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Top Japanese instant noodle maker steps up its rice ball game 【Taste test】

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 5, 2024
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Apparently, instant noodles are clearly not instant enough for Nissin.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience store food • Familymart • food • instant noodles • kakiage soba • kitsune udon • musubi • Natsuki Gojo • Nissin • Nissin Donbei • onigiri • rice ball • SNJO • taste test)

Visit to a Japanese fish market has us trying tuna eggs for the first time【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 3, 2024

Japan loves eating tuna and fish eggs, but can we love eating tuna eggs?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crazy • fish • food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • tuna • weird)

Taking revenge on Starbucks in Japan with 10,000 yen at the Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2024

Risky revenge visit leaves us with some newfound revelations.

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• Japan
• (COK • desserts • drinks • fukubukuro • limited edition • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s Gurakoro burger faces a giant rival in Komeda’s Gurakuro

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2024

Gurakoro vs Gurakuro proves the McDonald’s registered trademark can only go so far.
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• Japan
• (COK • croquette • fast food • food • gratin • Gurakoro • Gurakuro • Komeda • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • SNJO • taste test)

Black Thunder has a luxurious cousin few have ever heard of【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Nov 25, 2024

Delux Milk Chocolate has stood in Black Thunder’s shadow for 30 years.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • candy • chocolate • Delux Milk Chocolate • food • milk chocolate • snacks • taste test • Yuraku Confectionery)

Do cold noodles from a Japanese vending machine fill us with joy or regret?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2024

Find out if Morioka Reimen is a famous specialty worth canning.

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• Japan
• (canned food • canned noodles • COK • cold noodles • crazy • food • Iwate • Japanese vending machines • Morioka • Noodles • ramen • ramen in a can • reimen • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

Churros at Japanese family restaurant chain are designed to enslave you

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2024

Dip churros are now on the menu, and they’ve got everyone hooked.

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• Japan
• (churros • COK • desserts • family restaurants • Gusto • Mariko Ohanabatake • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Want some great ramen in Akihabara? Then head to this…karaoke joint?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2024

You can sing and eat your heart out with Ramen Paro.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • COK • crazy • food • Jiro ramen • Jiro-kei • Jiro-style • karaoke • Noodles • Paro Ramen • Pasela • ramen • Ramen Paro • Ramn Jiro • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Japanese convenience store chain adds Neo Wagashi sweets to its lineup

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2024

Family Mart turns tradition on its head with a new take on two well-known Japanese sweets.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • daifuku • dorayaki • Family mart • food • Japanese sweets • konbini • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wagashi)

How merry is Starbucks Japan’s new Merry Cream holiday Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

We find out if the festive cream is worth all the calories.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Is the Grimace shake worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

We find out if this limited-edition beverage is as good as everyone says it is.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Grimace • Grimace Shake • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milkshake • review • shake • shakes • SNJO • taste test)

Kyoto Whopper divides customers at Burger King Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2024

Japanese rice specialist turns the Whopper on its head, but was it worth it?

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kyoto • Kyoto Whopper • limited edition • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird • whopper)

Japanese burger chain no longer serves onion rings, but offers intriguing replacement【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 21, 2024

So long fried onion rings…and hello fried renkon slices?

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburgers • lotus root • onion rings • renkon • SNJO • taste test)

Domino’s erupts with a 1kg Cheese Volcano in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2024

We find out if this monstrosity tastes as cheesy as it looks.  

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• Japan
• (cheese • COK • crazy • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • limited edition • pizza • review • SNJO • taste test • volcano • Volcano PIzza • weird food)

Looking for cinnamon rolls on “Japan’s closest street to America”【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2024

Nothing, But Sugar’s name doesn’t really check out, but do their desserts pass the test?

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• Japan
• (cinnamon rolls • COK • Dobuita Street • Dobuitadori • food • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Yokosuka)

Starbucks adds gingerbread cookies to its holiday lineup in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2024

An adorable drinking partner that pairs well with a gingerbread latte.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • cookies • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • gingerbread • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Best all-you-can-eat okonomiyaki in Japan? Restaurant chain serves up a feast for under $14

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2024

There are good reasons why this is the largest okonomiyaki chain in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dohtonbori • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • okonomiyaki • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s new frozen sushi DIY kit – Great foodie fun, or cold-hearted abomination?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2024

Gin no Sara teams up with regional fishery company to give you everything you need to make your own sushi, but how does it taste?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • DIY • food • Gin no Sara • SNJO • sushi • taste test)

Cheeseburger rice bowls arrive at Japanese beef bowl chain Matsuya, and in our stomach【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 16, 2024

Can the Cheese Burger Don join Japan’s beefy meal royalty?

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• Japan
• (beef • beef bowls • burgers • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • Matsuya • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Get a taste of Diglett, the star of Mister Donut’s new Pokémon doughnut collaboration in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2024

Add to your sweet Pokédex by catching an edible Ground-type Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • churros • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • dugtrio • food • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon donuts • Pon De Ring • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • video games)

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