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This Gunma restaurant was crowned the King of Pasta in 2022, and for good reason

• Dale Roll
  Jun 10, 2023
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We were blown away by how delicious their food was!

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• Japan
• (Gunma • Joshu pork • king of pasta • pasta • Restaurant • Takasaki • taste test)

Sakura ramen brings a touch of hanami flower-viewing to popular Japanese noodle chain

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2023

A tasty way to enjoy the cherry blossoms.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • food • hanami • Japanese food • limited edition • mentaiko • Mitsuyado Seimen • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • sakura • sakura 2023 • tsukemen)

Korakuen’s Chocolate Ramen returns to restaurants, wins over our most cynical taste tester

• Katie Pask
  Feb 17, 2023

Think that chocolate and ramen don’t go well together? Think again!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • chocolate ramen • food • Korakuen • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • SNJO • taste test • Valentine's Day • white chocolate ramen)

We eat an intimidating curry with toppings randomly chosen for us by CoCo Ichibanya’s ‘Gacha’ app

• Katie Pask
  Jan 6, 2023

Will a curry with toppings randomly chosen by a computer be remotely edible? Let’s find out!

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• Japan
• (CoCo Ichiban • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Masanuki Sunakoma • Restaurant • SNJO)

Mos Burger has a new restaurant just for cheeseburgers, and you bet we tried it

• Shannon
  Dec 9, 2022

Because sometimes a regular Mos cheeseburger doesn’t cut it.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • gourmet • Mos Burger • mosh Grab N Go • Mr. Sato • Restaurant • taste test • Tokyo eats • Tokyo restaurant)

Japanese conveyor belt restaurant delivers food by boat in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2022

Floating meals are just the start of what makes this restaurant so memorable.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyor belt restaurants • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • culture • food • gourmet • hachioji • Hinatoriyama • Japanese food • Restaurant • SNJO • tradition • unique • water • weird)

We visit super popular tuna specialty joint Izakaya Hitoshi on Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 22, 2022

After failing to secure a reservation for one month prior to his visit, our reporter gets in with some luck and ascends to tuna heaven.

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• Japan
• (dining • gourmet • Ishigaki • izakaya • Izakaya Hitoshi • maguro • Okinawa • pub • Restaurant • tuna)

Celebrate Halloween at Ikea Japan with their special spooky menu

• Katie Pask
  Sep 9, 2022

‘Tis the season to eat lots of spooky treats!

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• Japan
• (food • halloween • ikea • ikea halloween • ikea japan • Restaurant • sweets)

Kagoshima conveyor belt sushi chain Mekkemon rises above the rest with its special secret weapon

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 9, 2022

Our reporter discovers the special feature that makes one kind of common fish at this local eatery a slice above even the fatty tuna.

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• Japan
• (Conveyor belt sushi • food • gourmet • Kagoshima • Kagoshima Chuo Station • Kaitenzushi • Mekkemon • Restaurant • Seiji Nakazawa • soy sauce)

We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan

• Katie Pask
  Jul 2, 2022

Thankfully our reporter lived to tell the tale.

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• Japan, SE Asia
• (Bangkok • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • internationalism • izakaya • raw liver • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • Thailand • travel)

New Saizeriya gacha toys make us severely regret our life choices as we defy rules of probability

• Katie Pask
  Apr 30, 2022

New set of Saizeriya gacha turns from ‘let’s collect them all‘ into ‘this feels like torture‘.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • capsule toy machine • capsule toy machines • food • gacha • gacha toys • Restaurant • restaurants • Saizeriya • SNJO)

Michelin award noodle chain TamJai SamGor comes to Tokyo, we try 3 of their most popular dishes

• Katie Pask
  Apr 29, 2022

Hong Kong noodle restaurant’s spicy mixian rice noodles are described as “too delicious to translate into Japanese“.

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• Japan
• (food • Hong Kong • mixian • mixian rice noodles • P.K. Sanjun • Restaurant • restaurants • rice noodles • SNJO • TanJai SamGor • Tokyo)

New Japanese hotpot restaurant directs you to melt an adorable bear like a movie villain

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 14, 2021

If you go down to Kuma-chan Onsen today, you’re in for a big surprise…

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• Japan
• (bear • bears • cute • Hokkaido Menkoi Nabe Kuma-chan Onsen • hot springs • hotpot • Kuma-chan Onsen • morbid • nabe • Restaurant • SNJO)

We fry up a feast at Kushiya Monogatari and learn the joy of Japanese skewer restaurants

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 13, 2021

No wonder these places are such a hit in Osaka!

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• Japan
• (deep fryer • fried food • Konjac • kushiage • kushikatsu • Kushiya Monogatari • Restaurant • Saya Togashi • SNJO • taiyaki • tasty • tsaty)

We tackle a titanic bowl of pork cutlet katsudon and (just about) live to tell the tale

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 20, 2021

When you begin to suspect that your bowl is a portal to the pork dimension…

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• Japan
• (big food • fried pork cutlet • K. Masami • katsudon • Kokkyo Shokudo • Nara • Restaurant • rice • SNJO • tasty • tonkatsu)

Is Burger King’s Big Mouth Burger really as overwhelmingly meaty as promised? 【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Sep 2, 2021

“Get ready for the arrival of a new era of big burgers,” the slogan promises, but does it deliver?

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• Japan
• (big mouth • Burger • Burger King • Burger King Japan • cheeseburger • fast food • food • Restaurant • Seiji Nakazawa • taste test • whopper)

Underground Tokyo restaurant used in Kenshi Yonezu’s Flamingo video is a real hidden gem

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 5, 2021

Wander the halls of this underground car park and you’ll find a haven of fast, affordable Chinese feasts.

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• Japan
• (car park • chie nomura • Chinese restaurant • COK • Delica • food • Restaurant • SNJO • Tokyo • unusual)

Our reporter transforms into a fancy celebrity to sample the fanciest udon at Marugame Seimen

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 8, 2021

Two new limited-time menu items at the restaurant feature Kobe beef, so we pulled out all of the stops to feel worthy of this gastronomic celebration.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • gourmet • Kobe beef • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • Restaurant • sampling • udon)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Moko Tanmen Nakamoto deliciously spicy miso【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  May 22, 2021

We send our reporter to perform the most thorough test of a cup ramen’s quality we can manage.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Moko Tanmen Nakamoto • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Giant cats taking naps on train tracks — only in Japan

• Katie Pask
  May 13, 2021

Leaked screenshots from the latest Godzilla movie? Nope, just a restaurant in Osaka!

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• Japan
• (cats • cute • cute. cats • funny • kittens • Osaka • Restaurant • restaurants • technology • trains • twitter • udon)

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