katie Pask
Jun 24, 2021
Looks like the bubble tea bubble hasn’t burst quite yet!
- Japan
- (boba • boba tea • bubble tea • CoCo-Toka • drinks • fast food • food trends • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sweets • tapioca • taste test • Tokyo • trends)
Lucky Rocky Chicken: The place to go for epic fried chicken sandwiches in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 5, 2021
Buttermilk fried chicken is just the start of what makes this new fast food joint so wonderful.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Lucky Rocky Chicken • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
New Pokémon x McDonald’s collaboration features Pikachu on milkshakes and desserts in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2021
Limited-edition series is a treat for the eyes and the taste buds.
- Japan
- (anime • apple pie • cute • desserts • drinks • fast food • food • limited time • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • McShakes • milkshakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
Burger King Japan’s Ugly Burgers go head-to-head in a battle for flavour
- Oona McGee
Jun 2, 2021
It’s what’s inside that counts.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • cheese • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • marketing • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki)
KFC sells rice bowls in Japan, but are they finger-lickin’ good? 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
May 28, 2021
We try the little-known Kentadon, sold at select stores around Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • review • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • tendon)
We try McDonald’s Japan’s new teriyaki burgers
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2021
A celebration of local flavours to mark half a century of the Golden Arches.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • fries • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)
Original McDonald’s character Speedee makes a comeback in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2021
Before Ronald McDonald, Speedee was the mascot for the fast food chain, and now he’s back for a limited time.
- Japan
- (burgers • design • fast food • food • fries • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • Speedee Service System)
We try Domino’s Japan’s new pizza rice bowls
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2021
Chain’s first-ever dough-free pizzas remind us of another popular Japanese-fusion dish.
- Taiwan
- (COK • Domino's • dominos pizza • doria • fast food • food • Japanese food • pizza • review • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • unusual • weird)
McDonald’s Japan adds five teriyaki items to the menu, including fries and a spicy new burger
- Oona McGee
May 20, 2021
A celebration of traditional Japan, with some surprising new flavour combinations.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • fries • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)
Domino’s now sells pizza rice bowls in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 17, 2021
“Ultimate collaboration between pizza and Japanese food” comes in seven mouthwatering varieties.
- Taiwan
- (COK • Domino's • dominos pizza • fast food • food • Japanese food • pizza • rice bowls • unusual • weird)
Dom Dom Burger sells chicken sandwich sandwiched in two egg sandwiches
- Master Blaster
Apr 29, 2021
Sandwinception.
- Japan
- (chicken • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • Lunch Pack • sandwiches • teritama • Yamazaki Baking Company)
KFC’s Colonel Sanders is becoming a samurai in Japan this week
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2021
A Kentucky twist on a Japanese tradition.
- Japan
- (Children's Day • cool • culture • fast food • food • funny • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • Kodomo no Hi • samurai • weird)
Japanese fast food fried chicken showdown, featuring…Yoshinoya?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2021
The beef bowl king also offers fried bird, but does the flavor fly?
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • fried food • karaage • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
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