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Beef bowl chain shows how to turn gyudon into cheese-tastic baked doria with almost no effort
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2020 - Tweet
Today in the SoraKitchen, we’re turning one Japanese comfort food into another one.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • cooking • food • gyudon • recipe • rice bowls • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Sukiya)
Yoshinoya’s new Super-Special-Large Bowl: A gigantic three-animal 1,700-calorie fest【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2020
Three meals at once sounds like a perfect lunch to us.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • big food • COK • crazy • fast food • food • gyudon • omori • SNJO • taste test • Yoshnoya)
From beef bowl to beef pouch? Taste testing Yoshinoya’s instant gyudon packs
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2020
They supply the beef, you supply the bowl.
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- Japan
- (beef bowl • COK • food • gyudon • instant food • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
What happens when you accidentally put a gyudon beef bowl meal through the washing machine
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2020
Sad tale of a Japanese Uber Eats delivery gone wrong.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • fast food • food • gyudon • Japanese food • laundry • Sukiya • twitter • washing machines • Yoshinoya)
Secret way Yoshinoya’s president customizes his beef bowl orders is a secret no more【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2019
How does the boss of the beef bowl king eat his gyudon? Like this.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
A wild collab appears between Yoshinoya and Pokémon
- Master Blaster
Dec 11, 2019
Gotta catch’em all! And since there’s only six this time, it should be deliciously easy.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • Charizard • Gastrodon • Groudon • gyudon • Pokemon • Pokemori • Slowpoke • video games • Weepinbell • Yoshinoya)
Japan’s first beef bowl vending machine goes into service in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2019
Yoshinoya’s rival introduces new innovation to the gyudon industry.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • cool • food • gyudon • Matsuya • technology • vending machines)
Beef and sashimi in the same rice bowl: Brilliance or blasphemy? We find out【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2019
Mr. Sato wants it all, but will his unbridled desire be his undoing?
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • sashimi • SNJO • sushi)
Yoshinoya ramen? Yes, it now exists, and it’s awesome【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
There’s only one place in Japan where the beef bowl king serves these noodles.
- Japan
- (airports • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Narita Airport • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel • Yoshinoya)
Yoshinoya sells frozen beef bowl topping packs, but are they as good as the restaurant kind?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2019
We taste test both offerings from Japan’s gyudon god, and find a key difference.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • food • frozen food • gyudon • SNOJ • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Yoshinoya in Japan has an amazingly cheap all-you-can-drink plan for you booze-and-beef cravings
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2019
It’s been said that beef is best, but beef with unlimited alcohol is even better.
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • alcohol • all you can drink • beef bowls • COK • deals • drinks • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • Yoshinoya)
Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya releases new canned, ready-to-eat rice bowls 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2019
We try the full selection of emergency pork, beef, chicken and mackerel rice bowls.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)
Japan’s beef bowl king, Yoshinoya, releases new line of canned, ready-to-eat beef bowls
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2019
Or maybe we should call them “beef cans?” Either way, these things will be literal life-savers.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)
Indian fast food cashier in Japan causes customer to reevaluate his life with simple suggestion
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2019
Man’s confidence is shaken in a bizarre way during beef bowl run.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • fast food • food • foreigners in Japan • funny • gyudon • Suki Pass • Sukiya • weird)
Japan’s oldest Yoshinoya branch reopens in a new location: Tokyo’s brand-new Toyosu fish market
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2018
We stop by to taste the continuing tradition and take a sneak peek at the replacement for the world-famous Tsukiji market.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi • Toyosu fish market • Tsukiji fish market • Yoshinoya)
A visit to the oldest Yoshinoya chain in Japan for one last beef bowl before it closes for good
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2018
The oldest location of the beef-on-rice specialist is tucked away in a part of the country where hardly anyone is thinking about meat.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • Yoshinoya)
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)
Mr. Sato tries to eat a cheap beef bowl, gets a massive, luxurious surprise in the process
- Krista Rogers
Aug 14, 2018
Why could Mr. Sato possibly be freaking out over this delectable beef bowl?
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • shinjuku • SNOJ • Tokyo)
Chopstick anxiety: Painfully shy Japanese diners struggle with communal restaurant containers
- Casey Baseel
Jan 4, 2018
At inexpensive Japanese restaurants, the chopstick container might be in front of another customer, which is a tension-filled dilemma for some.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • chopsticks • food • gyudon • ramen • restaurants • society • weird)
All-you-can-eat Yoshinoya and all-you-can-drink beer in Tokyo for less than 15 bucks
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2017
If you like beef, booze, or both, then this event is for you.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • beef bowls • beer • food • gyudon • meat • Yoshinoya)
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