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7-Eleven Japan’s ramen-cooking robot whipped us up a bowl of noodles【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Dec 27, 2025 - Tweet
7-Eleven is trying to innovate beyond cup noodles, but does this new technology deliver the flavor ramen fans need?
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • robots • SNJO • taste test • technology)
We go on a quest to find the cheesiest sushi at Japanese conveyor belt sushi chains【Taste test】
- Krista Rogers
Dec 15, 2025
Ultimately, we found an un-brie-lievably cheesy hidden gem at a lesser well-known revolving sushi chain.
- Japan
- (cheese • COK • comparison • Hama Sushi • Kaiten Sushi Misaki • Kura Sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
Starbucks Japan quietly slips fans another Christmas present with Joyful Medley Strawberry Milk Tea
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2025
Some extra joy that we weren’t expecting, but definitely enjoyed.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Joyful Medley • K. Masami • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries • strawberry • taste test • tea)
Stamina-destroying “Paralysis Noodles” are Tokyo’s newest over-the-top ramen innovation
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2025
We head to Tokyo’s Toshima Ward for a new spin on stamina-style ramen.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • stamina ramen • staminga-style ramen • taste test)
Open wide! It’s time for a showdown between McDonald’s Japan’s and Komeda gratin croquette burgers
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2025
Gurakoro and Gurakuro came out on same day, filling fans’ hearts with joy and filling their stomachs with gratin croquettes.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • croquette burgers • croquettes • fast food • food • gratin • gratin croquette burgers • Gurakoro • Komeda Cofee • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)
Yoshinoya adds first-ever chain-wide ramen with new beef and pork-broth noodle hot pot meals
- Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2025
Japan’s gyudon king now has Gyunikutama Ramen available too for the winter.
- Japan
- (beef • COK • food • hot pot • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Final Fantasy Chocobo and Dragon Quest Slime street sweets on sale in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2025
We head to Shinjuku to encounter these Square Enix video game mascots turned tasty treats.
- Japan
- (Chocobo • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • food • Pasela • slime • SNO • Square Enix • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • video games)
Starbucks Japan’s new S’mores Frappuccino has something extra, but do we want to drink some more?
- Casey Baseel
Nov 27, 2025
We taste-test Starbuck’s latest Japanese S’mores Frappuccino, plus their first-ever hot apple cider.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • s'mores • SNJO • Starbucks • Staucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks Japan releases the new Soupuccino, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be?
- Oona McGee
Nov 17, 2025
Rethinking soup as we know it.
- Japan
- (drinks • new • review • SNJO • soup • soups • Soupuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Shocking discovery: Japan’s expensive Shine Muscat grapes can pair amazingly with cheap Pringles
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2025
Weird, delicious, and beautiful, this is everything we could ask for in the SoraKitchen.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • food hacks • fruit • grapes • potato chips • Pringles • recipes • Shine Muscat • SNJI • Sora Kitchen • taste test • weird)
Kirby mochi arrives at Family Mart, but is it as sweet to eat as it is to look at?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2025
Nintendo star’s latest transformation is into Tabemasu sweets.
- Japan
- (Bandai • Bandai Candy • COK • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Kirby • mochi • nintendo • SNO • sweets • tabemasu • taste test • video games)
Never forget that Mister Donut’s super-simple ramen is actually very hard to beat
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2025
The chain may not be called “Mister Ramen,” but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to make a really good bowl of noodles.
- Japan
- (donuts • food • Mister Donut • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks’ newest Japanese Frappuccino is here, but is this early Christmas present all we wanted?
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2025
Taste-testing the Joyful Medley Tea Frappuccino and its companion latte.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joyful Medley • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
This Japanese restaurant chain’s triple-decker sushi bowls are a crazy feast for the eyes/stomach
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2025
Scaling the tower-don is a food experience you won’t soon forget.
We predict that new gourmet burger shop Neo Nice Burger is going to be bun in a million
- Krista Rogers
Oct 29, 2025
We check out the new hamburger specialty shop with nice buns that has joined its sister shop I’m Donut? in Shibuya.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • food • hamburgers • I'm donut • Neo Nice Burger • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Japan actually grows coffee, but how does it taste?【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Oct 26, 2025
After more than 40 years of effort, Tokunoshima Coffee is finally available for purchase.
- Japan
- (Amami Islands • coffee • COK.Tokunoshima • drinks • Kagoshima • Kagoshima Prefecture • taste test • Tokunoshima Coffee)
Is it worth eating at Akihabara Ramen Center?
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2025
Tokyo noodle joint is open 24 hours a day, but it may or may not be what you’re looking for.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Ramen Center • COK • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurants)
Beyond fruit sandwiches — Japan has cake sandwiches too!【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2025
A regional treat opens our eyes and mouths to a new dimension of baked goods.
Häagen-Dazs may have made the perfect sweet potato ice cream, and it’s a Japanese convenience store exclusive
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2025
Häagen-Dazs’s Japan hardly ever disappoints, but hardly any ice cream has ever made our taste-tester this happy.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • Family Msrt • food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)
Ice cream with Japanese dashi kelp stock shocks us enough to try it【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2025
A combination we’d never imagined, but is it one we’ll want to forget?
- Japan
- (bonito • COK • crazy • dashi • food • ice cream • katsuobushi • kelp • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)
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