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Japanese pudding gets a massive big-eats upgrade at this Tokyo cafe
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2026 - Tweet
Can we demolish a four-kilo purin made with 32 eggs?
- Japan
- (big eats • cafe • cafes • desserts • Harajuku • huge • huge food • must try • Omotesando • pudding • purin • SNJO • Sweet Check • sweets • Tokyo)
Tokyo sweets store has a “350% Pudding Soft Serve”, and people are going wild for it
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2026
Is this ice cream dessert worth the hype?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • desserts • Ginza • ice cream • pudding • purin • Purin Lab • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • taste test • Tokyo • viral • viral food)
Japan’s new Calpis pudding: The right call for summer, or tampering with purin perfection?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026
Taste-testing a unique mix of two things Japan loves, but may or may not be meant to be enjoyed together.
Udon pudding is about to shake up the noodle scene in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 5, 2026
Purin, like you’ve never seen, or tasted, before.
- Japan
- (desserts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • pudding • purin • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird • weird food)
Lipton releases… Pudding Milk Tea in Japan?!?
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2026
Lipton caters to the Japanese market with an exclusive new dessert beverage.
- Japan
- (desserts • drinks • food • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • milk tea • Morinaga • new • pudding • purin • sweets • tea • tea latte • weird)
War in Iran threatening Japan’s pudding production
- Master Blaster
Apr 30, 2026
If you don’t end the war, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t end the war?!
McDonald’s Japan now has Hello Kitty and Pompompurin drinks on the menu
- Oona McGee
Apr 17, 2026
We find out if the limited-edition Sanrio frappe and smoothie taste as sweet as they look.
- Japan
- (COK • cute • drinks • frappoe • Hello Kitty • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pompompurin • purin • Sanrio • smoothie • SNJO • strawberry)
Discover some of the best snacks in Atami, a wonderland of Japanese street food
- Elliot Hale
Jul 19, 2025
There’s a lot more to the city than just hot springs and seaside views.
- Japan
- (Atami • basque cheesecake • beach • COK • crepe • food • Japanese street food • Mari Morimoto • matcha • Ocean • purin • scenic • shopping street • SNJO • street food • tourism • travel)
Sanrio Pompompurin purin custard pudding sweets sound doubly delicious, look like pooch bottoms
- Casey Baseel
Feb 20, 2025
There’s no better Sanrio star for this job than the golden retriever who’s named after custard.
- Japan
- (custard • custard pudding • cute • food • pastel • Pompompurin • pudding • purin • Sanrio • sweets • weird)
Lawson convenience stores now sell see-through pudding in Japan 【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Feb 3, 2025
New “Can You See It? Purin” sends a clear message to the taste buds.
- Japan
- (caramel • clear • clear sweets • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • creme caramel • Japanese convenience stores • jelly • konbini • Lawson • pudding • purin • see-through • snacks • SNJO • sweets • transparent)
Halloween Totoro and Spirited Away puddings coming to delight Ghibli fans
- Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2024
What Halloween treats could be sweeter than these?
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • cream puffs • food • My Neighbor Totoro • pudding • purin • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)
Does McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing shake really taste like a Pucchin Purin pudding?
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2024
Taste comparison leads us to a new discovery about Japan’s most popular brand of pudding.
- Japan
- (COK • dessert • fast food • food • Japanese pudding • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • moon viewing • new • news • Pucchin Purin • pudding • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tsukimi)
7-Eleven combines two Japanese convenience store sweets into one for an epic treat
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2024
New dessert is heaven for lovers of cream puffs and Japanese puddings.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream puff • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Family Mart convenience stores add “See-Through Pudding?” to their summer lineup【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2024
Now I’ve seen through it all.
- Japan
- (Family mart • jelly • pudding • purin • see-through • snacks • summer • Tomei Purin?)
Spirited Away witch Yubaba takes over containers of one of Japan’s favorite puddings
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2024
Studio Ghibli star pushes Humphrey Bogart out of the way.
- Japan
- (food • Hayao Miyazaki • Marlowe • pudding • purin • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Toshio Suzuki and Ghibli Exhibition • Yokosuka Museum of Art)
It doesn’t get any fresher than raw-egg pudding!【SoraKitchen】
- Master Blaster
Feb 29, 2024
That probably depends on the egg you use, though.
Last chance! Tokyo’s premium pudding at the historic Hilltop Hotel about to disappear【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2023
70-year-old downtown hotel is closing, possible permanently, but there’s still time for one last taste of its amazing purin platter.
The butter pudding from Kaldi doesn’t taste like butter or pudding, so what does it taste like?
- Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2023
We investigate an intriguing sweets product at the popular international foods chain and discover the secret of its hidden flavor.
- Japan
- (butter pudding • food • KALDI • Mariko Ohanabatake • purin • shopping • taste test)
Frozen pudding pops among the many surprises at Ramen Deniro in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2023
You talkin’ ramen to me? You talkin’ ramen to me?
- Japan
- (dessert • food • ice cream • Mr. Sato • pudding • purin • ramen • Ramen Deniro • restaurants • Tokyo)
Izumofarm’s Pure Pudding has a clever way of ensuring purity
- Master Blaster
Jul 4, 2023
It’s pretty pure purin pudding.
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