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Brand new Pikachu donuts pulled from market for being too uncute to live【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2018 - Tweet
It’s hard to make Pikachu look anything less than adorable, but Mister Donut has found a way…several ways, in fact.
- Japan
- (anime • character food • cute • donuts • food • funny • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • sweets • video games)
Starbucks’ brand-new Meccha Matcha Frappuccino: 20 years in the making, 50 percent more green tea
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2018
The numbers don’t lie as we taste test the new dessert drink exclusive to just one prefecture in Japan.
Japanese Kit Kats: Winning flavour from worldwide competition finally unveiled
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2018
New release, with unique packaging by a Japanese artist, set to be released internationally.
- Japan
- (art • artists • chocolate • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Nestle Japan • sweets • tiramisu)
We did battle with this two-foot tall parfait at Kanariya in Osaka…and finished it!
- Shannon McNaught
Nov 9, 2018
There is no such thing as “too much parfait” for the SoraNews24 team.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • cafes • COK • crazy • ice cream • Osaka • parfaits • restaurants • SNOJ • sweets)
The magical food and gorgeous merch of Tokyo’s brand-new Cardcaptor Sakura cafe and gift shop
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2018
Sorry, Kero-chan. You’re cute and all, but fans of the classic anime are definitely going to eat you.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • Cardcaptor Sakura • Clamp • food • manga • restaurants • Roppongi Hills • sweets • themed restaurants)
Fried Oyster Ice Cream: the taste of the sea in a Japanese soft serve dessert【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Oct 29, 2018
One of Japan’s most intriguing flavour pairings
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Okayama • oysters • SNOJ • soft serve • sweets • taste test • weird)
We investigate 7-Eleven’s new Crunchy Chocolate Mille Crêpes Cake, shiver with decadence
- Katy Kelly
Oct 26, 2018
We’re struck senseless by the seductive dessert, and take an array of scintillating shots to show off its sexy side.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • cake • chocolate • COK • convenience stores • Go Hatori • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)
A sneak peek at the adorable food and awesome merch of the brand-new Let’s Go Pikachu! cafe chain
- Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2018
From lattes with bangs to Hyper Beam ramen, we’re ready to say “Let’s go!”
- Japan
- (anime • Eevee • food • Pikachu • Pokemon • restaurants • sweets • The Guest Cafe and Diner • themed restaurants • video games)
Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe has a new lineup of Halloween menu items, and we’ve tried them【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2018
We dine on Gastly Burgers and Pikachu Donuts, plus create our own zombie Pikachu.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • food • halloween • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • SNO • sweets • Tokyo • video games)
Godiva Japan’s amazing new matcha dessert drink looks like a gift from the green tea gods
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2018
After taking aim at one aspect of Japanese sweets culture earlier this year, the company is now embracing another.
No tricks, double treats as we try Starbucks Japan’s Halloween Witch and Princess Frappuccinos
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2018
Two enchanting newcomers just showed up at Starbucks, and we’re here to let you know which is right for you.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • halloween • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)
Cold Stone’s new mochi ice cream pops are packed with Japanese flavors like azuki and kuromitsu
- Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2018
New treats are exclusive to Japanese convenience stores and a compelling reason to keep eating frozen desserts even as the weather gets colder.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • Cold Stone • convenience stores • food • ice cream • mochi • sweets)
Japanese dad shares ingenious trick to keep kids (or yourself) from getting bored on the train
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2018
As usual, ice cream is the answer to our problems.
- Japan
- (bullet train • foods • ice cream • kids • life hacks • Parenting • shinkansen • sweets • travel)
One of Japan’s most popular confectioners creates the KFC apricot cheese tart Krushers dessert
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2018
We’ve been fans of this cheese tart specialist’s sweets for years, and now we’ve got a whole new way to enjoy them.
Starbucks Japan unveils new Halloween Witch and Halloween Princess Frappuccino
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2018
Duo of decadent drinks come with a limited-time Twitter offer and matching Halloween doughnuts.
- Japan
- (Apple • drinks • Frappuccinos • halloween • limited edition • Princess • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • witch)
Russian Roulette Bread: The frightening new treat at Japanese convenience stores【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2018
We test our luck with a new nine-person party snack that threatens to shoot our taste buds with wasabi.
We try the viral “McAffogado”: Does adding espresso to a Vanilla McShake really make it good?
- Dale Roll
Oct 9, 2018
A brilliant idea shared by British police officers spread all the way to Japan, so we had to give these milkshakes a “shot”.
- Europe, Japan
- (affogado • coffee • COK • drinks • espresso • McAffogado • McDonald's • McShake • SNOJ • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan’s matcha dessert family grows with the new strawberry green tea Frappe
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2018
The more (matcha dessert drinks) the merrier, right?
- Japan
- (drinks • fast food • green tea • matcha • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • strawberries • sweets)
New Häagen-Dazs Story Time ice cream in Japan features famous fairytale flavours
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2018
We discover the taste of enchanted story book worlds.
- Japan
- (Alice in Wonderland • desserts • fairytales • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • Snow White • sweets)
Japanese pumpkin steps into the autumn spotlight as the newest Starbucks Japan Frappuccino flavor
- Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2018
Kabocha, one of Japans favorite fall foods, arrives just as we enter the month of Halloween.
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