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Does Mos Burger’s new Muscle Burger give you muscles?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2023
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Japanese pre wrestler Kazuchika Okada puts his name, and body, behind this new release.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Kazuchika Okada • kinniku • limited edition • marketing • Meat Day • Mos Burger • muscles • New Japan Pro-Wrestling • niku • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • protein • review • SNJO • taste test • wrestlers • wrestling)

Taste-testing famous ramen from Kobe turns into moment of self-reflection for Mr. Sato

• Katie Pask
  Apr 1, 2023

What was supposed to be a simple taste test makes Mr. Sato take another look at his gourmet writer credentials.

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• Japan
• (Chinese seasoning • food • Kobe • Kobe Chinatown • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Wei-Pa)

Can you customise the Starbucks Snoopy Frappuccino to make it even more like Snoopy?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2023

According to staff in Japan, yes you can! 

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• Japan
• (charlie brown • COK • cool • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • Peanuts • SNJO • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • waffles)

Did Burger King just troll McDonald’s Japan with its new Big Bet burger?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2023

Move aside, Big Mac — the Big Bet is in town!

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

KFC releases the Zinger Triple Down in Korea 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2023

This fried-chicken-on-fried-chicken-on-fried-chicken extravaganza isn’t exactly a burger, but we’re certainly not complaining.

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• Korea
• (burgers • chicken • fast food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Korea • Korea • review • SNJO • Soon Pyon's • taste test • Triple Down)

Starbucks Taiwan has a…melon pan burger?!?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 29, 2023

Famous sweet makes a surprise appearance at Starbucks.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (bread • buns • burgers • char siu • COK • cool • food • limited edition • Melon Pan • pineapple bun • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks limited edition • Taiwan • taste test • Yui Imai)

Waiter, there’s a SNAKE in my soup — we try Cantonese delicacy snake stew in Hong Kong

• Katie Pask
  Mar 27, 2023

Locals can’t get enough of this Hong Kong cuissssine, but it’s not for the faint-hearted.

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• China
• (COK • food • Hong Kong • Ikuna Kamezawa • restaurants • snake • snake soup • SNJO • taste test • travel)

Which Japanese convenience store has the best koppepan hot dog buns?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2023

7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart go head to head in the battle of the bread buns. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese bread • koppe pan • Lawson • review • rolls • SNJO • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s new daifuku pie: Is it as good as the Japanese sweet that inspired it?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2023

A limited-edition pie created specially for sakura season. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s first made-to-order natto store will make you fermented beans without the putrid smell

• Katie Pask
  Mar 23, 2023

Could this be the answer that all natto-nay sayers have been searching for?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Does Pizza Hut Japan’s new “Too Much Coriander Pizza” really contain too much coriander?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2023

Whether you know it as coriander, cilantro or pakuchi, this is a very surprising combination.

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• Japan
• (cilantro • COK • coriander • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • food • herbs • limited edition • marketing • pakuchi • pizza • Pizza Hut • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Powering up our instant noodles with Nissin Cup Noodle’s instant tempura and abura-age【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Mar 20, 2023

Was it able to fulfill our dreams as much as fill our stomachs?

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• Japan
• (abura-age • COK • Donbei • food • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • soba • taste test • tofu • udon)

7-Eleven’s new whipped cream sandwich takes Japanese convenience store food to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2023

Join us as we try this weird sandwich, and find out why it’s even better without fruit.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • conbini • conbini food • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cream sandwich • fast food • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • sandwiches • SNJO • strawberries and cream • strawberry • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new parfait cake has to be seen to be believed

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2023

W0w. Just…wow.

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• Japan
• (American • cakes • COK • cool • diner • food • limited edition • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan now has its first-ever Cola Frappuccino, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

We find out if this retro American diner experience is all it’s cracked up to be. 

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• Japan
• (American • coffee • COK • cool • diner • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • retro • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

The drink, not the doughnuts, is the best part of Krispy Kreme Japan’s new Lotus Biscoff lineup

• Katie Pask
  Mar 13, 2023

Belgium’s popular cookie once more teams up with Krispy Kreme Japan, but will their products satisfy our resident Biscoff superfan?

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• Japan
• (biscuits • COK • cookies • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • lotus • lotus biscoff • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Taste-testing “Japan’s Number-One Taiyaki,” where becoming a master chef takes five years

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2023

Does this chain of fish cake sweets have the flavor to back up its bold name?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test)

A meatless beef bowl? We try a plant-based meal at Sukiya in Taiwan

• Dale Roll
  Mar 11, 2023

Can a meatless beef bowl pass the “meat” test?

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • COK • food • gyudon • meatless • plant-based meat • SNJO • Sukiya • Taiwan • taste test • vegetarian • Yoshinoya • Yoshinoya Taiwan • Yui Imai)

Coffee-infused rice for rice balls and curry? Taste-testing a recipe from Japan’s coffee experts

• Katie Pask
  Mar 10, 2023

Soaking your rice in some Italian Roast makes a world of difference!

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • KALDI • onigiri • recipe • rice • rice balls • rice cooker • SNJO • taste test)

Shogun sweets? Trees said to be planted by first Tokugawa shogun still bear fruit used for sweets

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2023

Taste-testing Ieyasu Mikan desserts.

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• Japan
• (castles • COK • food • history • mikan • samurai • Shizuoka • SNJO • Sunpu Castle • sweets • taste test • taste tests • Tokugawa • Tokugawa Ieyasu)

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