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Taco rice at Japanese beef bowl chain Sukiya proves you can never eat a bad taco rice
- Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2023 - Tweet
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)
How to avoid queues at this Ichiran ramen restaurant in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2023
Don’t line up with the other tourists — locals know a secret way to beat the crowds.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Fukuoka • hack • hakata • Hakata ramen • Ichiran • Japanese food • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • review • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Do Shibuya’s new Pizza Waffles taste as good as they sound?
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2023
Move aside, waffle and pizza chains — Waffle Khan has arrived in town.
- Japan, Korea
- (COK • cool • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • pizza • pizza waffle • restaurants • review • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Waffle Khan • waffles)
New Wendy’s chicken burger inspired by ramen contains…no ramen?
- Oona McGee
Jun 9, 2023
Burger achieves the impossible by tasting like ramen despite not containing any noodles.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken burgers • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • garlic • Japanese food • limited • Mr. Sato • new • Noodles • ramen • ramen burger • SNJO • taste test • Wendy's)
Eat Kuroge Wagyu beef at this Japanese restaurant in Ginza for less than 10 bucks!
- Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2023
Premium quality at super cheap prices.
- Japan
- (beef • beef sushi • cheap eats • COK • food • Ginza • Japanese food • lunch • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • taste tes • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Mint Pepsi for Yakisoba is coming to Japan, and we got to taste it before it goes on sale
- Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2023
Does this new cola really pair well with fried noodles?
- Japan
- (COK • Cola • drinks • fried noodles • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • pepsi • SNJO • soft drinks • taste test • yakisoba)
Noodle joint in Harajuku becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
May 26, 2023
Let’s find out if this Tokyo restaurant is a foreign tourist trap or a place that’s truly worth visiting.
- Japan
- (carbonara • COK • cool • Harajuku • Japanese food • Menchirashi • Noodles • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourist sites • tourists • udon)
Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at 7-Eleven?
- Oona McGee
May 23, 2023
11 surprising cheap meals you can make at this famous Japanese convenience store chain.
- Japan
- (1000 yen • 7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cheap food • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • senbero • SNJO • taste test)
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)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2023
We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best chanpon noodles in Nagasaki!”
- Shannon
May 9, 2023
It also turned out to be the supposed birthplace of chanpon.
- Japan
- (chanpon • food • Japanese food • local specialties • Nagasaki • taxis • travel)
Is this epic Japanese tofu burger better than a teriyaki burger?
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2023
This chain thinks it’s time for Japan to have a new representative burger, so we put it to the test.
- Japan
- (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki burger • tofu • vegetarian)
Three things you should eat at Denny’s in Japan, according to staff who work there
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2023
Recommendations from a staff member reveal what they really like to eat behind the scenes.
- Japan
- (Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • COK • Denny's • diner • family restaurants • food • Japanese food • recommendations • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)
Pepsi releases a new cola in Japan specifically for zangi
- Oona McGee
Apr 23, 2023
Regional dish gets its very own Pepsi for a limited time.
- Japan
- (COK • Cola • drinks • food • fried chicken • Hokkaido • japanese drinks • Japanese food • karaage • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • pepsi • soft drinks • zangi)
Ramen kaiseki: Japanese restaurant offers first-ever multi-course noodle experience
- Oona McGee
Apr 19, 2023
Welcome to the world of noodle haute cuisine.
- Japan
- (food • Gunma • Japanese food • kaiseki • Noodles • ramen • restauramts • review • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test)
Sushi from a vending machine — would you try it? Mr. Sato did
- Katie Pask
Apr 17, 2023
Mr. Sato tries out some vending machine sushi from outside a branch of Sushiro.
- Japan
- (food • frozen sushi • Japanese food • kyotaru • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test • vending machine)
Japanese burger chain releases epic tofu burgers, designed by customers
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2023
A dream burger with a Japanese flavour, devised by over 110,000 customers.
- Japan
- (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • tofu • vegetarian)
Japan’s first made-to-order natto store will make you fermented beans without the putrid smell
- Katie Pask
Mar 23, 2023
Could this be the answer that all natto-nay sayers have been searching for?
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Sakura ramen brings a touch of hanami flower-viewing to popular Japanese noodle chain
- Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2023
A tasty way to enjoy the cherry blossoms.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • food • hanami • Japanese food • limited edition • mentaiko • Mitsuyado Seimen • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • sakura • sakura 2023 • tsukemen)
What the heck is okame soba?
- Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2023
An obscure noodle dish a lot of Japanese people don’t even know about.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Japanese food • local cuisine • Noodles • okame soba • recipes • SNJO • soba)
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