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This delicious naan-focaccia combination is the one thing we want for dessert right now【SoraKitchen】
We experiment with three different mixes to satisfy our particularly peculiar cravings!
- Japan
- (baking • bread • COK • cooking • focaccia • naan • Saizeriya • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty • yum)
New Yakult desserts now available at special concept store in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2021
Yakult’s first foray into the sweets world proves Lactobacillus can be decadently delicious.
- Japan
- (Anjo • cafes • COK • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • lactic acid bacteria • parfaits • pop-up shops • review • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yakult)
New Pokémon x McDonald’s collaboration features Pikachu on milkshakes and desserts in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2021
Limited-edition series is a treat for the eyes and the taste buds.
- Japan
- (anime • apple pie • cute • desserts • drinks • fast food • food • limited time • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • McShakes • milkshakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
We buy Vladimir Putin chocolate from the Red Square Russian shop in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2021
President Putin chocolate is one of five recommended items you can buy at this specialty food store.
- Japan, Russia
- (chocolate • COK • Ginza • Putin • review • Russia • shopping • shops • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • vladimir putin)
Anpan Roundup: Mr. Sato’s odyssey to gather all Daily Yamazaki red bean buns local to Tokyo【Pics】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jun 1, 2021
Can Mr. Sato collect them all or will he wilt beneath the early summer sun trying?
- Japan
- (anko • anpan • bakeries • bread • convenience stores • Daily Yamazaki • dessert • food • kombini • Mr. Sato • red bean • sweets • Tokyo)
Ikea Japan adds epic matcha sweets to its menu for a limited time
- Oona McGee
May 31, 2021
Gorgeous celebration of matcha includes a very unusual tunnbröd you won’t find anywhere else in the world.
- Japan
- (desserts • food • green tea • ikea • ikea japan • limited time • matcha • shopping • sweets)
Retired sumo champion swaps loincloth for a baker’s apron and their bread wows us 【Taste Test】
- Ingrid Tsai
May 29, 2021
More ways than one to get that bread.
- Japan
- (bakeries • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Onokuni Yasushi • Ryōgoku Kokugikan • sports • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sweets • Tokyo)
We visit a Japanese cafe famous for John Lennon and epic pancakes
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2021
A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • John Lennon • Kamakura • pancakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yoko Ono)
Don Quijote opens new sake and sweets stores at Tokyo Station
- Oona McGee
May 28, 2021
Famous discount chainstore dedicates one store to sweets and one to drinks, with popular products for tourists.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Don Quijote • Donki • food • shopping • shops • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo Station • weird)
Magic gummy candies become a viral hit on social media
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2021
We try the Japanese confectionery that everybody’s talking about right now.
- Japan
- (candies • confectionery • cute • DIY candy • gummies • gummy candies • Kracie • SNJO • sweets • taste test • TikTok • uusual • viral • weird)
This pork-wrapped Japanese dessert recipe is outside the box and out of this world【Recipe】
- SoraNews24
May 26, 2021
No need to save room for dessert when you can eat it with your meat!
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • crazy • dango • dumplings • food • meat • mitarashi dango • pork • SNJO • sweets)
We try Japan’s new French toast ice cream
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2021
Could this be the dream ice cream we’ve been searching for?
- Japan
- (Akaginyugyo • COK • desserts • food • french toast • gari • ice cream • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Yakult opens a dessert store in Japan and releases a new ice cream in supermarkets
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2021
Ice creams and parfaits filled with good bacteria for gut health.
- Japan
- (cafes • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • lactic acid bacteria • parfaits • pop-up shops • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • sweets • Tokyo • Yakult)
Michelin-approved Japanese chef teaches us two gourmet-standard dishes using ice cream and toast
- Katy Kelly
May 20, 2021
You can dine like a king using ingredients you can find at any grocery store in Japan.
- Japan
- (apple pie • bacon • cooking • eggs • food • Forbidden Yukimi Toast • ice cream • mochi • shio • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty • toast • Yukimi Daifuku)
Giant Pokémon huggy pillow is a dakimakura version of a sweet that’s too cute to eat【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2021
Mega-size Tokyo Banana Eevee is here to nourish us with warm fuzzy feelings.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • crazy • cute • dakimakura • Eevee • food • huggy pillow • interior • Pokemon • sweets • video games)
That’s not an anime horse girl figure, it’s an anime horse girl cookie!【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2021
This Uma Musume is too cute to eat, which is entirely fitting with her real-world inspiration.
- Japan
- (anime • cooking • cool • food • Haru Urara • horse raing • horses • icing cookies • sweets • Uma Musume • video • video games)
Japanese sake KitKats feature controversial package design in Australia
- SoraNews24
May 14, 2021
Pssst, Nestlé — that character’s not Japanese and you’re playing into problematic Asian stereotypes.
- Japan
- (Asia • chocolate • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • marketing • Nestle • sake • stereotypes • sweets)
Häagen-Dazs Japan tells us to put ice cream on our avocado toast — Were we wrong to listen?
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2021
Ordinarily, we’d say there’s never a bad time for ice cream, but does that include the exact moment you’re eating a slice of avocado toast?
- Japan
- (avocado • avocado toast • COK • cooking • crazy • food • Häagen-Dazs • recipe • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)
Muji cake mania! Which of the 23 flavors of cake they sell are the best?
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2021
We ate all 23, but when you can’t fit that many in your stomach, which should you choose?
- Japan
- (baumkuchen • cake • COK • food • muji • Mujirushi Ryohin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Is ramune another COVID-19 casualty? Iconic Japanese soda faces plummeting sales and bleak summer
- Ingrid Tsai
May 8, 2021
Not the ramune!
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