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Family Mart’s cold ramen is the hottest convenience store meal in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2024
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Made by the restaurant that created the first chilled noodles in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • cold noodles • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Free ice popsicle factory tour in Japan comes with all-you-can-eat Garigari-kun

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2024

Japan’s largest ice cream factory is so popular it holds a Willy Wonka-esque lottery to get in.

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• Japan
• (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • factories • factory tours • Garigari-kun • ice cream • ice pop • Japanese factories • Masanuki Sunakoma • popsicles • review • SNJO • taste test • tours)

7-Eleven Japan now has two tiers of salmon rice balls, but is the new, cheaper one any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 28, 2024

It’s salmon vs. salmon as we taste-test 7-Eleven’s attempt to stem the tide of rampant combini onigiri price inflations.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • onigiri • rice balls • salmon • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s new difficult-to-drink-from beer glass protects your liver, but it’s a brutal experience

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2024

Yona Yona Ale brewer purposely takes the enjoyment out of drinking.

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• Japan
• (beer • beer glass • COK • drinking • glasses • glassware • health • news • SNJO • taste test • Yo-Ho Brewing • Yona Yona Ale • Yona Yona Beer)

“The most Delicious Cup Noodle in history” – Japan’s French Cup Noodle wins our heart【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 22, 2024

Viva la Cup Noodle?

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

5 reasons why this new 7-Eleven ice cream is amazing

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2024

A sweet convenience store tip-off from a local.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s Soft Twist Tower: A phantom ice cream only sold at select branches

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2024

A secret soft serve with legendary status.

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• Japan
• (coffee ice cream • COK • fast food • food • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • secret menu • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • taste test)

Yabai Ramen: What makes this Japanese ramen so dangerous?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2024

Restaurant uses controversial slang word to sell its noodles, and we find out why.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • funny • Japanese • Japanese food • japanese slang • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • review • slang • SNJO • taste test • weird • yabai • Yabai Ramen)

Japanese sake brewery helps to create a stunning bento meal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2024

Centuries of brewing experience makes traditional Japanese food taste better than ever before.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese supermarkets • Kunimare • mackerel • obento • saba • sake • sake brewery • SNJO • supermarket food • supermarkets • taste test)

Does eel ramen really taste like eel?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2024

A Japanese souvenir like no other.

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• Japan
• (COK • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fish • food • instant food • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • souvenirs • taste test • unagi • Ushi no Hi • weird food)

Pronto Pokémon cafe collaboration in Japan gives us themed food and drinks…and free merch!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2024

Pikachu takes us on a culinary adventure with some legendary stars along for the ride.

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • food • Ogerpon • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pronto • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Terapagos • video games)

Starbucks releases a cute Frappuccino and Unicorn Cake…but not in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jul 16, 2024

Putting cute cakes and limited-edition Frappuccinos to the test.

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• China, Japan
• (China • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Foreign tourists go crazy for white tonkatsu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2024

Restaurant serves up an unusual Japanese dish that’s even surprising locals. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cutlet • etiquette • food • food hacks • Fukuoka • hacks • Japanese etiquette • Japanese food • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu)

Eating Japan’s Mystery Eel, mysteriously, both is and isn’t like eating real eel【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2024

Cup Noodle maker releases instant cup unagi…except it’s not really unagi.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Meshi • Cup Noodle • eel • food • instant food • mystery meat • Nissin • plant-based food • SNJO • taste test • unagi)

Japan now has special matcha green tea cookies you’re supposed to eat for breakfast【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 13, 2024

Does Morning Ma’am make for a good morning?

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• Japan
• (breakfast • cookies • Country Ma'am • food • Fujiya • Morning Ma’am • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Starbucks Japan adds a new Love & Peach Frappuccino to its menu for summer

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2024

Spreading peach and love to the masses, but only for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Peach • peaches • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Japan’s new KFC-flavor potato chips don’t taste like KFC, but they do taste like chicken【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 10, 2024

Flavor reminds our KFC fundamentalist taste tester of a different chicken restaurant icon than Colonel Sanders.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • potato chips • Sekai no Yama-chan • snacks • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s new bento has people talking and hearts burning because it’s all fried chicken skins

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2024

We taste-test the unusual innovation.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • crazy • Don Quijote • food • fried chicken • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Chiki taste test! Japan’s big three convenience stores challenged by fried chicken field newcomer

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2024

Here comes a new chiki challenger!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • chiki • COK • convenience stores • Fami Chiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • fried food • L Chiki • Lawson • Lopia • Nana Chiki • SNJO • taste test)

Pizza Hut Japan now sells…grilled cheese ramen?!?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 2, 2024

Secret menu item makes us rethink what’s possible at this pizza chain. 

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Pizza Hut Melts • ramen • review • secret menu • SNJO • taste test • weird)

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