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Does Lawson’s new “A Happy Pancake the Drink” live up to our pancake-loving expectations?
We try out the newest “drinkable food.”
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • cool • drinkable • drinks • food • Lawson • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • weird)
Lawson’s new “drowning in cream” pancakes take convenience store sweets to another level
- Oona McGee
Nov 17, 2021
It’s not the only dessert to be drowning in cream right now at the popular chain.
- Japan
- (brownies • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cute • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese desserts • konbini • Lawson • limited edition • pancakes • sweets)
The most expensive pancakes we could find at 7-Eleven Japan are a delicious bargain【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2021
Japanese luxury hotel group creates pancakes you can buy at a humble convenience store.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • food • Hotel Okura • hotels • pancakes • SNJO • taste test)
We visit a Japanese cafe famous for John Lennon and epic pancakes
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2021
A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • John Lennon • Kamakura • pancakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yoko Ono)
We test Japanese sweets company’s claim: can one ingredient change pancakes from fluffy to chewy?
- Katy Kelly
May 17, 2021
This tip will help you to perfect your pancakes, whichever way you prefer them!
- Japan
- (baking • chewy • COK • cooking • experiment • fluffy • Morinaga • pancakes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • tasty)
Denny’s Japan collaborates with Godiva for decadent, limited-edition dessert menu
- Shannon
Apr 18, 2021
Chocoholics, you have five very good reasons to visit this family restaurant.
Rainbow mille crepes brighten up the food scene in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2021
We try the colourful sweet that’s becoming all the rage on social media.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • crepes • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • pancakes • rainbow • review • Saza • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Anime pancakes from Poupelle of Chimney Town require magic before eating
- Oona McGee
Jan 30, 2021
We try the interactive dessert that’s melting hearts in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • movies • pancakes • Poupelle of Chimney Town • SNJO • Studio 4°C • sweets • Tokyo)
Put down the frying pan – You can make amazing pancakes with a sandwich maker, Japan learns【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2020
Genius idea has the potential to get even better in the next batch.
- Japan
- (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • pancakes • sandwich maker • sandwich press)
Steamed bun pancakes are this year’s must-try sweet
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2020
Only available in Japan for a limited time.
- Japan
- (food • Imuraya • limited edition • Morinaga • pancakes • pork buns • steamed bun • steamed buns • sweets)
Shibuya 109 teams up with Hiroshima bread brand for “beary” cute cream pancakes and sandwiches
- Krista Rogers
Jun 30, 2020
A trendy spot in Tokyo collaborates with an 87-year-old confectionery famous for its cream buns to whip up two new Insta-worthy bites to go.
- Japan
- (COK • collaboration • cute • food • Hattendo • pancakes • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • sweets • Tokyo • trendy)
Starbucks Japan serves up drinkable banana crepes【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2020
There’s a lot going on beneath this bright yellow lid.
- Japan
- (bananas • convenience stores • crepes • drinks • limited edition • new • pancakes • Starbucks • sweets)
Pikachu now has an afro of cherry blossoms, and you can eat it【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2020
Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe reveals springtime sakura dessert, Gigantamax entrees.
- Japan
- (afro • anime • cherry blossoms • food • pancakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • sakura • sweets • themed restaurants • video games)
Lotte City Hotel in Tokyo comes with all-you-can-eat sweets and ice cream
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
People in Japan are going crazy for this sweets hotel, which serves up Koala’s March pancakes unavailable anywhere else in the world.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Bikkuriman • chocolate • COK • hotels • Kinshicho • koala no march • Koala's March • Lotte • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • travel • weird)
Eating Tokyo’s most expensive pancakes required us to go through a security check
- Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2019
Mr. Sato eats the pancakes that won the heart of one of the most powerful politicians in Japan, but were they worth it?
- Japan
- (COK • food • government • Hotel New Otani • hotels • Mr. Sato • pancakes • politicians • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Soy sauce on pancakes? We try the newest dessert idea from a century-old soy maker【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2019
The newest addition to the menu of the sweet life, or a crackpot idea that’ll leave you feeling salty?
We try epic pancakes at Japanese coffeehouse chain Doutor
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2019
Skip Starbucks and head to a premium Doutor for some of the country’s best pancakes.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffeehouses • desserts • Doutor • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • OK • pancakes • SNOJ • sweets)
Facebook Cafe opens for a limited time, offers emoji pancakes and drinks for absolutely free
- Koh Ruide
May 19, 2019
We visited this one-of-a-kind social media-themed cafe.
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • cafe • facebook • pancakes • pop-up cafes • social media • themed cafes)
Cat pancakes: Easier to make than normal ones thanks to super-cute, super-cheap Japanese gadget
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2019
The latest and greatest 100 yen shop treasure is now on sale at Daiso’s rival.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • Can Do • cats • COK • cooking • cute • food • pancakes • SNOJ • sweets)
X Japan vocalist Toshi becomes a YouTuber, makes Christmas pancakes【Video】
- Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2018
A surprising career turn for the legendary rocker as he reviews a new brand of cream.
- Japan
- (Cattoshi TV • Christmas • cream • music • pancakes • Toshi • visual kei • X Japan • YouTuber)
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