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Ramen restaurant offers free ramen for the rest of your life for 300,000 yen
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2023 - Tweet
Chiba noodle joint finds plenty of fans willing to take it up on the offer.
- Japan
- (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)
Can you make a good chicken ramen broth with KFC fried chicken?
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2023
We find out if KFC ramen should be a thing, and the results are surprising.
- Japan
- (broth • chicken • chicken ramen • COK • cooking • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • KFC • KFC Japan • Nissin • ramen • ramen soup • recipe • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird)
New Seafood Cup Noodle flavor actually includes a lot of pork content
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2023
Tonkotsu Seafood instant ramen is a bold new idea, but it’s one our palates might already be partially prepared for.
- Japan
- (Cup Noodle Seafood Noodle • cup noodles • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • nodles • ramen • tonkotsu ramen)
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.
Costco Japan’s brothless ramen grabs our attention, but will it win our heart?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2023
Taste-testing the Shirunashi Saba Ramen.
- Japan
- (COK • Costco • costco japan • food • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
Tokyo Ramen Show seeks to find the country’s best regional noodles
- Oona McGee
Oct 7, 2023
Vote for your favourite ramen at this special event in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • events • food • gotochi • Japanese food • Kabukicho • local specialties • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • regional food • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Visit a pepper-packed tribute to spiciness tucked away in an Osaka food court
- Master Blaster
Oct 6, 2023
It might not be the spiciest food, but it’s the most spicy-loving food.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • spicy • spicy food)
Mister Donut, Japan’s favorite donut chain, is now making instant ramen too
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2023
Mister Instant Ramen?
- Japan
- (donuts • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Mister Donut • ramen)
Ramen restaurant in Akihabara serves two different types of noodles in one bowl
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2023
A “third type of ramen” appears in Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Cho Gotteri Men Gottsu • COK • food • Gottsu • Japanese food • Kanda • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • ramen restaurants • ratsukemen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tasty • tsukemen)
Official microwaveable Cup Noodle-Use Measuring Cup is now a reality, could be yours if you act fast
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2023
After months of waiting, Nissin finally gives instant ramen fans what they’ve been asking for.
- Japan
- (clever • cooking • cool • Cup Noodle • funny • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen)
The story behind “the most hopeful ramen bar in the world”
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2023
Solving the mystery of the “world’s most hectic noodles” from Human Beings Everybody Noodles.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Hyogo • Ikuna Kamezawa • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • service area • SNJO)
Ramen made by a sauna shop opens its doors in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2023
A new type of noodle experience by sauna lovers for sauna lovers…but maybe not for ramen lovers.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • review • sauna • SNJO • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen)
We try the new Gaming Cup Noodle and Gaming Curry Rice from Nissin
- SoraNews24
Sep 18, 2023
Join us as we find out what caffeine-enhanced instant noodles and curry tastes like.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • curry • food • gaming • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • video games)
Cup Noodle’s new versions are more expensive with higher-quality ingredients — are they worth it?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2023
Cup Noodle ups the price and luxury of four of its most popular flavors for the Tokujo line.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tokujo Cup Noodle)
Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside
- Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2023
Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!
- Japan
- (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)
Is “The Most Annoying but Most Delicious” ramen from 7-Eleven truly the most delicious?
- Dale Roll
Sep 8, 2023
We don’t mind annoying, if the flavor is worth it.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • cup noodles • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • tori paitan ramen)
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