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7-Eleven Japan joins the craze for Korean Gamja Cheese Balls
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2026 - Tweet
Trendy Korean snacks get a convenience store makeover, but is it a good thing?
- Japan, Korea
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cheese • cheese ball • cheese balls • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • gamja cheese balls • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • korean food • SNJO)
Travelers to Japan can now also eat bonus Korean food thanks to 7-Eleven’s Korean Food Fair
- Krista Rogers
Jun 4, 2024
We tried out three of the campaign items inspired by popular Korean dishes that left us saying masisseoyo.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • campaign • COK • convenience store • food • gourmet • konbini • Korean • korean food • Snack • SNJO • Twinkle Pop)
Popular Korean pizza shop Allday Pizza Service opens first branch in Tokyo
- Shannon
Jan 2, 2024
Now you can dip your pizza in Tokyo, Korean-style.
- Japan
- (dip pizza • Fudomae • Korea • korean food • new restaurant • pizza • South Korea • Tokyo • Tokyo eats)
We tried a Korean brand of ramen that has a black broth, and it caused our brains to malfunction
- Dale Roll
Apr 16, 2023
What kind of flavor IS it?!
- Japan
- (chinese food • Chinese noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • korean food • Korean noodles • ramen • SoraKitchen • Takashi Harada)
Ito En releases drinkable cold ramen in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2023
Green tea specialists want us to drink spicy reimen this summer.
- Japan
- (awesome • canned drinks • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Ito En • Korea • korean food • Korean ramen • Nongshim • Noodles • ramen • reimen • spicy • spicy food • spicy ramen)
This super easy cold Korean spicy ramen dish will make summer 100 times more delicious
- Shannon
Aug 9, 2022
Not all spicy food has to be hot; sometimes, it’s refreshing!
- Japan
- (cold noodles • delicious • food • Japanese summer • korean food • recipe • shin ramen • Shin Ramyun • summer recipe)
Mr. Sato goes to a Korean-style shaved ice cafe, makes several mistakes, still has a great time
- Dale Roll
Jul 6, 2022
This shaved ice was different from what he was used to, but it was delicious nonetheless!
- Japan
- (dessert • korean food • shaved ice • Shin-Okubo • shinjuku • summer)
We visit Osaka’s newly dubbed Koreatown for the first time and set our sights on all of the food
- Krista Rogers
Jan 31, 2022
After viewing 60+ varieties of kimchi in a single shop alone, our reporter learns that she has much to learn about Korean cuisine.
- Japan
- (dining • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • kimchi • korean food • Osaka Ikuno Koreatown • Seiji Nakazawa • travel)
We try making Nisshin’s Jijimi Korean Pancakes in a cup kit【SoraKitchen】
- Shannon
Mar 11, 2021
Get all of that Korean cuisine goodness without the mess.
- Japan
- (chijimi • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • jijimi • korean food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)
YouTube video about home-grown, home-cooked, traditional Chinese food causes major controversy
- Dale Roll
Jan 25, 2021
One dish created in the video has some people angry that it was included when it’s not Chinese food.
- China, Korea
- (Asian food • China • chinese food • controversy • food • kimchi • Korea • korean food • Lixiqi • YouTube)
Korean cheese dog, tornado potato cooking gadgets bring Seoul street food to your home kitchen
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2020
Bandai sub-brand is ready to help us satisfy our street food cravings without setting a foot outside.
- Japan
- (cheese dog • cheese hotdog • cooking • cooking gadgets • food • korean food • potatoes • street food)
We taste-test 7-Eleven’s new fusion cuisine: the Cheese Dak-galbi Burrito!
- Katy Kelly
Aug 10, 2018
Our Japanese language reporter bites off a hefty chunk of the convenience store’s take on Mexican-Korean cuisine so we can bring you a spicy review.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store • convenience stores • korean food • SNOJ)
McDonald’s unveils latest Black Burger – the Spicy Korean Burger 【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 7, 2017
Hot and spicy enough to distract you from the off-putting blackness of the bun and cure bland food Malay-se?
- SE Asia
- (black food • Commericals • kimchi • korean food • Kuro Burger • McDonald's • McDonald's Malaysia • spicy • video)
Local tourism center in northern Japan makes visitors feel like they’ve crossed over into Korea
- Jamie Koide
Jun 18, 2015
“Roadside stations,” or michi no eki, are centers in Japan where you can find local agricultural products and restaurants serving up regional fare. For Japanese drivers, these areas serve as both a local tourism spot and a place to relax.
You can find michi no eki all across the country that provide a peek into local Japanese culture, but one center located in Yamagata Prefecture is rumored to make visitors feel right at home in Korea.
Not knowing if the rumor was true or why, one of our Japanese reporters felt compelled to see the center for himself and embarked on a trip up north that led him to Tozawa Village.
- Japan, Korea
- (food • Korean culture • korean food • travel • Yamagata)
Make your tummy happy, eat a kimchi yogurt rice bowl today
- Evie Nyan
Jun 11, 2015
In the boring and often mildly terrifying world of being a competent adult, there comes a time when you have to start eating healthily or face the horrible consequences. Junk food somehow seems less appealing when you have to factor in the inevitable side effects such as bloating, stomach cramps, and bad skin.
So we’re always looking for new things to eat that have added beauty benefits, and recently a secret super recipe has come to our attention which involves adding a dollop of yogurt and kimchi to our rice bowls.
- Japan, Korea
- (food • health • healthy eating • kimchi • korean food • yogurt)
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