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Prototype snacks One Hand On available in beef bowl and soba restaurant curry flavor【Taste Test】
- Master Blaster
Aug 14, 2023 - Tweet
We get one hand on each One Hand On.
- Japan
- (beef bowl • COK • curry • food • gyudon • Koikeya • One Hand On • snacks • SNJO • soba restaurant • taste test • weird)
This cheap Japanese beef bowl fast food chain now has beautiful, delicious frozen desserts
- SoraNews24
Jul 25, 2023
Sukiya’s shaved ice shows they can do more than gyudon.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • shaved ice • SNJO • Sukiya • sweets)
Hello Kitty and Badtz-maru grace high-class Arita-yaki ceramic Yoshinoya bowl that could be yours
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2023
But you’ll need a bit of good luck to have the Sanrio bad boy on your gyudon bowl.
- Japan
- (Arita-yaki • Badtz-maru • beef bowls • cute • food • gyudon • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • tableware • Yoshinoya)
The Unagyu Burger Kit’s ultra expensive/ultra cheap mixture is here, and it’s time to taste test it
- SoraNews24
Jul 6, 2023
A cheap grub/fine dining hybrid from a nationwide fast food chain and an exclusive sushi restaurant.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • eel • food • gyudon • Matsuya • SNJO • taste test • Tenzushi • unagi)
Super expensive sushi restaurant super cheap beef bowl chain team up to create Unagyu Burger
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2023
Teruzushi and Matsuya come together for a broader interpretation of Japan’s summertime eel-eating tradition.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • culture • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • food • gyudon • Japanese language • linguistics • Matsuya • Teruzushi • unagi • Ushi no Hi)
How to get a beef bowl breakfast in Japan for only 290 yen (some assembly required)
- Master Blaster
Jun 17, 2023
Hack the tamago kake!
- Japan
- (beef bowls • breakfast • cheap food • fast food • gyudon • Masanuki Sunakoma • Matsunoya • Matsuya • restaurants • tamago kake gohan • TKG)
The best place to eat Japanese breakfast for US$2: Cheap food hack for locals and tourists
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2023
Sukiya is famous for its beef bowls, but not many people know about its great breakfasts.
- Japan
- (beef bowl • breakfast • COK • food • gyudon • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • Sukiya • tamago kake gohan • taste test • TKG)
Taco rice at Japanese beef bowl chain Sukiya proves you can never eat a bad taco rice
- Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2023
Okinawa’s famous fusion specialty dish is now available at Sukiya branches nationwide.
- Japan
- (beef bowl • COK • food • fusion food • gyudon • Japanese food • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • Sukiya • taco rice • tacos • taste test)
Trying Yoshinoya for the first time in his life, is our Indonesian reporter impressed?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
May 14, 2023
Our overseas correspondent’s first experience with Japan’s beef bowl king.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (Aqil Rahmansyah • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Indonesia • restaurants • SNJO • Yoshinoya)
Yoshinoya beef ramen? Gyudon king’s sister chain opens first Tokyo branch【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2023
Bring on the beef!
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • gyudon • Ikebukuro • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
A meatless beef bowl? We try a plant-based meal at Sukiya in Taiwan
- Dale Roll
Mar 11, 2023
Can a meatless beef bowl pass the “meat” test?
- Japan
- (beef bowl • COK • food • gyudon • meatless • plant-based meat • SNJO • Sukiya • Taiwan • taste test • vegetarian • Yoshinoya • Yoshinoya Taiwan • Yui Imai)
Beautiful beefy Yoshinoya gacha capsule toys look good enough to eat or display【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2022
Gyudon meets gacha.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • capsule toys • cool • food • gachapon • gyudon • weird • Yoshinoya)
Yoshinoya giving away free swag through new point campaign, but you may have to eat a lot for it
- Master Blaster
Jul 28, 2022
Do you have what it takes to get the coveted Yoshinoya sauna set?
- Japan
- (beef bowls • food • gyudon • Nicole Fujita • restaurants • Ushipo! • Yoshinoya)
No rice cooker needed! How to make an entire gyudon beef bowl in a single mess tin【Recipe】
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2022
An outdoor cooking recipe that’s too good to wait until your next camping trip to try.
American visits Japan, wonders why McDonald’s only sells beef bowls, not burgers
- Oona McGee
May 7, 2022
A visit to this unusual branch reveals the mystery behind the burgerless McDonald’s.
- Japan, USA
- (Americans • beef bowls • COK • food • foreigners in Japan • funny • gyudon • LOL • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Sukiya • tourists • travel • twitter)
Mix-and-matching Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya to create the ultimate beef bowl【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2022
We tear the Big Three’s gyudon apart to see if we can rebuild them into something better.
Demon Slayer teams up with beef bowl chain to excite fans, test their dexterity with Tanjiro bowl
- SoraNews24
Feb 5, 2022
The Tanjiro’s Charcoal-grilled Mayo Chicken Bowl is lunch, cuisine cosplay, pun, and skill trial all in one.
- Japan
- (anime • beef bowls • COK • Demon Slayer • food • gyudon • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • rice bowls • SNJO • Sukiya)
Our Japanese reporter falls in love with “Lebanese-style gyudon”【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2022
”It’s super easy and soaked with umami!”
- Japan, W Asia
- (Arabia • beef bowls • COK • cooking • food • gyudon • internationalism • Lebanon • Middle East • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SNO • SoraKitchen)
Japanese beef bowl vending machine serves up…gyudon rice burgers?!?
- Oona McGee
Nov 22, 2021
Matsuya’s first-ever vending machine surprises everyone with secret burgers.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • burgers • COK • food • gyudon • gyumeshi • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Matsuya • meat • restaurants • rice burgers • SNJO • tonkatsu • vending machines • weird)
Yoshinoya has a semi-secret chicken bowl you won’t find anywhere on its website【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 16, 2021
The toridon quietly appears at select branches of the gyudon king.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • chicken • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
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