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McDonald’s Japan releases special fukubukuro lucky bag for 2019
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2018 - Tweet
Free coupons and exclusive merchandise all wrapped up in a cute reusable brown paper takeout bag.
- Japan
- (fast food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • merchandise)
Japanese fast food chain Nakau now has a fancy new chicken and rice bowl, with TRUFFLES
- Dale Roll
Dec 8, 2018
Can a fast food restaurant use an expensive culinary delicacy properly? How does it compare in flavor to a regular oyakodon?
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • Nakau • oyakodon • restaurants • rice bowls • SNOJ • truffles)
Female fast food worker in Japan has awesome response to male customers who called her ugly
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2018
After being called a “four,” she decided to kill her enemies with kindness…and potatoes.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • customer service • fast food • funny • rude customers)
Which American-inspired Japanese McDonald’s sandwich stacks up? We munch all four to find out!
- Katy Kelly
Nov 10, 2018
The Texas and Idaho burgers and McMuffins have hit branches across Japan, and we send our man on the ground to tear into them.
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Idaho Burger • McDonald's • SNOJ • taste test • Texas Burger)
Fast food sukiyaki: One of the greatest things about autumn/winter in Japan!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2018
Want to try Japan’s most famous hot pot, but don’t want to drop big bucks for it? Yoshinoya, plus one other amazing budget-friendly restaurant, are here to help.
- Japan
- (beef • COK • fast food • food • hot pot • nabe • restaurants • SNOJ • sukiyaki • Yayoi-ken • Yoshinoya)
Demonic anime ad commands us to eat at KFC, or risk angering Cheddar Lucifer【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2018
If eating fried chicken makes us evil, we no longer have any desire to be good.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • KFC • The Double • video • weird)
McDonald’s Japan giving away free coffee again, from 16 to 19 October
- Master Blaster
Oct 13, 2018
New promotion will also run later into the night.
One of Japan’s most popular confectioners creates the KFC apricot cheese tart Krushers dessert
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2018
We’ve been fans of this cheese tart specialist’s sweets for years, and now we’ve got a whole new way to enjoy them.
McDonald’s Japan’s matcha dessert family grows with the new strawberry green tea Frappe
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2018
The more (matcha dessert drinks) the merrier, right?
- Japan
- (drinks • fast food • green tea • matcha • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • strawberries • sweets)
Yoshinoya has an ultra-luxurious wagyu beef bowl you can only get one place in Japan【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2018
The special meal with 100-percent Japanese beef might be the last thing you eat while on a trip to Japan.
- Japan
- (airports • beef • beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • Haneda Airport • restaurants • SNOJ • travel • Yoshinoya)
We enjoy oyster tempura max on rice at tempura chain Tenya!【Pics】
- Kay
Oct 4, 2018
How many fried oysters can we pile on top of a bowl of rice? We find out at the Japanese tempura chain Tenya!
Spicy Mexican Flavor added to KFC Japan’s fried chicken lineup
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2018
The tri-nation crossover has our stomachs growling already.
McDonald’s Japan adds purple shakes to their menu, but they’re not grape-flavored
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2018
Grimace would approve of these eye-catching dessert drinks made with one of Japan’s favorite seasonal foods.
- Japan
- (drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShakes • purple food • shakes • sweet potatoes • sweets)
Aichi Police: Surrender your driver’s license and get up to $1 off at McDonald’s!
- Master Blaster
Sep 19, 2018
Elderly people encouraged to give up all driving privileges in exchange for somewhat cheaper Happy Meals.
- Japan
- (Aichi • Driver's Graduation Certificate • driver's license • fast food • McDonald's • respect for the aged day)
New marvelous McDonald’s matcha dessert drinks have more Kyoto green tea powder than ever before
- Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2018
Beverages are packed with Uji matcha and other tempting stars of Japanese dessert world.
KFC Japan goes beyond its all-you-can-eat deals and is now offering free fried chicken!
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2018
We all get a present because it’s someone else’s birthday.
- Japan
- (COK • deals • fast food • free • free food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
Japan’s KFC chains fall behind on profits, needs to up the spices to meet the prices
- Katy Kelly
Aug 31, 2018
The Colonel’s company can’t convince enough customers to cram their chops with chicken, and that has cold hard cash consequences.
- Japan
- (business • chicken • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
McDonald’s Japan apologizes for “tooth-like” fragments found in Sausage Egg McMuffin
- Master Blaster
Aug 8, 2018
It’s unclear what the foreign matter is as of yet, but the company isn’t taking any chances with how they handle the situation.
Tokyo chocolate maker that stood up to Godiva teams up with McDonald’s for Black Thunder McFlurry
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2018
Defender of Japan’s “obligation chocolate” culture tempts us with another cheap yet awesome dessert.
- Japan
- (Black Thunder • chocolate • fast food • food • giri choco • Godiva • McDonald's • McFlurry • obligation chocolate • sweets)
KFC Japan creates new fried chicken eating gloves to keep grease off your hands and smartphone
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2018
Second-generation fried food eating aid is available now, makes signature dish glove-licking good!
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