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We make a Russian Kentucky Fried Chicken sushi ginger sandwich

Master Blaster
Oct 11, 2015
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Our Japanese reporter Ahiruneko is an admitted gari (pickled ginger) maniac. Whenever he goes into a sushi restaurant he’s sure to polish off as much of the pink sweet and sour flakes as he does actual sushi. Yes, for Ahiruneko, sushi just wouldn’t be sushi without gari.

But one day he heard some troubling news. Word had it that Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Russia were selling a chicken sandwich topped with gari. “What are the Russians thinking?!” thought our reporter as he set out in search of these mythical creations…

Japan, Russia
(fast food • gari • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • pickled ginger)

Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes Kentucky Fried Salmon with Japan-only seasonal specials

KK Miller
Oct 6, 2015

Every season brings with it a different set of delicious food offerings, and no country seems to take advantage of that fact more than Japan, where supermarkets aisles are always adorned with special seasonal displays in order to entice shoppers and capitalize on the time of year. For those of us who live in areas where you can buy pretty much any food item at any time, you might find the idea of seasonal products to be a bit strange, but restaurants all over Japan take advantage of the seasons to lure in customers.

This fall, KFC in Japan is trying something a little bit different. If the idea of fried Hokkaido salmon has you salivating, you might want to head down to KFC to see what the Colonel has to offer.

Japan
(fish sandwich • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • salmon • seasonal fish)

KFC Japan celebrates Colonel’s birthday with all-you-can-eat fried chicken, free for some kids

Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2015

One of the upsides to being a little kid is that you can get presents even on someone else’s birthday. But like getting your food pre-cut into bite-sized pieces and having older people carry you around when you’re tired, you can only expect to receive bags of party favors up to a certain age.

A rare exception to this, though, is the birthday of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders. To celebrate Sanders’ birthday, KFC Japan is offering all-you-can eat fried chicken, but the unlimited bird is just part of the chain’s generosity on that special day.

Japan
(all-you-can-eat • deals • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC)

We head to KFC in China to chow down on a pretty pink rose-flavoured burger【Taste test】

Evie Nyan
Aug 19, 2015

Here at RocketNews24, we’ll eat pretty much anything. But we especially love wrapping our smackers around limited edition burgers in a variety of hues and consistencies. We’ve eaten black burgers, red burgers, sloppy burgers, and crusty burgers, but what our little lives have been missing all this time is a pretty pink burger! Luckily KFC China has complied with our wishes and rolled out their brand-new rose flavoured chicken burger.

We sent our lucky reporter Meg all the way to China just to try one of these fancy and feminine chicken sammidges.

China, Internet, Japan
(chicken • fast food • KFC • pink • rose burger • taste test • video • wtf)

Who needs bread when you have fried chicken? Try all of your comfort foods revamped by KFC

Meg Murphy
Jul 15, 2015

Does anyone out there still adhere to the low-carb diet? You know, the one where you have to give up all sorts of bread-y goodness under the presumption that carbohydrates make you fat, and that upping the protein in your diet would somehow help you to lose weight? Well, if you’re in to that sort of torture, fast food chain KFC may have something for you, as stores worldwide have put out various twists on old favorites by replacing burger and hot dog buns with chicken, and now KFCs in the Philippines are upping the game with their new, extremely limited crustless chicken pizza.

And sorry, low-carbers, we lied. As breaded, deep-fried chicken isn’t exactly a proper alternative, you may want to turn away now to avoid temptation. Everyone else, you may proceed to the wonder that is the “Chizza“.

Japan, Korea, SE Asia
(chicken crust pizza • Chizza • crazy • fast food • food • KFC • pizza)

KFC Japan adds more breast to their chicken with ‘sexy’ new LINE character

Jessica
May 21, 2015

We all know Japan likes to have a character for just about everything, and we also know the country has a long history of sexualizing things that really don’t need to be. So KFC Japan’s new mascot character of a sexy anthropomorphized chicken with huge boobs should surprise no one. And yet, I confess myself surprised. Or maybe creeped out is a better way of putting it.

Japan
(chicken • KFC • mascot character • wtf)

Just like the cherry blossoms, KFC potato chips return to Japan this spring!

Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2015

Last year, something beautiful came to Japan. It was only here for a short while, but in that time, it left a deep impression on many people, including us here at RocketNews24. And while we were sad to see it go, it’s time to dry our tears, because this spring, it’s coming back again!

So, all excited for cherry blossom season? That’s great, but what we’re actually talking about right here are Kentucky Fried Chicken-flavor potato chips.

Japan
(fast food • food • KFC • potato chips • snacks)

KFC’s Double Down evolves into a fried chicken-wrapped hot dog in the Philippines

Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2015

KFC launched its Double Down menu item in 2010, and after it sunk in that the fast food chain was serious about making a bacon and cheese sandwich with two pieces of fried chicken substituting for the bread, reactions were split between horrified and hungry. All agreed though that the decadent offering was in no way to be mistaken for a healthy dining option, and many commentators declared it the sort of thing that could only have been birthed in response to the extra-gluttonous fast food culture of the U.S.

Except it turns out that Americans aren’t the only ones who occasionally like to go crazy and stuff themselves with as much KFC-cooked meat as their mouths and stomachs can hold. The Double Down was also a sales success in Korea, and this week, KFC launched an evolved version in the Philippines called the Double Down Dog.

SE Asia
(awesome • crazy • Double Down • fast food • fried chicken • hot dogs • KFC)

Fly-kicking good?! KFC Malaysia apologises after employees brawl in front of customers

Fran W
Jan 24, 2015

KFC Malaysia has launched an investigation after a fist-fight broke out between employees in a branch of the restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. The fight, which happened directly in front of customers, was captured on camera and uploaded Facebook, where it has been shared and viewed thousands of times.

A video of the punch-up, which appears to show one member of staff verbally abusing another before a third employee dives in with a flying kick, was uploaded on January 17. KFC Malaysia was surprisingly quick to respond.

SE Asia
(fight • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • Malaysia • video)

Kentucky Fried Café – New KFC in Japan to offer upscale coffee, tea, and sweets

Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2014

Although I never met the man, Colonel Sanders doesn’t strike me as a hurried individual. Anybody who’s willing to add 11 different seasonings to his fried chicken can see the value in taking the time to appreciate the finer things in life. I like to imagine that rather than rush through his meals, the KFC founder would linger at the table, at least for a few minutes, and when his schedule allowed, for periods extending to “a spell.”

That’s why I think he’d approve of KFC opening its first full-fledged café this month in Japan.

Japan
(cafes • coffee • drinks • fast food • food • KFC • sweets • tea)

KFC is counting on these new menu items to save business in China

BUSINESS INSIDER
Oct 9, 2014

KFC parent company Yum Brands was hit hard by a Chinese food safety scandal.

The company cut the profit outlook in a recent earnings announcement. Sales in China fell 14% in the most recent quarter as consumers doubted the brand’s quality.

Executives told analysts that it was counting on some new rice dishes to revive sales. Because these dishes are seen as more high-end, the KFC team believes they could improve perception of the brand.

China
(fast food • KFC • menu)

KFC Japan’s pumpkin biscuits ready to become tasty Halloween treats

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2014

Recently, Japanese branches of McDonald’s and Burger King have been getting into the Halloween spirit with spooky black burgers infused with squid ink and bamboo charcoal. This is a problem for KFC, though, since both of those ingredients are a little too exotic to mix with the Colonel’s traditional set of 11 herbs and spices.

Since KFC can’t celebrate Halloween by embracing its dark side, the most popular fried chicken outlet in Japan is instead turning to the holiday’s other icon by offering pumpkin biscuits.

Japan
(fast food • food • halloween • KFC • sweets)

KFC Japan unveils even more amazing, ridiculous fried chicken merch

Anime News Network
Sep 20, 2014

Previously, we wrote about KFC Japan’s deep-fried celebration of “Colonel Day,” involving a variety of absurd, yet incredible, chicken-shaped computer accessories, like a drumstick mouse, a keyboard with chicken keys, and a chicken USB memory stick. The company even trotted out a pair of stylish fried chicken earrings.

They’ve unveiled a couple more items since then, including this oversized fried chickendrumstick iPhone 5s case (even the Colonel is laughing, asking, “Why is it so big?”).

Japan
(Anime News Network • iPhone case • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)

KFC Japan offering chicken-themed keyboard, mouse, flash memory in exchange for tweets

Philip Kendall
Sep 5, 2014

I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I think of Kentucky Fried Chicken, or “KFC” as it doggedly insists on being called, I immediately think of computer peripherals. What’s that, you say? You’re a normal human being and so you’d never make such a peculiar connection? Oh. Well, perhaps you think of earrings instead?

Japan
(fast food • food • KFC • twitter • weird • wtf)

KFC now selling bento lunchboxes from exclusive chain of Japanese-style outlets

Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2014

People in Japan love fried chicken. It’s so popular it’s become one of the staple ingredients in Japanese bento lunches, where it’s served in small, boneless pieces known as kara-age, and it’s in such high demand that you’ll find queues outside specialist kara-age joints around the country.

World-famous fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken has finally picked up on the popularity of the chicken piece with a new line-up of Japanese-style hole-in-the-wall outlets dedicated to serving up kara-age in a variety of KFC flavours. And that’s not all. They’ll even serve it up in a bento lunchbox too.

Japan
(bento • fast food • food • KFC • obento)

All-you-can-eat-fried chicken coming to KFC Japan just in time for the 4th of July

Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2014

Man, doesn’t that pile of Kentucky Fried Chicken look enticing? Sure, it may not be the most sophisticated meal, and there’s really no way you can twist the nutritional facts to call it particularly healthy, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a purer, simpler gastronomic joy than a bucket of fried chicken.

But you know what makes the above image all the more beautiful? The large-font Japanese text smack dab in the middle of it, the part that says tabehodai, or, in English, “all you can eat.”

Japan
(cheap eats • deals • fast food • fried chicken • KFC)

Kentucky fried rice bowl – KFC’s Kentadon expands throughout east Japan

Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2014

It’s amazing how much Japan loves KFC. I pass by more locations of the world’s most popular fried chicken chain on an average day in Tokyo than I ever did in Los Angeles, and it’s even the meal of choice for most Japanese diners on Christmas Eve.

Now, just as Japan has embraced KFC, KFC is embracing Japan by expanding the number of locations where you can get your hands on one of the restaurant’s rare Kentucky Fried Chicken rice bowls.

Japan
(cheap eats • fast food • fried chicken • KFC)

KFC mystery meat leaves us puzzled, kills our appetite

Preston Phro
May 6, 2014

While KFC Japan recently unveiled their newest menu item featuring a collaboration with soccer player Ronaldo, KFC China has (accidentally) unveiled a somewhat different item: Horrific chicken wings.

China
(chicken • KFC • mystery meat)

KFC launches collaboration with soccer star Ronaldo, ensures next generation will be too fat to play

Jessica
Apr 26, 2014

KFC Japan has announced it is getting in on the fast food giant’s tie up with international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo starting April 28 by offering new menu items at all Japanese stores. Ronaldo’s face may be all over this stuff, but something tells me this kind of fully fried meal doesn’t actually go in his face very often…

Japan
(fast food • football • KFC • marketing • ronaldo • soccer • sports)

KFC Fish back for a second helping, will it stick around this time?

Master Blaster
Feb 8, 2014

Last autumn Japan was treated to a new way to enjoy KFC: Kentucky Fried Fish. At that time our reporter Kuzo was lucky enough to sample a few sticks before the entire nation converged on the fast food chain and devoured the crispy battered fish sticks faster than KFC could supply them.

As a result the KFF campaign came to an abrupt halt in under two weeks time due to lack of ingredients. However, from 6 February, KFC Japan says they have reworked their logistics and are reviving Kentucky Fried Fish! This time we sent in Megu to check it out.