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The best Japanese curry in Japan isn’t eaten at a restaurant
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2023 - Tweet
This curry is so good it’ll weaken your senses.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • hanpen • Hinoya • Hinoya Curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • reddit • restaurants • retort curry • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shizuoka • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
New Trauma Curry retort pouches from Japan are traumatic…in the best sense of the word
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2023
For a meal you won’t ever forget.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • marketing • retort curry)
Antarctic Curry: Japanese restaurant revives meal eaten by Antarctic explorers
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2023
10,000 hours of work went into reviving this dish, and the results were definitely worth it.
- Japan
- (Antarctica • COK • cool • crazy • curry • food • Hanayama Udon • history cool • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • udon)
Japanese curry chain is highly recommended by foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2023
We find out if this curry joint is worth visiting or if it’s an overhyped tourist joint.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • curry rice • Hokkaido • Japanese curry • Japanese food • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soup curry • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)
Japanese curry chain becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2023
CoCo Ichibanya isn’t the only curry chain you can visit in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • curry rice • cury • Hinoya • Hinoya Curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)
A taste of Japanese curry usually only sold overseas, at Tokyo’s Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2023
The only place in Japan where customers can order the Mac and Cheese Omelette Rice Curry.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
Japanese Vermont curry now available as a corn snack for a limited time
- Oona McGee
May 10, 2023
Vermont Curry and Tongari Corn join forces for a very tasty collaboration.
- Japan
- (COK • collaboration • curry • curry rice • food • house • Japanese curry • japanese snacks • limited edition • limited edition flavors • Limited edition flavours • new • snacks • Tongari Corn • Vermont curry)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo’s Kabukicho is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2023
This underground world is filled with hungry government officials and cheap eats.
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ward Office • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias)
Beyond katsu curry: Tare katsu curry now being served at Coco Ichibanya
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2023
Select branches of Japan’s favorite curry chain are serving up a taste of Niigata in Tokyo and Kanagawa.
- Japan
- (Coco Ichbanya • coco ichi • COK • curry • cutlet • food • Japanese curry • katsu • katsu curry • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
We eat an intimidating curry with toppings randomly chosen for us by CoCo Ichibanya’s ‘Gacha’ app
- Katie Pask
Jan 6, 2023
Will a curry with toppings randomly chosen by a computer be remotely edible? Let’s find out!
- Japan
- (CoCo Ichiban • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Masanuki Sunakoma • Restaurant • SNJO)
People in Japan vote for their favourite ramen chain, with surprising results
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2022
Survey into noodle joints reveals some chains people may have never heard of.
- Japan
- (curry • delicious • Hokkaido • Ichiran • Japanese curry • Kourakuen • local chain • Noodles • ramen • ramen chains • restaurants • Sugakiya • Tenkaippin • Yamaokaya)
This Hokkaido-local curry chain serves curry so good it ought to be popular all over Japan
- Dale Roll
Nov 27, 2022
Seriously, who’s in charge of this place and why haven’t they expanded to the rest of Japan?!
- Japan
- (curry • delicious • haruka takagi • Hokkaido • Japanese curry • local chain • Obihiro)
What happens when a sweet bun maker teams up with a tonkatsu sandwich specialist?
- Oona McGee
Sep 29, 2022
You get two very unusual crossover products.
- Japan
- (anko • anpan • bread • curry • curry bread • curry pan • food • fried pork cutlet • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Kimuraya • Maisen • pork cutlet • red bean • red bean paste • taste test • Tokyo • tonkatsu • tonkatsu sandwiches)
Kyoto curry bread comes with a very special filling
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2022
Karepan gets a specialty upgrade at this renowned bakery.
- Japan
- (baked goods • bakery • COK • curry • curry bread • Japanese curry • K. Masami • kare pan • Kyoto • shinshindo • SNJO • taste test • tourism • travel)
Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022
Tell us, Ronald, is this an exclusive menu item worth travelling for?
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • cool • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • SNJO • taste test • Thailand)
Three unusual Japanese curries to celebrate Regional Retort Curry Day
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2022
Plus, find out what it takes to register a special day like this in Japan.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • curry • curry day • Curry Land • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Regional Retort Curry Day • retort curry • review • SNJO • taste test)
Limited-edition Kukure Curry-flavored potato chips coming to celebrate its 50th anniversary
- Dale Roll
Jan 15, 2022
One of Japan’s favorite instant curry brands makes its potato chip flavor debut!
- Japan
- (curry • food • House Foods • instant curry • Japanese curry • Japanese potato chips • potato chips)
You put WHAT in your curry? Japanese netizens reveal their favourite secret ingredients
- Katie Pask
Jul 30, 2021
“Don’t knock it till you try it” comes to mind for some of these!
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • garlic • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ranking • survey)
Pork or beef? A peek into how Japan’s curry preferences change from place to place
- Katy Kelly
Jul 15, 2021
What’s the default meat for Japanese curry? Turns out, it depends where you are!
- Japan
- (beef • black curry • curry • Japanese curry • pigs • pork • society)
Curry Land: A Mecca in Tokyo for Japanese curry fans
- Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2021
A unique store filled with curries from around the country, featuring unusual local ingredients.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • beef • COK • curry • Curry Land • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • retort curry • review • SNJO • taste test • Tottori • Wagyu)
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