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You need this instant Japanese curry rice if you hate cooking but want to eat a balanced diet
This instant cup curry rice is blessed by the gods!
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How to make microwave rice packs into something you’ll actually be happy to eat【SoraKitchen】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2022
Two great rice recipes that you can make entirely in the microwave in a matter of minutes.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • microwave • microwave rice • omrice • omuraisu • pack rice • rice • rice omelets • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Zen-Noh)
Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 9: Chestnuts【SoraHouse】
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2022
Are roadside chestnuts really safe to eat?
- Japan
- (autumn • cheap homes • chestnuts • COK • food • foraging • harvest • home renovation • homes • houses • Japanese property • nature • nuts • property • real estate • rice • SNJO • SoraHouse • Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home)
The Big Bomb Onigiri Japanese rice ball helps us conquer mountain race but conquers us in the end
- Katie Pask
Sep 30, 2022
Our reporter completes a challenging race only to face a tougher challenge — a giant rice ball!
- Japan
- (big food • crazy • food • koshihikari • Masanuki Sunakoma • onigiri • rice • rice ball • rice balls • SNJO • takeout • taste test)
Sushi and onigiri rice balls get a new look with rollable furikake
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2022
Move aside seaweed, and make way for a new seasoned wrapping!
- Japan
- (COK • food • furikake • Japanese food • new • onigiri • rice • rice balls • seasonings • SNJO • sushi • weird)
Eat 60 brands of eggs and a ton of rice for around 3 bucks at Tokyo’s egg festival
- Oona McGee
Aug 31, 2022
Taking “I love egg” to new levels.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Ikebukuro • Japanese food • raw eggs • restaurants • rice • SNJ • tamago kake gohan • tamagokake gohan • TKG • Tokyo)
Pizza Hut’s new rice pizzas debut in Japan, but are they any good?
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2022
Not every topping is a perfect match for rice instead of pizza dough.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (COK • fast food • food • Gohan • Gohan Pizza • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • rice • Rice Pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)
Rice Pizza?! Pizza Hut creates a new base for customers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2022
Gohan Pizza My Box is full of new surprises.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (fast food • food • Gohan • Gohan Pizza • limited edition • marketing • pizza • Pizza Hut • rice • Rice Pizza • weird • weird food)
Say hello to the Big Bomb Onigiri, a beast of a Japanese rice ball
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2022
Famous rice-producing region goes big with a huge offering to attract customers.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • food • koshihikari • Niigata • onigiri • rice • rice ball • rice balls • SNJO • takeout • taste test • Tokyo)
Sukiyabashi Jiro Sushi Rice: How good is rice from Japan’s legendary sushi restaurant?
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2022
Recreating the expensive restaurant experience at home with authentic ingredients, at a fraction of the price you’d usually pay for them.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • japanese rice • Jiro Dreams of Sushi • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice • SNJO • Sukiyabashi Jiro • sushi • sushi rice • taste test • travel)
We found the prettiest TKG ever at a restaurant specializing in raw eggs on rice in Tokyo
- Dale Roll
Jul 27, 2022
It turns out there are ways to spruce up Japan’s simplest dish!
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • Kichijoji • raw eggs • restaurants • rice • SNJ • tamago kake gohan • tamagokake gohan • TKG)
The most Japanese vending machine of them all? Tokyo discovery shows us a new use for PET bottles
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2022
A genius way to sell some very Japanese staples.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
“It’s Rice! Toast” recipe from Japan gives us an edible paradox for breakfast【Recipe, taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 27, 2022
The key ingredient in “girl’s hair-flavored fried chicken” returns in yet another surprising place.
- Japan
- (bread • cooking • Gohan Desu Yo • recipe • rice • seaweed • SNJO • taste test • toast • tsukudani • weird)
Why are some types of Japanese rice written with completely different types of Japanese writing?
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2022
Katakana is usually for foreign words, but there’s a whole class of Japanese-grown rice that has katakana names.
- Japan
- (food • hiragana • Japanese language • Katakana • linguistics • rice)
Sushi restaurant’s crazy cheap lunch deal goes viral online
- Oona McGee
Mar 10, 2022
A deal so good locals want to keep this place a secret for themselves.
- Japan
- (cheap food • food • Kanagawa • lunch deals • restaurants • rice • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • Yokohama)
We rent Kappa Sushi’s conveyor belt, turn our home into a kaitenzushi restaurant
- Oona McGee
Mar 2, 2022
Amazing rental service lets you take the conveyor belt out of the sushi restaurant and back to your home!
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • customer service • food • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kappazushi • rice • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • Sushi Train • weird)
Using Starbucks Japan’s hot water to make ochazuke, one of Japan’s best comfort foods
- Casey Baseel
Feb 2, 2022
Mr. Sato thinks he may have found the next thing the coffeehouse chain should add to its menu.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • food • green tea • ochazuke • rice • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Wasp larvae bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
- Oona McGee
Feb 1, 2022
A local specialty best eaten with a side of courage.
- Japan
- (Aichi • bento • COK • culture • edible insects • food • Gifu • haruka takagi • history • insect food • insects • local specialties • Nagano • rice • SNJO • taste test • wasps • weird)
Is anime making otaku eat less rice? Government launches Girl Running Late with Rice Ball Project
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2022
Japan’s top rice-growing prefecture designs character, releases two videos in hope of changing anime breakfast trope.
- Japan
- (anime • bread • food • manga • musubi • Niigata • onigiri • rice • rice balls • society • toast)
Tokyo’s yuki chazuke: An ultra-rare delicacy you can only get right now (and that we made up)
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2022
When the snow starts falling, our boss’ stomach starts grumbling for this weird spin on a classic Japanese comfort food.
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