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Does Starbucks Japan’s new rice cake Frappuccino live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023
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The green mermaid wants us to relax with a cup of tea and a traditional sweet in every mouthful. 

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• Japan
• (COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • tea)

Is KFC Japan’s ultra-expensive Christmas-only premium chicken worth it? YES…but also maybe no…

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2023

Christmas chicken gets complicatedly delicious.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas chicken • COK • crazy • expensive • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • taste test)

We visit a Lawson in Indonesia to see if it can satisfy our cravings for Japanese snacks

• Dale Roll
  Dec 23, 2023

Will it have everything we want and more? Only a visit will find out!

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• SE Asia
• (Aqil Rahmansyah • convenience stores • Indonesia • Lawson • oden • taste test)

Want an easy way to eat Christmas turkey in Japan? Mr. Sato finds it, tries turkey for first time

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 23, 2023

Yes, Japan’s Christmas fried chicken tradition is great too, but if you want turkey, this is a quick, simple, and affordable option.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • food • KALDI • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • turkey)

Tokyo big eats just got even bigger with massive meat curries at new restaurant chain

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Nikumeshi Okamoto rises from the ashes of its predecessor with a new take on Japanese curry.

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• Japan
• (beef • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Mr. Sato • Nikumeshi Okamoto • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

Lawson drops our Christmas cake, responds with god-like customer service

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2023

Japanese customer service pulls through to make up for a sweet tragedy.

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• Japan
• (cakes • Christmas cakes • Christmas in Japan • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Drink a beer at Tokyo Station for 12 cents a day

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2023

Add a plate of gyoza and you can eat and drink for less than 25 cents a day!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • gyoza • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Station • Yuuichiro Wasai)

How do other flavors of ice cream rice compare to Meiji’s matcha ice cream rice recipe?

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 20, 2023

Sometimes we just don’t know when to quit in the name of strange cooking experiments.

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• Japan
• (caramel • cooking • experiment • ice cream • Meiji • rice • rice cooker • takikomigohan • taste test • vanilla)

Burger King releases a “TOP” Burger in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Dec 19, 2023

A beefy Top that’s said to be “full of meat for the year to come”.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • food • Kohaku • one-pounder • SNJO • taste test)

We find an Okinawan chili sauce made with the rarest kind of awamori–so we had to taste it

• Dale Roll
  Dec 15, 2023

Chili sauce made with expensive Okinawa liquor has got to be better than any others!

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• Japan
• (alcohol • awamori • chili sauce • COK • condiments • food • kōrēgusu • Kouhey • Okinawa • Okinawan food • SNJO • spicy • taste test)

We ate “the alien of Japan’s Ariake Sea,” and you can too, if you’re brave enough【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2023

Facing our fears by eating warasubo and its amphibious cousin.

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• Japan
• (alien • COK • crazy • fish • food • Fukuoka • scary • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test • warasubo)

7-Eleven Japan’s new Uji Matcha Bavarois keeps an old sweets store’s tradition alive

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most famous sweets stores may have closed, but this new dessert honours its legacy.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bavarois • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • Kinozen • konbini • Mariko Ohanabatake • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We embrace Chigyu, the most controversial beef bowl in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Dec 8, 2023

A reminder to eat whatever you love, even if it brands you a dork. 

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • beef bowls • cheap food • cheese gyudon • Chigyu • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Sukiya • taste test)

Introducing Nomen: Ramen without the noodles【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2023

Is this guilt-free way to “eat” noodles a trend that’s going to catch on?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Instant Ramen • Mr. Sato • Nomen • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

New Japanese convenience store sandwiches feel like they’re out to kill us

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2023

A katsu sandwich and doughnut sandwich so immense they’re simply called “THE Calorie”.

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• Japan
• (calories • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson Store 100 • P.K. Sanjun • review • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

New “adult” doughnuts in a Pokémon box make us rethink what it means to be a grown-up

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2023

Who knew eating chocolate doughnuts could be so bittersweet?

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• Japan
• (adult sweetness • anime • chocolate • clever • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • otona • Pikachu donuts • Pokemon • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • video games)

We tried KFC Japan’s special fried chicken for when you’re drinking booze, have just one complaint

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2023

New Ninniku Crispy flavor was designed specifically to pair well with alcoholic beverages.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • COK • drinks • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Christmas Frappuccino: festive fantasy or festive fail?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2023

A nutty way to celebrate the holidays.

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

Japan’s Great Gratin Croquette Burger War begins: McDonald’s vs. Lotteria【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2023

The battle for the heart and stomach of fast food fans gets started, and our taste buds are the battleground.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • croquettes • fast food • food • gratin • gratin croquette burgers • Gurakoro • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Instant-ramen coated fried chicken appears in Tokyo, instantly makes us hungry, happy【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2023

Ikekara makes its way to Japan’s capital.

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• Japan
• (chicken ramen • COK • cool • crazy • food • fried chicken • Instant Ramen • karaage • Momofuku Ando • Nissin • ramen • SNJO • taste test • weird)

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