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Is Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino better than the 7-Eleven smoothie?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2024
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Two icons go head-to-head, but one is a poor man’s strawberry.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bananas • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan now using adorable Kiki’s Delivery Service wrappers for new burgers【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2024

New sandwiches look great even before you unwrap them.

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• (anime • burgers • COK • cool • fast food • food • hamburgers • Ki&Ki • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Sumo training hall chef shares a secret cream stew ingredient his wrestlers love【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 25, 2024

Adding one surprise ingredient is said to make this classic Western-style Japanese dish pair extra well with white rice.

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• (COK • cooking • cream stew • food • mentsuyu • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Stew • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • taste test)

“THIS is Pork!” 7-Eleven’s pre-made chashu pork is here to elevate your instant ramen【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2024

Solving the big problem with Japan’s awesome convenience store ramen selection.

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• (7-Eleven • chashu • COK • convenience stores • food • Instant Ramen • Noodles • pork • Premium Seven • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Udonuts: Doughnuts containing udon noodles become a thing in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2024

Japanese noodle restaurant chain adds an unusual new sweet to its dessert menu.

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• (COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird food)

Pizza Hut releases secret burgers in Japan…but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2024

We find out if Pizza Hut should stick to making pizzas, or if it’s got what it takes to become a burger contender.

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

Is Kyoto’s tourist-targeting flavored edamame specialty shop worth its high prices?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2024

“Edamame, but not as you know it.”

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• Japan
• (COK • edamamae • food • Kyoto • restaurants • SNJO • soy beans • taste test)

Japan’s new canned chu-hai with fresh lemon slice: disappointing gimmick or drink revelation?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2024

Future Lemon Sour is a world-first, but does it really recreate the izakaya experience at home?

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• Japan
• (Asahi Breweries • bars • canned drinks • chu-hai • chuhai • COK • drinking • drinks • Future Lemon Sour • izakaya • lemon • lemon sour • Mirai no Lemon Sour • Miyashita Park • news • review • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan makes hojicha black tea latte permanent item, and here’s a great way to customize it

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2024

We’ve been waiting three years to try this trick!

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• (COK • drinks • green tea • hojicha • hojicha latte • K. Masami • roasted green tea • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • tea)

Does Tottori really have the most delicious-tasting tap water in all of Japan?【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 13, 2024

At least we can say that no one came up dry in this challenge.

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• (COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • SNJO • tap water • taste test • Tottori Prefecture • water)

We try “the worst-tasting ramen in Japan” – How bad could it be?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 12, 2024

Orochon ramen restaurant makes a bold, unappealing claim.

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• (COK • crazy • food • funny • Noodles • orochon ramen • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Mister Donut adds hot dog doughnuts to its menu in Japan…but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 8, 2024

The Zakumocchi Dog Curry makes us rethink doughnuts, hot dogs, and Japanese curry.

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • donuts • doughnuts • fast food • food • hot dogs • Japanese curry • Mexican food • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird food)

Godiva unveils new canned cakes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2024

A new way to get a taste of Godiva, but is it worth the price tag?

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• (cake in a can • cakes • canned cake • chocolate • COK • dessert • Godiva • review • SNJO • sweet • sweets • taste test)

Shogun Coffee Soft Serve is a divine ice cream for modern-day samurai in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2024

Saza Coffee captures the essence of traditional Japan in a sweet dessert.

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• (cafes • coffee • coffee ice cream • coffee sweets • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • samurai • Saza • Saza Coffee • shogun • Shogun Coffee • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

We go bananas for Starbucks Japan’s new bananas range

• Oona McGee
  Jun 2, 2024

Saving the planet, one banana at a time…

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• (bananas • COK • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test • ugly bananas)

Second-tier Japanese convenience store’s “Drinkable Soft Serve Ice Cream” is a top-tier dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2024

Minisof’s Super Milk is worth tracking down.

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• (COK • convenience stores • ice cream • Minisof • Ministop • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test)

Japanese burger chain makes jaws drop with the Miso Ebi Fry

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

There’s Japanese food…then there’s this type of Japanese food. 

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• (burgers • COK • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Burger • ebi fry • fast food • food • Japanese food • review • Shrimp • SNJO • taste test • weird food • wow)

Starbucks Japan adds a Banana Brulee Frappuccino to the menu, with a bunch of new treats as well

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

B-grade “Mottainai Bananas” get a new lease on life, but do they make for a B-grade Frappuccino? 

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• (bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Domino’s Japan’s new pineapple pizza crust: Awesome creation or food abomination?

• Oona McGee
  May 30, 2024

Join us as we try a pineapple-heavy pizza that’ll either make you groan in delight or wince in pain.

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• (cheese • COK • crazy • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • pineapple • pineapple pizza • pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Tokyo restaurant finds heartwarming way to lure people away from ramen and back to set meals

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2024

A Japanese restaurant with a whole lot of food…and a whole lot of heart.

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• Japan
• (COK • fish • Ikebukuro • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • review • seafood • set meal • SNJO • taste test • teishoku)

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