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2021’s top stories in Japanese food and cooking news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
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Dec 31, 2021 - Tweet
The secrets of Japanese supermarket music and life-saving green tea, plus how to make the King of Curries and furoshiki-style sandwiches.
- Japan
- (cooking • cup noodles • curry • food • hot springs • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • katsudon • McDonald's • onsen • sandwiches • SoraKitchen • sushi • sweets • wasabi • year in review • Year in Review 2021)
Nissin’s New Year lucky box is packed with instant noodle surprises
- Oona McGee
Dec 29, 2021
Kicking the year off right with a Cup Noodle extravaganza!
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2022 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Nissin • Nissin Cup Noodle • Noodles • ramen • SNJO)
We try the new Cup Noodle Humidifier from Nissin
- Oona McGee
Dec 15, 2021
Cheap gimmick or awesome ramen accessory?
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • COK • cool • Cup Noodle • cute • homewares • humidifier • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • SNJO • weird)
Don’t throw away your leftover ramen broth! Use it to make ice cream sauce instead!【Recipe】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2021
Is there no end to the wonders Cup Noodle is capable of?
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • ice cream • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • weird)
Cup Noodle humidifiers: Combining hot ramen and homewares for a very special release
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2021
Instant humidification, in a choice of two varieties!
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • COK • cool • Cup Noodle • cute • homewares • humidifier • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • weird)
Aomori police on the lookout for man shouting unsolicited advice at kids about dating and ramen
- Master Blaster
Sep 29, 2021
Sounds like someone’s never heard of social media.
- Japan
- (advice • Aomori • dating • Hirosaki • Instant Ramen • police • safety • suspicious person)
Cup Noodle pouch satisfies our never-ending need for instant ramen
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2021
Cute design details make stomachs rumble everywhere you go!
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • accessories • COK • Cup Noodle • cute • fashion • handbags • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • pouches • SNJO • weird)
Hybrid Cup Noodle Sodas – Forbidden flavors to astound and traumatize【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Sep 27, 2021
Maybe there’s a reason these flavors aren’t for sale and we had to mix them ourselves…
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Cup Noodle • drinks • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • soda • taste test • weird)
Cup Noodle is taking us back to the Japan of the ‘80s and ‘90s with special ramen flavor revivals
- Dale Roll
Sep 24, 2021
Two beloved flavors from the Showa and Heisei periods make their triumphant return to the shelves!
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • Heisei • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • nostalgia • ramen • Showa)
Cup Noodle’s Super Combined flavors become super-awesome combined robots made from the cups【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2021
Empty instant ramen cups, gattai!
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • cup ramen • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • Super Combined Cup Noodle)
Cup Noodle Sodas: Culinary innovation or beverage abomination?
- Oona McGee
Sep 16, 2021
Instant ramen becomes fizzy drinks, and we’ve tried them all so you don’t have to.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • drinks • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soda • weird • wtf)
Combining all of Nissin’s new Cup Noodle series into one powerful bowl of ramen
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2021
Man vs. Massive Bowl of Cup Ramen.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • recipes • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • taste test • videos • weird)
Is Japan’s new Super Combined Cup Noodle series really as great as it claims to be?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2021
Nissin plays matchmaker with its flavours, creating new couples that fight and make love together.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • instant nodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Nissin Cup Noodle Soda gives us the flavour of instant ramen as fizzy drinks!
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2021
Yes, these are real — and they’re available to preorder now!
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • drinks • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Noodles • ramen • soda • weird • wtf)
Nissin’s new Cup Noodle series smashes flavours together for super combined power
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2021
Instant ramen range comes with a crazy commercial that’s gone viral online.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • videos • weird)
Japan’s “edible tear gas ramen” lives up to its name【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2021
The convenience store treat (?) from Japan’s northern island is delicious…as long as you eat it the right way.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • food • Hokkaido • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Secoma • Seico Mart • SNO • spicy • taste test • wasabi)
Nissin Cup Noodle flavours become Umaibo snacks, and we try every one of them
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2021
This sought-after limited-edition series is so rare it can’t be purchased in stores.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • review • snacks • SNJO • taste test • umaibo)
Cup Noodle celebrates 50th birthday with Cup Noodle pouches
- Master Blaster
Aug 20, 2021
Handbags available in your choice of regular, seafood, or chili tomato.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • accessories • Cup Noodle • fashion • handbags • Instant Ramen • Nissin • pouches)
Cup Noodle flavored Umaibo snacks coming, but getting one is a little tricky
- Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2021
A little luck might be needed to get your favorite.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • Instant Ramen • Nissin • snacks • umaibo)
Cup Noodle now has cute cats and judgmental foxes waiting underneath its lids【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2021
Instant ramen providing instant smiles from adorably weird designs.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • cute • foxes • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • weird)
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