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Sanrio’s Kero Kero Keroppi hops into restaurant biz with character cafe in Japan! 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2017 - Tweet
Hello Kitty’s frog buddy sits with lonely diners, entices with adorable, delicious food and drinks.
- Japan
- (cafes • cute • food • Hello Kitty • Kero Kero Keroppi • restaurants • Sanrio • sweets • themed restaurants • Yokohama)
Aloe and muscat grape: the new cool green flavor at KFC Japan this summer!
- Kay
Apr 25, 2017
KFC Japan’s newest sweet offering is a beautiful green drink that looks to be eye-popping as well as thirst-quenching!
Adorable Kirby merchandise gets special launch party with custom-made Kirby cupcakes! 【Pics】
- Kay
Apr 24, 2017
Advance sale of super-cute Kirby clothing called for celebration in a Kirby-themed room with cute Kirby cupcakes!
Turn an ordinary pudding cup into gourmet crème brûlée with this awesome trick from Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2017
Genius sweets fan’s technique takes only seconds, requires no special equipment.
Häagen-Dazs Bakery opens in Tokyo, and its baked goods are so good
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2017
In a country filled with great bakeries, you’ve got to do something special to stand out, and this shop/cafe in downtown Tokyo does just that.
- Japan
- (bakeries • bread • cafes • food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • restaurants • sweets)
Easter goes high-end with amazing chocolate egg from luxury brand Bulgari! [Pics]
- Kay
Apr 13, 2017
This definitely is no ordinary Easter egg!
2017 World’s Best Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel offers floating cakes and more at new Ginza store
- Kay
Apr 9, 2017
A cake so light it’s served in a floating balloon? Guess how you’re supposed to get the cake out. (Hint: it involves something sharp!)
Mister Donut teams up with Kyoto tea specialist for new premium matcha doughnut range
- Oona McGee
Apr 7, 2017
The collection includes half a dozen delicious doughnuts and two powdered green tea beverages.
- Japan
- (cool • donuts • doughnuts • green tea • limited edition • matcha • Mister Donut • sweets • wow)
Awesome Tokyo dessert shop’s giant dorayaki is big enough, but too heavy, to use as a Frisbee
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2017
Dorayaki are usually palm-sized, but you’ll need both hands to eat this one.
Starbucks Japan now has matcha pudding on the menu
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2017
People around the country are falling in love with the exciting new release.
- Japan
- (green tea • limited edition • matcha • pudding • purin • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Cola-flavored mochi sweets are half Japanese tradition, half jiggly Pop Rock
- Casey Baseel
Mar 29, 2017
Warabi mochi is usually flavored with soybean powder, but not in the case of these treats from Osaka.
Cherry blossom cotton candy pizza sounds too good to be true, but it actually exists in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Mar 28, 2017
Kanda brew pub combines three of the best things in life.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cotton candy • crazy • food • pizza • restaurants • sakura • sweets • Tokyo)
Say hello to the new Easter doughnut range from Krispy Kreme Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2017
Easter is the time to eat cute ladybugs in Japan.
- Japan
- (cute • donuts • doughnuts • Easter • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited edition • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan tempts and pressures us with limited-time Hokkaido Melon shakes
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2017
We’re getting the shakes just thinking about these delicious-sounding McShakes.
- Japan
- (drinks • fast food • Hokkaido • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • melon • melons • sweets)
Häagen-Dazs Japan brings out new limited-edition Hojicha Latte roasted green tea ice cream
- Oona McGee
Mar 16, 2017
The delicious new frozen dessert showcases the flavour of roasted Japanese green tea.
- Japan
- (green tea • Häagen-Dazs • hojicha • ice cream • limited edition • sweets • tea)
Pancakes on a stick are Japan’s hottest new food trend
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2017
The one store that sells these delectable treats is just as cute as the skewered pancakes themselves!
Häagen-Dazs opening sophisticated ice cream lounge in Tokyo’s Jingumae neighborhood
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2017
Pop-up cafe caters to fans of mature aesthetics and sweet treats with customizable desserts served in cocktail glasses.
- Japan
- (cafes • food • Häagen-Dazs • Harajuku • ice cream • restaurants • sweets • Tokyo)
“Drinkable cream puffs” arriving in Japan, courtesy of new beverage from Beard Papa
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2017
Just when you thought Japanese vending machines couldn’t get any more awesome, here comes an awesome-sounding dessert drink.
- Japan
- (awesome • Beard Papa • cool • cream puffs • drinks • sweets)
We turn Japanese bamboo shoot rice dish into a delectable dessert【RocketKitchen】
- Meg Murphy
Mar 14, 2017
This sweet treat will give rice pudding and bread pudding lovers the best of both worlds.
- Japan
- (cooking • food • recipes • rice cooker • RocketKitchen • sweets)
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