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Excuse me, could you please pass the outer space potatoes?

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 13, 2024
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We investigate whether these bizarre, rock-like tubers are yuck or yay.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crazy • food • outer space • potato • SNJO • taste test • tuber • werid • yam)

Is Tokyo’s ultra-expensive Satsuki sweet bean bread worth it?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2024

Premium version of common-people treat is almost 10 times the price of regular anpan.

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• Japan
• (anko • anpan • bakeries • bread • COK • cream bread • food • Hotel New Otani • SNJO • sweet bean bread • sweet beans • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki bread)

Cat paw yoghurt is now a thing in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2024

Heal yourself with the taste of a squishy feline foot filled with loads of good bacteria.

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• Japan
• (cat paw • cat paws • cats • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • cute • GABA • konbini • new product • SNJO • taste test • weird • yoghurt • yogurt)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new holiday Frappuccino really taste like a cup of fallen snow?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 4, 2024

We find out if these seasonal beverages taste as snowy as they look.

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • popping candy • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Sweet potato burgers appear in Japan, but do they create spud synergy?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 4, 2024

Once again, Dom Dom thinks outside the box when choosing what’s inside their burgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • hamburgers • sandwiches • SNJO • sweet potatoes • taste test • weird)

What 1,000 yen can get you at McDonald’s in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

Puppy pies are waiting to take you on a taste adventure.

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• Japan
• (animals • art • COK • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • haruka takagi • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven releases a secret Cafe Latte Smoothie at select stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

A new discovery that’s taking customers totally by surprise.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • coffees • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mr. Sato • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • taste test)

Imitation fish sperm appears at 7-Eleven Japan【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2024

Is plant-based shirako worth putting in your mouth?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • imitation food • plant-based food • shirako • SNJO • taste test • tofu • werid)

Starbucks Japan’s new Crackly Trick Halloween topping transforms any Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2024

Now any beverage can dress up in costume for Halloween. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • popping candy • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Adult Jam Bread causes a stir at store in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Taking the word “adult” to its limits. 

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• Japan
• (bread • breads • COK • food • Ginza • jam bread • Japanese bread • SNJO • stores • sweet bread • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Japan’s new “Immoral” gyoza will make your day and wreck your marriage【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2024

We give in to the temptation of Ohsho’s “Extremely Immoral” gyoza.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • garlic • gyoza • Gyoza No Ohsho • Ohsho • Osaka Ohsho • pot stickers • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yuichiro Wasai)

Japanese convenience store chain releases new Immoral Konbini Food for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2024

We try two of the unbelievable new offerings from Family Mart.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • food • Gonbei • konbini • omusubi • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Tsukemen ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2024

Dipping noodles are all the rage with visitors to Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • foreign tourists • Ginza • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tsujita • tsukemen)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino really like drinking a magical spell?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2024

Baristas are casting spells on Starbucks drinks so we find out if we can resist their charms…

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• Japan
• (autumn • cafes • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • halloween • Halloween 2024 • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • seasonal • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Japanese convenience store releases a new bento sandwich, but is it better than a bento rice ball?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2024

“Built-in” bentos are currently transforming the konbini food scene.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

Clear tonkotsu ramen becomes a cult hit at “Ramen Runway” in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2024

A cheap meal that gives ramen at Michelin-starred restaurants a run for their money.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Airport • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • Ramen Runway • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu ramen • tourism • tourist spot • travel)

Japanese izakaya serves up cheap breakfast…and morning drinks in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2024

One of the most unusual places to start your day in the city. 

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• Japan
• (breakfast • cafes • COK • food • Ikebukuro • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

New marvelously mysterious mochi ice creams celebrate 40 years of Häagen-Dazs Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2024

Taste-testing the mixes of ice cream, mochi, and one other all-star Japanese dessert ingredient.

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• Japan
• (anko • COK • food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • mochi • SNJO • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test)

This non-sweet matcha treat is one of our new favorite Kyoto snack souvenirs【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2024

Umami no Mi Gyokuro is waiting right outside the Shinkansen gate at Kyoto Station.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • gyokuro • kombu • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • matcha • snacks • SNJO • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

Starbucks Japan releases a Chocolate Mousse Latte and seasonal desserts to celebrate autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2024

We find out if these autumn treats are worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • autumn • coffee • COK • desserts • drinks • K. Masami • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

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