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Starbucks Japan goes retro with Purin A la Mode Pudding Frappuccino, kissaten coffeehouse items
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019 - Tweet
New lineup will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to the heyday of Japanese coffeehouses.
- Japan
- (coffeehouse • creme caramel • desserts • food and drink • Frappuccinos • kissaten • pudding • purin • purin a la mode • retro • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Häagen-Dazs Japan recommends ice cream with tomato and avocado, so we trust them and try it
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2019
But do we regret it?
- Japan
- (avocado • COK • crazy • food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • tomato • weird)
Häagen-Dazs Matcha Salon: We dine on a full course of green tea treats at Tokyo pop-up restaurant
- Oona McGee
May 3, 2019
Luxury ice cream maker treats diners in Japan to a green experience that stimulates all five senses.
- Japan
- (COK • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • restaurants • Roppongi • Roppongi Hills • sweets)
Japanese convenience store’s Above and Beyond Series puts our sense of adventure to the test
- Master Blaster
Apr 27, 2019
Combos including sweet beans & chili powder, chocolate and potato make Mr. Sato wonder if he’s just getting too old for this.
- Japan
- (anko • chili powder • COK • convenience stores • croquettes • food • Lawson 100 • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • sweet beans • sweets • taste test • weird)
Japanese-style Rilakkuma teahouse opens in one of the most beautiful places in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2019
Menu makes use of local ingredients for meals and sweets as delicious as they are cute.
- Japan
- (cute • food • Hiroshima • Itsukushima • restaurants • Rilakkuma • sweets • themed restaurants • travel)
Japanese KitKats get fresh with new peach rum mint flavour this summer
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2019
Two new alcoholic mint varieties take the choc-mint experience to a whole other level.
- Japan
- (alcohol • chocolate • chocolates • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • KitKats • mint • mint chocolate • Nestle • sweets)
Drunken dad in Japan steals son’s cream pastry, adorable kid erupts in galactic-level anger
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2019
The sadness of a child who’s lost his dessert is too large to be contained on this earth.
First look at course menu items, pricing for upcoming Häagen-Dazs Matcha Salon in Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Apr 15, 2019
One thing is for sure: You’d better like green if you want to eat here.
- Japan
- (green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • Matcha Salon • Restaurant • Roppongi Hills • sweets • Tokyo)
Krispy Kreme’s new line of doughnuts offers plenty of Japanese tea goodness
- Kay
Apr 15, 2019
“Wacha” doughnuts combine Japanese tea flavors with classic doughnut sweetness for delectable-looking results!
Starbucks Japan’s pre-hashtagged strawberry sibling Frappuccinos are ready for their taste tests
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2019
Simultaneous launch of two new drinks makes Frappuccino fans’ day twice as nice.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • SNOJ • Starbucks • strawberries • sweets • taste test)
New women-only gym in Tokyo offers free all-you-can-eat donuts and other sweets to members
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2019
You can skip the protein bars and snack on real desserts at this fitness center, but there’s a catch.
Cat pancakes: Easier to make than normal ones thanks to super-cute, super-cheap Japanese gadget
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2019
The latest and greatest 100 yen shop treasure is now on sale at Daiso’s rival.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • Can Do • cats • COK • cooking • cute • food • pancakes • SNOJ • sweets)
Starbucks Japan’s new strawberry Frappuccinos are so social media-savvy their names are hashtags
- Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2019
Starbucks cuts to the chase with its new Frappuccino twins.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccinos • social media • Starbucks • strawberries • sweets)
Ruby chocolate KitKats come to Japanese convenience stores with new Everyday Nuts and Cranberry
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2019
Getting your hands on the coveted “fourth chocolate” just got a whole lot easier, and cheaper too.
Shake Shack opens in Kyoto with exclusive matcha green tea treats
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2019
New menu items make use of Kyoto’s famous high-quality Uji matcha.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • desserts • fast food • green tea • hamburgers • Kyoto • matcha • Shake Shack • sweets • Uji)
Häagen-Dazs Japan opening Tokyo restaurant to serve special all-matcha course meal
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2019
Each dish will use the same exclusive green tea blend that the company uses for its delicious matcha ice cream.
- Japan
- (COK • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream.green tea • matcha • restaurants • Roppongi • Roppongi Hills • sweets)
Turn heads under the cherry blossoms with a sakura hat from Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2019
Pink hat perfectly resembles a traditional Japanese sakura sweet.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cute • fashion • hanami • hats • Kawaii • LOL • pink • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura mochi • sweets • Village Vanguard)
Mister Donut releases new matcha doughnuts with Kyoto green tea specialists Gion Tsujiri
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2019
Taste Japan’s esteemed matcha tradition in this new limited-edition collection.
- Japan
- (donuts • doughnuts • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • Mister Donut • Misudo • sweets)
Totoro cream puffs come to the Ghibli Museum neighbourhood with exclusive new Catbus cookie
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2019
We visit the new Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory in Tokyo and try the very special Rum Raisin Catbus you can’t get anywhere else.
- Japan
- (Catbus • COK • cookies • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)
Wrinkly Pikachu cookies are the latest Japanese interpretation of Ryan Reynold’s CG Pikachu
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Edible fan art comes after the latest preview taste of the live-action Detective Pokémon movie.
- Japan
- (anime • cookies • cute • Detective Pikachu • food • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games • weird • Wrinkly Pikachu)
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