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“Totoro” restaurant in non-touristy Tokyo serves up very green matcha ramen【Taste test】
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Oct 21, 2024 - Tweet
Green tea is only one of the two unusual ingredients in Kitchen House Totoro’s green ramen.
Line of foreign tourists leads us to Akihabara’s meatiest fatty ramen【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2024
“A violent combination of meat, fat, and sugar.”
Tsukemen ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2024
Dipping noodles are all the rage with visitors to Japan.
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Clear tonkotsu ramen becomes a cult hit at “Ramen Runway” in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 9, 2024
A cheap meal that gives ramen at Michelin-starred restaurants a run for their money.
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- (COK • food • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Airport • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • Ramen Runway • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu ramen • tourism • tourist spot • travel)
Japanese chanko ramen restaurant contains a moving relic from the World Trade Center
- Oona McGee
Oct 2, 2024
Menchanko-tei combines noodles with traditional sumo food for a meal that’s become popular in Japan and the United States.
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Kyoto’s famous Chinese dish karashi soba can now be found in Lawson
- Elliot Hale
Sep 12, 2024
Restaurant quality food from a convenience store.
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Kansai-exclusive takoyaki Cup Noodle lives up to half of the expectations its name produces
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2024
Thankfully it’s the most important half.
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Japanese restaurant’s ice cream noodles combine sweet cream, onion, and fish stock flavors
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2024
Fuji Soba and Coolish enter into an unexpected alliance in Tokyo.
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- (Coolish • crazy • food • Fuji Soba • ice cream • Lotte • Noodles • restaurants • soba • sweets • weird)
Pizza Hut releases a special udon pizza…but only in one part of Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 8, 2024
Noodles are just one of several unusual ingredients in this very Japanese topping.
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- (COK • cool • crazy • food • Fukuoka • Noodles • nooldes • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • udon • weird • weird food)
Lawson convenience stores team up with Tenkaippin ramen chain for new cold ramen in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 7, 2024
Convenience store food just keeps getting cooler.
- Japan
- (COK • cold noodles • cold ramen • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tenkaippin)
Cat Lover’s Ramen: Do these instant noodles taste like…cat?
- Oona McGee
Jul 31, 2024
Miso Meow-men will make your tail curl in delight.
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- (cats • COK • cute • food • instant food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • Kirimaru Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • weird food)
Family Mart’s cold ramen is the hottest convenience store meal in Japan right now
- Oona McGee
Jul 29, 2024
Made by the restaurant that created the first chilled noodles in Japan.
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- (COK • cold noodles • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
Caffeinated ramen for gamers that you can eat with one hand going on sale in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2024
Who needs Mt. Dew when you can have ready-to-chug ramen as your gamer fuel?
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- (crazy • food • Instant Ramen • Nippon Ham • Noodles • ramen • video games • weird)
Yabai Ramen: What makes this Japanese ramen so dangerous?
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2024
Restaurant uses controversial slang word to sell its noodles, and we find out why.
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- (COK • crazy • food • funny • Japanese • Japanese food • japanese slang • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • review • slang • SNJO • taste test • weird • yabai • Yabai Ramen)
Does eel ramen really taste like eel?
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2024
A Japanese souvenir like no other.
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- (COK • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fish • food • instant food • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • unagi • Ushi no Hi • weird food)
Cup Noodles Campfire S’mores puts a weird new twist on instant ramen
- Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2024
New limited-edition flavour billed as the “campiest” yet.
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A visit to the real-life Naruto Ramen Ichiraku anime restaurant that’s not in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 6, 2024
We grab a bowl of Ichiraku ramen and down a chakra drink at Naruto’s favorite noodle house.
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- (anime • COK • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • Naruto • Noodles • ramen • Ramen Ichiraku • restaurants • Shanghai • SNJO • themed restaurants)
Skip Tsukiji sushi?!? This seafood-stock ramen restaurant is a great reason to do just that
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2024
Kako to Kai enthralls our reporter who just might have been a sea otter in his former life.
Pizza Hut Japan now sells…grilled cheese ramen?!?
- Oona McGee
Jul 2, 2024
Secret menu item makes us rethink what’s possible at this pizza chain.
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- (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • ramen • review • secret menu • SNJO • taste test • weird)
“THIS is Pork!” 7-Eleven’s pre-made chashu pork is here to elevate your instant ramen【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 24, 2024
Solving the big problem with Japan’s awesome convenience store ramen selection.
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- (7-Eleven • chashu • COK • convenience stores • food • Instant Ramen • Noodles • pork • Premium Seven • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
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