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We slurped up oodles of chilled noodles with this chain’s “Super Demon size” extra add-on
- Krista Rogers
Aug 19, 2025 - Tweet
We also timed how quickly we could finish the hiyashi niku soba at this popular stamina pork rice bowl chain.
- Japan
- (chilled • COK • Densetsu no Sutadonya • food • garllic • hiyashi soba • Noodles • pork bowl • ramen • SNJO • summer • sutadon)
A visit to the birthplace of Kobe’s other famous food, sobameshi, to try it bokkake-style
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2025
The giant robot statue wasn’t the only surprise on our trip to Kobe neighborhood where its famous everyday dish that isn’t Kobe beef got its start.
Visiting Ramen River, a Japanese restaurant that’s only open two hours a day
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2025
If you don’t get here half an hour before opening, chances are they’ll already be sold out.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • countryside • food • hidden gems • Japanese countryside • Nara • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel • weird • Yoshino)
Japan has a new energy drink designed to pair with one of its favorite instant noodle brands
- Master Blaster
Jul 12, 2025
Get in the U.F.O. ZONe and brace yourself.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • drinks • energy drinks • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • UFO • weird • yakisoba • Yakisoba U.F.O. • ZONe)
Cold curry noodles? Is Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant’s idea crazy enough to work?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2025
Cold noodles and curry noodles are proven successes, but cold curry noodles is a new roll of the culinary dice.
- Japan
- (Cocoichi • cocoichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • curry udon • food • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • udon • weird)
Tokyo ramen restaurant apologizes for trying to set too-strict time limit for eating its noodles
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2025
Ramen Jiro regrets giving the impression that it’s an intimidating place to eat at.
- Japan
- (COK • etiquette • food • manners • Noodles • ramen jiro • restaurants)
Yoshinoya’s new ramen doesn’t smell like it tastes【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2025
We head to the beef bowl king to try their first attempt at beef mazesoba.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • food • mazesoba • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Beef bowl king Yoshinoya to start serving ramen this summer with new beefy mazesoba
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2025
It has beef and it comes in a bowl, but it’s not a beef bowl.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • food • mazesoba • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Yoshinoya)
Investigating the mysterious “Shake Pippi” at Marugame Seimen udon restaurants
- Master Blaster
Jun 27, 2025
It’s only natural to want to shake your pippi.
- Japan
- (COK • food • fried foods • Marugame Seimen • Marugame Shake Pippi • Noodles • Pippi • restaurants • snacks • SNJO • udon)
Does the Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget really create perfect instant ramen eggs?
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2025
Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates a way to elevate your ramen, but it might be more hassle than it’s worth.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • video)
Awesome tempura soba noodle breakfast makes this Tokyo hotel near Akihabara a budget travel hero
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2025
Skip the morning convenience store run and charge up for the day ahead with delicious seasonal tempura.
- Japan
- (breakfast • COK • Dormy Inn • Dormy Inn Premium • food • hotel breakfast • hotels • Noodles • SNJO • soba • tempura • tourism • travel)
Perfect instant ramen eggs every time! Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2025
An easy way to make your already easy meal even more delicious.
- Japan
- (chicken ramen • cooking • cool • eggs • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video)
Old soba restaurant on Japanese train station platform serves noodles with a side of nostalgia
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2025
If you’ve never tried ekisoba, now’s the time to get on board with the trend.
- Japan
- (food • Japanese train stations • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • stand-and-eat • stations • tachigui soba • train station • train stations • trains • travel)
Udon Doughnuts boom in popularity, get a whole new look at Japanese restaurant chain
- Oona McGee
May 23, 2025
Behold the Udonuts, with a texture like no other doughnut in Japan.
- Japan
- (Aichi • donuts • doughnuts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Mr. Sato • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • Udonatsu • Udonuts)
New Pokémon x Ippudo collaboration has Pikachu on board as ramen chef
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2025
Exclusive goods only available at one Pokémon Center in Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • food • Fukuoka • goods • hakata • Hakata Ippudo • Hakata ramen • Ippudo • Japanese food • manga • merchandise • Noodles • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • ramen • video games)
Japanese train station noodle restaurant with 122-year history closes
- Casey Baseel
May 17, 2025
Customers come out for one last bowl of soba at Nenoue.
- Japan
- (food • Gifu • Nakatsugawa Station • Noodles • restaurants • soba • stand-and-eat • stations • tachigui soba)
Fukuoka’s Inaba Udon chain comes to Harajuku and we slurp up every last drop of it
- Krista Rogers
May 2, 2025
Yup, we’d do just about anything for these noodles with a unique tempura topping.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Fukuoka • gobo • Harajuku • Harakado • Inaba Udon • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • tempura • Tokyo • Tokyu Plaza • udon)
Japanese restaurant chain serves up super thick soba noodles in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2025
One of the best places to try a very unusual type of buckwheat noodle.
- Japan
- (budget • cheap eats • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • soba • Tokyo • weird food • Yoshi Soba)
Japanese breakfast ramen for US$3.50 in Shinjuku is the morning meal you didn’t know you needed
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2025
The best place to try the unique local custom of “asa-ra”.
- Japan
- (breakfast • cheap eats • COK • food • Japanese breakfast • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • Restaurant • Sarusuberi • shinjuku • SNJO • soy sauce ramen • Tokyo)
New contender for the Akihabara ramen crown: Restaurant run by martial arts champ【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Apr 23, 2025
Mixed martial artist now adds ramen making to his skill mix at Men Zin Saito.
- Japan
- (Akihabra • COK • food • martial arts • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
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