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This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation
- Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2022 - Tweet
Will these unlikely bedfellows make for an illicit relationship or sublime harmony?
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- (bread • burgers • COK • eating • food • ginger • Iwashita New Ginger • Japanese food • Japanese sandwiches • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sandwiches • SNJO • soba • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • weird • yakisoba)
We find Italian Soba at an Aomori fish market that insisted it’s perfect for the beach
- Dale Roll
Nov 24, 2022
Italian-style Japanese? Or Japanese-style Italian? We just couldn’t decide.
- Japan
- (Aomori • fusion cuisine • Hachinohe • Italian food • Mr. Sato • pasta • soba • unusual food)
Turn around, and you’ll see this Tokyo convenience store is also something else【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2022
The delicious, heartwarming tale of Misawa, two great businesses in one spot in Shibuya.
Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location
- Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2022
Step back in time with old-school vending machines that dispense unique products in retro packaging.
- Japan
- (Bon curry • burgers • cool • curry • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • retort curry • retro • retro technology • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)
We find “Yakushima Soba” on a mysterious menu at a souvenir shop at Yakushima Island’s airport
- Dale Roll
Sep 10, 2022
A slightly bizarre start made for a delicious meal you can only get on this remote southern Japanese island!
A whole new way to eat katsu: Cold katsu soba【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2022
We’ve never met a pork cutlet we didn’t love, but will that streak continue?
- Japan
- (COK • cutlet • food • katsu • Katsuya • Noodles • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test • weird)
The best soba restaurant on Yakushima island, according to locals
- Oona McGee
Aug 30, 2022
It’s a trek to get to this rural location, but it’s worth it.
- Japan
- (COK • countryside • food • inaka • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • taste test • travel • Yakushima)
Eating every kind of cold noodle dish from Family Mart to stave off the summer heat【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
Aug 10, 2022
‘Tis the season for cold noodles!
- Japan
- (COK • cold noodles • convenience store • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • taste test • udon)
We ate all eight kinds of cold noodles from 7-Eleven and here’s our favourites【Taste test】
- Katie Pask
Aug 5, 2022
Chilled noodles are the perfect summer meal, but which ones reign supreme?
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • cold noodles • convenience store food • hiyashi chuka • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • soba • taste test • udon)
Marvelous Soba: Colour-changing noodle broth creates a twist ending to your meal
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2022
This Tokyo restaurant will cure your summer blues…for a limited time.
- Japan
- (butterfly pea • COK • food • Fuji Soba • gourmet • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test • weird food)
Japan’s first-ever wanko soba conveyor belt restaurant opens in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2022
Amusement Wanko Soba Kurukuru Wanko wants you to eat over a hundred bowls of noodles in one sitting.
- Japan
- (COK • conveyor belt restaurants • food • gourmet • Kabukicho • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test • wanko soba)
Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2022
A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers.
- Japan
- (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)
Never waste time arguing about what to eat for dinner again with Japan’s Six Noodle Dice【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2022
It’s not a gamble when all of the outcomes are delicious.
Ramen broth, but without ramen noodles? Japan’s Nadai Fujisoba takes soba to a bold new place
- Dale Roll
Apr 21, 2022
Does soba pair well with ramen broth? And will our expectations of the presentation meet reality?
- Japan
- (COK • food • Fuji Soba • Fujisoba • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • Mr. Sato • Nadai Fujisoba • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • taste test)
A delicious bowl of Osaka soba stuffed with tempura shrimp that’s also an edible pun
- Shannon
Feb 23, 2022
And it’s not a limited time offer!
- Japan
- (COK • Noodles • Osaka • Shrimp • shrimp soba • SNJO • soba • tachigui soba • tempura)
We eat Kyoto’s best-loved noodle dish at the restaurant that invented it
- Dale Roll
Jan 28, 2022
Nishin soba is a Kyoto specialty, but does the restaurant that created it do it best?
- Japan
- (COK • food • Herring • Kyoto • nishin soba • Noodles • original flavor • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test)
Master the art of making soba noodles with this easy to use kit from Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2021
Everything you need to make a great bowl of fresh noodles at home.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • DIY • food • food hack • gadgets • how to • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • recipes • SNJO • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)
Toast Soba: Cancelled before it goes on sale due to popularity
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2021
Fusion breakfast item pulled from the menu before sales begin.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • food • Fuji Soba • Fujisoba • Japanese food • new • Noodles • restaurants • soba • toast • Tokyo)
Become a noodle expert with Takara Tomy’s new Soba-Making Master and free online cooking lesson
- Krista Rogers
Jul 13, 2021
Making homemade soba with the whole family has never been so satisfying.
- Japan
- (ABC Cooking Studio • COK • cooking • DIY • Noodles • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)
Why did this stand-and-eat soba noodle shop in Tokyo open in the middle of the pandemic?
- Krista Rogers
May 19, 2021
At a time when many small restaurants are going out of business, we speak to the manager of one that took the exact opposite approach.
- Japan
- (business • food • Nojiro • Noodles • pandemic • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • stand-and-eat • tachigui • Tokyo)
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