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Japanese restaurant serves noodles that you fold and eat【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 16, 2023
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We’ve never tried udon like this before. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Gunma • gunma prefecture • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • travel • udon • weird)

We try the “longest ramen in history”【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2023

What’s it like to eat noodles that are over half the height of an average human?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • longest noodle • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • unusual food • weird • weird food)

Unstaffed frozen gyoza stores are now selling frozen ramen…but is it any good? We find out

• Dale Roll
  Feb 11, 2023

It turns out this ramen has a special cooking method too…

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• Japan
• (Japan Ramen Research Institute • Noodles • ramen • takeout • taste test • unstaffed store • Yukimatsu Gyoza)

Which city spends the most on ramen every year? Not Tokyo, Sapporo, or Fukuoka, but a Tohoku town

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2023

Mayor of second-place city expresses regret at not capturing the title of Japan’s biggest ramen-spenders.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Niigata • Noodles • ramen • society • Yamagata)

Gyoza ramen! Two of Japan’s best comfort foods in one bowl at innovative restaurant【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2023

No need to order a side of pot stickers when they’re the basis for Ramen Zai’s signature ramen.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • gyoza • Noodles • pot stockers • ramen • restaurants • SNJO)

Ichiran ramen lucky bag gives us everything we need to enjoy tonkotsu noodles at home

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2023

This Japanese ramen chain really knows how to please its customers.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • delicious • food • food review • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2023 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2023 • Ichiran • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • lucky bag 2023 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • Lucky Bags • new • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test)

Converse teaming up with Cup Noodle for three pairs of shoes inspired by iconic packaging

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2023

A collab between a top instant noodle company and a top shoe producer–what more could we want?

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• Japan
• (collaboration • Converse • cool • Cup Noodle • fashion • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • shoes • stylish)

How to make noodles look restaurant quality in just three seconds

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2022

Little-known hack from a soba restaurant pro will give your noodles a professional look every time.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking hack • cooking hacks • cool • food • food hack • hacks • how to • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • recipes • SNJO • soba • toshikoshi soba)

We try the recommended way to eat Ippudo’s new instant cup rice…which involves twice the Ippudo

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 28, 2022

Ippudo’s new “pollack roe-flavored pickled mustard greens cup rice” recently landed on shelves at 7-Eleven Japan.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store • food • Ippudo • konbini • mentai • Noodles • ramen • rice • SNJO • soup • takana)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2022

We’ve gotta say, there’s no way we would’ve thought this remote-looking location would turn out to be such a hidden gem.

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• Japan
• (COK • donburi • fish • fishing town • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Kojohama • Noboribetsu • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)

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.

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• Japan
• (curry • delicious • Hokkaido • Ichiran • Japanese curry • Kourakuen • local chain • Noodles • ramen • ramen chains • restaurants • Sugakiya • Tenkaippin • Yamaokaya)

Is Jiro-style ramen takeout from the supermarket as good as the real deal?

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 14, 2022

We find out if this reasonably priced bowl stacks up to the ramen served at popular noodle chain Ramen Jiro.

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• (COK • food • Jiro-style • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro • Seisen Ichiba • SNJO • supermarket • taste test)

Which noodles, other than Okinawa soba, pair best with Okinawa soba broth?【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 4, 2022

A distinct broth and four types of noodles…which combination will be the best?!

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• Japan
• (chukamen • COK • food • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawa soba • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • SoraKitchen • taste test • udon)

The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 28, 2022

Our reporter’s tastebuds get taunted when he underestimates the true power of the Demon King.

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• Japan
• (black pepper • Demon King • mustard mayonnaise • Noodles • Peyoung • pk sanjun • taste test • yakisoba)

Is ramen without the “men” a Tokyo dining paradox worth experiencing?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2022

Tachikawa Mashi Mashi challenges the concept of what exactly ramen is.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Jiro-inspired ramen • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Turn around, and you’ll see this Tokyo convenience store is also something else【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2022

The delicious, heartwarming tale of Misawa, two great businesses in one spot in Shibuya.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cool • food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • udon • weird)

How to eat Japan’s super long noodles【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2022

Devil’s Club noodles are over half the length of an average human, so how the heck do you eat them? 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • hiyamugi • Japanese noodles • K. Masami • Noodles • Okayama • SNJO • somen • taste test • travel • udon • weird)

Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2022

Step back in time with old-school vending machines that dispense unique products in retro packaging.

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• Japan
• (Bon curry • burgers • cool • curry • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • retort curry • retro • retro technology • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)

At the London branches of Marugame Seimen, you can change your udon’s broth–but choose wisely!

• Dale Roll
  Oct 2, 2022

Sometimes “new” can be jarring…or even disappointing.

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• Europe, UK
• (Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food overseas • Kamezawa Ikuna • london • Marugame Seimen • Marugame Udon • Noodles • udon)

Ramen and dekotora come together at this restaurant in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

Korakuen Iekei Ramen Truck Yaro Since 2021 celebrates Japan’s culture of decorated trucks. 

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • decorated trucks • decotora • Dekotora • food • iekei ramen • Japanese food • Korakuen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • trucks)

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