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Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Fuji Soba?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2023 - Tweet
There’s more than noodles that’s worth ordering at this ubiquitous soba chain.
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- (COK • food • Fuji Soba • Japan super budget dining • katsudon • Noodles • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • soba • Super Budget Dining)
Ichiran ramen fukubukuro lucky bag comes with big and small surprises
- Oona McGee
Dec 5, 2023
Japan’s premier tonkotsu ramen chain gives us some wonderful goodies to celebrate the New Year.
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Mos Burger opens fried chicken ramen pop-up restaurant serving free food in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2023
Burger chain and Cup Noodle maker Nissin join hands for fowl ramen collaboration.
- Japan
- (chicken • chicken ramen • COK • fried chicken • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Mos Burger • Mos chicken • Nissin • Nissin Chicken Ramen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to a good non-Hiroshima-y restaurant in Hiroshima
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2023
Skipping Hiroshima’s most famous food brought us to a place that both is and isn’t representative of the city.
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- (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hiroshima • musubi • Noodles • okonomiyaki • onigiri • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taxi • travel • udon)
Golden ramen in Tokyo costs 1,980 yen instead of 10,000 yen for a limited time!
- Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2023
A deal too good to pass up, but there are limited meals available.
- Japan
- (COK • food • gold • golden • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • taste test)
No need to wait in line for Michelin-starred ramen – Tokyo restaurant starts reservation system
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2023
Ginza restaurant will let you skip waiting in line if you plan ahead…and pay a fee.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Michelin • Michelin Guide • Michelin ramen • Michelin star • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)
Does Harajuku’s ramen restaurant with a constant line live up to the hype? Let’s find out!
- Dale Roll
Nov 4, 2023
Are lines deceptive, or is the food as good as they suggest?
- Japan
- (COK • food • Harajuku • Kyushu Jangara • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Takashi Harada • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world
- Oona McGee
Nov 1, 2023
Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.
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- (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)
Restaurant specializing in tamago kake men (TKM), raw egg over noodles, opens in central Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Oct 31, 2023
Does this lesser-known noodle variant of the quick-and-easy tamago kake gohan (TKG) have what it takes to become the next big thing?
- Japan
- (COK • egg • food • Jimbocho • Jinbocho • Noodles • raw egg • restaurants • SNJO • TKG • TKM • Tokyo)
Hey, have you eaten the news? – Japanese “noodle newspaper” comes with writing on the soba
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2023
Taste-testing Nagano’s Soba Shimbun.
Mega Yakisoba Pan takes Japanese convenience store food to crazy new places
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2023
Convenience store chain’s extreme yakisoba bread is even frightening the locals.
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- (bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried noodles • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese noodles • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba pan)
Bando Taro proves family restaurants in Japan are on a whole other level
- Oona McGee
Oct 25, 2023
There are family restaurants, and then there are Bando Taro family restaurants.
- Japan
- (Bando Taro • COK • cool • family restaurant • family restaurants • food • Ibaraki • Japanese food • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • miso nikomi udon • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soba • udon)
Let’s try making the Kyoto-style Chinese dish mustard soba【SoraKitchen】
- Master Blaster
Oct 24, 2023
Does our reporter’s attempt cut the mustard?
- Japan
- (brown mustard • chinese food • Chinese mustard • food • karashi • karashi soba • Kyoto • mustard soba • Noodles • recipes)
Love Cup Noodle mystery meat pieces? New instant ramen is packed full of ’em
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2023
Nissin gives the people what they want, and it’s waaaaay more meat than even we expected.
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- (Cup Noodle • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • new • Nissin Cup Noodle • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)
Ramen restaurant offers free ramen for the rest of your life for 300,000 yen
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2023
Chiba noodle joint finds plenty of fans willing to take it up on the offer.
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- (all-you-can-eat • crazy • deals • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)
We were blown away by Funabashi Sauce Ramen, just a short ride from central Tokyo【Taste test】
- Shannon
Oct 20, 2023
It’s like having several Japanese dishes in one bowl.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • food • Funabashi • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • sauce ramen • SNJO • taste test • unique food • yakisoba)
Katsu Curry Ramen: An unusual Japanese dish that combines three great meals in one
- Oona McGee
Oct 18, 2023
This local restaurant makes customers’ dreams come true.
- Japan
- (COK • curry • food • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • Japanese meals • Japanese restaurants • katsu • katsu curry • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • tonkatsu)
Does mixing all four Tokujo Cup Noodle flavors result in a hyper-luxurious flavor? We find out
- Dale Roll
Oct 13, 2023
It’s culinary madness in the SoraKitchen!
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin Cup Noodle • Noodles • ramen • SoraKitchen • taste test • Tokujo Cup Noodle)
Beef bowl ramen! Japan’s number-two gyudon chain gives us incentive to skip trains when traveling
- Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2023
A special menu item only available at special Matsuya branches.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • cars • COK • driving • expressways • food • gyudon • Matsuya • Noodles • parking areas • ramen • restaurants • service areas • SNJO • soba • taste test • travel • udon)
Japan’s Ramen Blanket wants to provide you with sweet noodle dreams【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2023
Ramen noodle maker wants us to sleep happy and full.
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