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Mister Donut’s new Angel Fruit series elevates angel cream doughnuts, takes taste buds to heaven
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2022 - Tweet
R.I.P. taste buds, it was nice knowing you.
- Japan
- (angel cream donut • COK • donuts • doughnuts • fruit • Fukuoka • Hokkaido • lemon • melon • Mister Donut • review • Setouchi • SNJO • strawberry • sweets • taste test)
Edible One Piece Gum-Gum Fruit goes on sale in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2022
May or may not make your limbs stretch like Luffy, but absolutely will be a dessert you’ll never forget.
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We try Starbucks Japan’s new tongue-twister Frappuccino
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2022
The taste of a Japanese summer festival in a cup!
- Japan
- (bananas • chocolate banana • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
“Kiwi-flavored” bananas Kiwi’na spotted at Japanese supermarkets
- Master Blaster
Apr 11, 2022
Do you really Kiwi’na hurt me?
Starbucks Japan’s tongue-twister Frappuccino aims to bring smiles for summer…outside of summer
- Oona McGee
Apr 8, 2022
Starbucks starts setting the seasons according to its own calendar.
- Japan
- (bananas • chocolate banana • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Japan’s gorilla poo oranges are now in season, and being given away for free!
- Casey Baseel
Jan 2, 2022
”Miraculous” fruit is an auspicious way to start the new year, growers say.
- Japan
- (animals • cool • food • fruit • funny • gorillas • gross • Inuyama • Japan Monkey Center • mikan • monkeys • oranges • weird • zoos)
Tokyo’s beautiful new hot-selling fruit sandwich cubes…are from a 300 yen store?!?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2021
3 Coins’ gorgeous desserts have six sides.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • 3 Coins • beautiful • COK • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Harajuku • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Kyoto’s newest Shinkansen souvenir: Canned cakes filled with matcha and cherry blossoms
- Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2021
A beautiful way to cap off a trip to the ancient Japanese capital.
- Japan
- (cake • cakes • cakes in cans • canned food • canned sweets • COK • food • fruit • Kyoto • parfaits • shinkansen • souvenirs • strawberry shortcake • sweets)
Turn a persimmon into a pudding with one simple ingredient
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2021
No gelatin necessary for this no-bake Japanese purin recipe!
- Japan
- (cooking • creme caramel • custard • desserts • fruit • Japanese desserts • persimmons • pudding • purin • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty)
Persimmons are best served roasted? We try out a surprising expert recommendation【SoraKitchen】
- Dale Roll
Oct 21, 2021
As it turns out, roasting persimmons creates an entirely different food experience!
- Japan
- (autumn • cooking • cool • fall • food • fruit • persimmons • recipe • roasted • SoraKitchen • Zen-Noh)
Fukushima peaches: Worthy of the praise given to them by foreign Olympics teams?
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2021
Australia and the United States have been vocal about their love for these Japanese peaches, so we buy a box and try them out.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • athletes • COK • fruit • Fukushima • Olympics • Olympics athletes • peaches • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Olympics • travel)
Beautiful cans of cake become a viral hit in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 26, 2021
We lift the lid on a rare beauty that everyone wants to try right now.
- Japan
- (cake • cakes • cakes in cans • canned food • canned sweets • COK • food • fruit • parfaits • review • Shibuya • SNJO • strawberry shortcake • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Fruit daifuku – A Japanese mochi dessert that’s simple to make and awesome to experiment with
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2021
Today in the SoraKitchen we’re mixing nature’s candy with Japanese sweets.
Avocado Tiramisu Cake: Japan’s newest must-try dessert
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2021
Sell-out cake from popular Japanese cafe chain presents a new frontier for avocado.
- Japan
- (avocado • cafes • cakes • COK • desserts • food • fruit • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Drive-through strawberry picking pops up in Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 15, 2020
Socially distanced Japanese fruit picking in the heart of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Afromance • cute • drive through • event • food • fruit • strawberries • strawberry • strawberry picking • Tokyo Tower)
Kandaba, moui, and sakuna: We have fun taste-testing Okinawan fruits and vegetables
- Krista Rogers
Oct 14, 2020
Our reporter samples 11 types of produce unfamiliar to her in order to crown the overall victors and losers of the island diet.
- Japan
- (cooking • food • fruit • Itoman • market • Okinawa • produce • ranking • taste test • vegetables)
Japan now has an alcoholic popsicle that’s not banned for children
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2020
There’s no law that says kids can’t try this “enchanted” limited-edition Suika Bar.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • food and drink • frozen treats • fruit • ice cream • icy pole • Japanese sweets • popsicle • SNJO • Suika Bar • summer • sweets • treats • watermelon)
Tokyo store sells beautiful Japanese fruit sandwiches that look like floral arrangements
- Oona McGee
Jul 1, 2020
A fruity bouquet of flavour for your taste buds, with a special surprise hidden in the back of each one.
- Japan
- (COK • expensive fruit • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Japanese food • japanese fruit • Omotesando • parfait • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)
Japanese fruit sandwich store in Tokyo explodes in popularity, includes rare, expensive varieties
- Oona McGee
May 20, 2020
Luxury fillings you won’t find anywhere else.
- Japan
- (Aichi • bread • cooking • Daiwa • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • mangoes • Miyazaki • Nakameguro • sandwiches • sweets • Tokyo)
How to make amazing Japanese fruit flower sandwiches
- Oona McGee
Apr 22, 2020
Like eating an edible work of art!
- Japan
- (bread • cooking • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • recipe • sandwiches • sweets • Tastemade Japan • video • YouTube)
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