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Our Japanese-born reporter eats burrito for first time in his life, changes opinion on McDonald’s

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2024
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Somehow Seiji ate a beetle before he ate a burrito.

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• Japan
• (burritos • COK • fast food • food • Mexican food • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Taco Bell • Taco Bell Japan • taste test)

Denny’s Japan teams up with Paris patissier for premium-price 50th anniversary sweets【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  May 26, 2024

Sadaharu Aoki creates fancy matcha dessert to celebrate casual restaurant’s milestone.

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• Japan
• (COK • Denny's • Denny's Japan • family restaurants • food • green tea • matcha • Sadaharu Aoki • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese curry pasta is quick to make, receives rave reviews

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2024

Japanese curry is now as simple as boiling pasta in a pot!

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• Japan
• (curry • curry rice • food • Hyogo • Japanese curry • Japanese food • K. Masami • pasta • recipes • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Pizza Hut Japan’s pickled plum pizza is mercilessly aware of what it is【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2024

We try to wrap our head around the “Japanese Margherita” umeboshi pizza.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • pickled plum • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • pizza Margherita • plum • SNJO • taste test • ume • umeboshi • weird)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Cheese Cheese Double Cheeseburger makes a different ingredient stand out

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2024

How cheesy is a Cheese Cheese Dabuchi?

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • double cheeseburger • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s first-ever Yakult cafe serves a rare probiotic ice cream in the shadow of a famous castle

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2024

A sacred place for shogun…and lovers of lactic acid bacteria ice cream.

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• Japan
• (cafes • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • Ice de Yakult • lactic acid bacteria • probiotic • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tochigi • utsunomiya • Yakult • Yakult cafe)

Starbucks Japan’s new Matcha Frappuccino: Brilliant beverage or drink disaster?

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2024

It looks like it contains apples, but it actually doesn’t.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • matcha • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • sweets • taste test)

Fried Pokémon: Tokyo restaurant serves up an unusual dish【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2024

Pikachu…is that you?

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • chicken • COK • food • fried chicken • Kanda • karaage • Pokemon • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Baskin-Robbins Japan creates four-cheese pizza ice cream – Buono or non buono?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2024

Four-cheese ice cream from Thirty One is one strange idea.

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• Japan
• (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • cheese • crazy • ice cream • pizza • quattro formaggi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Rage against the smoothie machine with this 7-Eleven drink hack【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  May 12, 2024

Not so smooth now…

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience store • drinks • Mitsuya Cider • smoothies • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Peach Frappe is pretty as a peach, but is it any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2024

McCafé by Barista’s spring star returns, and it’s brought a new friend.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • food • frappe • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Peach • smoothies • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

New bento bread makes us rethink sandwiches…and Japanese bentos

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2024

Local bread specialist pushes the boat out with a surprising addition to their store.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento bread • bread • COK • food • food souvenirs • Japan travel • japanese bento • Japanese bread • local specialties • Noppo • Noppo Pan • noriben • Shizuoka • sightseeing • SNJO • souvenirs • Takuya Inaba • taste test • travel • weird)

Starbucks Japan’s new Wimbledon Frappuccino is twice as nice with this secret customisation hack

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2024

Best of all, this customisation is absolutely free!

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Sushi Ramen restaurant serves up the best of both worlds in one epic Japanese meal

• Oona McGee
  May 9, 2024

A tip-off from a local opens the door to a wonderful way to feed our desire for Japanese food.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • taste test • Yokohama)

Shibuya strip show-adjacent extra-fatty beef bowl fails and succeeds in impressing us

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2024

Twice the price of a Yoshinoya beef bowl, but more than it seems.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

The best kebab in Tokyo? We find out if Moses in Shibuya lives up to the hype

• SoraNews24
  May 7, 2024

Moses was the first person to sell kebabs in Japan, and you can buy them in Shibuya until three in the morning.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • inexpensive • kebab • Moses Kebab • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo)

Tokyo sweets store sells beautiful soft serve ice creams that look like works of art

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2024

We try the edibile flowers that everyone’s talking about right now, and let you know where you can get them.

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• Japan
• (cafes • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • TikTok • Toranomon Hills)

Daiso can help you beat the heat this summer with DIY fruity Suika and Melon Bars【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  May 4, 2024

A new product on the market contains concentrate to make two of Japan’s most popular popsicles at home.

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• Japan
• (COK • Daiso • food • homemade • ice candy • Lotte • popsicle • SNJO • suika • summer • sweet • sweets • taste test • watermelon)

Who wins in a battle of McDonald’s and Komeda Coffee’s chicken tatsuta burgers?【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 30, 2024

There was no way that we were gonna chicken out from this fight.

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• Japan
• (Burger • chicken • COK • comparison • Komeda Coffee • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tatsuta)

McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation

• Oona McGee
  Apr 30, 2024

An unusual pie with a very unusual filling. 

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• Japan
• (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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