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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)
Late-night vending machine find in Japan leads to a midnight party
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
Unusual glow draws us in like moths to a flame.
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • tuna • vending machine)
Ramen made by a sauna shop opens its doors in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
A new type of noodle experience by sauna lovers for sauna lovers…but maybe not for ramen lovers.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • review • sauna • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Hama Sushi?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2023
Never be stuck for what to choose at the conveyor belt restaurant ever again!
- Japan
- (1000 yen • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • conveyor belt restaurants • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test)
Japanese restaurant challenges diners to conquer “Mt Everest rice”
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2023
Can we defeat this mountainous serving of food?
- Japan
- (big eats • Chomolungma • COK • Everest • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Mt. Everest • restaurants • rice • Seiji Nakazawa • set meal • SNJO • teishoku • Tokyo • weird)
Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside
- Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2023
Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!
- Japan
- (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)
Ichiran ramen restaurant in Shinjuku has a unique system that’s captured hearts on Reddit
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2023
Great display of customer service makes noodle chain even more tourist-friendly.
- Japan
- (COK • customer service • food • hack • Ichiran • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)
Akashiyaki: A regional dumpling with a fascinating backstory
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2023
Osaka might be famous for takoyaki, but Akashi is the place where octopus balls first started.
- Japan
- (Akashi • akashiyaki • COK • food • Hyogo • Japanese food • K. Masami • local specialties • regional food • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • travel)
We try Keiji, an incredibly rare and expensive one-in-ten-thousand salmon sushi 【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2023
With only one of these caught for every 10,000 salmon, this rare fish comes with a super high price tag.
- Japan
- (57 Tokyo • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • keiji • raw fish • review • salmon • sashimi • SNJO • sushi restaurant • taste test • Tokyo Station • unusual food • weird food • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Where to buy a Curry Bread Grand Prix 2023 award-winning karepan in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2023
An unlikely place to get a curry bread, let alone a prize-winning one.
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- Japan
- (baked goods • bread • COK • curry bread • Curry Bread Grand Prix • food • Japan Curry Bread Association • Japanese food • kare pan • karepan • Mr. Sato • Ningyocho • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
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)
Takoyaki store in Osaka becomes a hot topic on Reddit, but is it any good?
- SoraNews24
Aug 20, 2023
What’s good for a visitor isn’t always good for a local.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Dotonbori • food • Japanese food • Juhachiban • octopus • Osaka • reddit • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • weird)
Japanese convenience store food takes a walk on the weird side with…cup pork?
- Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2023
New range of Japanese dishes, ready in less time than it takes to make instant ramen!
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • Family mart • food • instant food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • konbini • Lawson • Masanuki Sunakoma • pork • SNJO • taste test)
Neo Shinjuku Atsushi: New cyberpunk restaurant bar serves post-apocalyptic food in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2023
Like stepping into a futuristic world where everyone lives — and plays — underground.
- Japan
- (bars • COK • cool • dystopia • dystopian • futuristic • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restauramts • Neo Tokyo • NEON • neon signs • new openings • restaurants • sci-fi • shinjuku • Tokyo)
Stunning Japanese restaurant is like eating in a samurai residence
- Oona McGee
Aug 11, 2023
If you’re looking for a very Japanese experience, this is a place you’ll need to put on the itinerary.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • eating • food • Icchou • icho • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tochigi)
We eat fugu pufferfish semen at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo
- SoraNews24
Aug 9, 2023
If you thought eating fugu was scary, just wait ’til you try its milt.
- Japan
- (blowfish • fugu • Japanese food • milt • pufferfish • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)
Japanese restaurant chain causes a stir with foreigners online, but is it any good?
- SoraNews24
Aug 3, 2023
We find out if this yakitori chain is really worth visiting.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • foreigners • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restauramts • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Torikizoku • tourists • yakitori • YouTube)
Sushi store makes waves in Japan for meal with a surprising 14-character katakana name
- Oona McGee
Jul 31, 2023
A sushi bowl by any other name wouldn’t sound as sweet.
- Japan
- (cakes • chirashizushi • COK • cool • cute • Daimaru Department Store • Daimaru Tokyo • depachika • eating • food • Japanese food • mille-feuille • sashimi • seafood • SNJO • sushi • Sushi Cake • taste test • Tokyo • unusual • weird)
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)
Tomahawk Tonkatsu at Japanese restaurant becomes a hot topic online
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2023
A very unusual type of tonkatsu hidden in the backstreets of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • katsu • Ningyocho • P.K. Sanjun • pork • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurant • tonkatsu • Tonkatsu Fujiki)
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