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Durian Mango Cheese Pizza comes to Pizza Hut Taiwan, we put our nose on the line and try some

• Master Blaster
  Jul 13, 2022
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This pizza leaves the whole pineapple controversy in the dust.

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• Taiwan
• (COK • durian • fast food • food • mango • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • strange food • taste test • weird)

What’s it like to eat eel from a Japanese vending machine?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2022

Mr Sato takes us on an unagi adventure.

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• Japan
• (COK • eel • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • unagi • Unagi Uomasa • vending machines • weird)

We go on a pilgrimage to find traditional sweets shaped like a Subaru car

• Katie Pask
  Jul 9, 2022

A must-have snack for anyone who likes cars, traditional Japanese confectionary… or both!

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• Japan
• (car • food • Gunma • gunma prefecture • Japanese sweets • monaka • SNJO • Subaru • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets • travel)

Is that restaurant in Tokyo with the giant mecha crab sign any good?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2022

Mr. Sato’s hunger for the truth leads him to selflessly eat a bunch of seafood at Kani Doraku for the sake of our readers.

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• Japan
• (COK • crab • food • Kani Doraku • Mr. Sato • restaurants • seafood • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Tokyo)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best prawn sushi?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2022

Ebi sushi enters the ring for this latest seafood showdown.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • ebi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • prawns • revolving sushi • Shrimp • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

Japan’s first-ever wanko soba conveyor belt restaurant opens in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2022

Amusement Wanko Soba Kurukuru Wanko wants you to eat over a hundred bowls of noodles in one sitting.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyor belt restaurants • food • gourmet • Kabukicho • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNJO • soba • taste test • wanko soba)

Lunch at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, delivered in an Imperial carriage

• Oona McGee
  Jul 5, 2022

This ox-drawn carriage meal holds a bevvy of surprises.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Higakisaryo • Imperial Family • Japanese food • Kyoto • Kyoto food • Kyoto Gyoen National Garden • lunch • restaurants • taste test)

Japanese convenience store teriyaki donut hamburgers are definitely weird, but are they good?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2022

Family Mart combines the two categories of combini bread in one strange package.

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• Japan
• (bread • burgers • COK • convenience stores • crazy • donuts • Family mart • food • hamburgers • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

This plastic wrap is supposed to turn supermarket sashimi into great sashimi, but does it work?

• SoraNews24
  Jul 4, 2022

Taste-testing the effects of Pichit sheets.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • life hacks • sashimi • SNJO • taste test)

Weiner Onigiri: Japanese convenience store rice ball has a surprise in store for Mr Sato

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2022

Celebration sausage opens our mouth to a new way of eating. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • unusual • Weiner • weird)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best hamburger steak sushi?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2022

No, no, not sushi hamburgers. That would be weird.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • hamburger • hamburger steak • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

Curry and lassi ice creams: Like eating cubes of frozen curry roux

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2022

Some convenience store ice creams aren’t as great as you think they’ll be. 

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • curry • ice cream • ice creams • Imuraya • Japanese ice creams • lassi • Lawson • SNJO • strange • taste test • weird • wtf)

Bugs for dessert? Taste-testing Japan’s wasp dumplings and locust rice crackers【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2022

Because we finished our wasp larvae bento, we think we’ve earned a wasp larvae dessert.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • haruka takagi • locusts • manju • Nagano • rice crackers • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wasps • weird)

Hear ye, hear ye! 7-Eleven’s Cheese Buns are the best cheesy bread snacks on the market

• Dale Roll
  Jun 24, 2022

Nearly everyone in the office agrees!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • bread • cheese • convenience store food • delicious • food • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new summer drinks deliver all the goodness of Matcha and Youthberry

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2022

We spill the tea on Starbucks’ new limited-edition beverages. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

How to make an imitation katsudon pork cutlet bowl using imitation katsu【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2022

We harness the power of dagashi to create the “in-quotation-marks katsudon.”

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • COK • cooking • crazy • dagashi • fish cake • food • katsu • katsudon • Katsuya • pork cutlet • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test • weird)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best saltwater eel sushi?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

It’s a four-way anago showdown of affordable luxuries.

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• Japan
• (anago • best conveyor belt sushi • COK • conger eel • Conveyor belt sushi • eel • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • saltwater eel • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

This Tokyo bakery gives its curry bread a special Aomori ingredient for a one-of-a-kind taste

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2022

The pride of Aomori Prefecture is the star of the show at Little Princess Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (apples • bakeries • bread • COK • curry • curry bread • food • Fuji apples • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)

Genki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Vegetarian? Vegan? Or just plain weird? This conveyor belt restaurant chain serves up a taste of all three.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Genki Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • vegan • vegetarian)

Camp eats: We try making an “Italian-style” meat-wrapped onigiri for a hearty meal【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Jun 21, 2022

Possibly one of the best fusions of Japanese and Italian cuisine we’ve had.

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• Japan
• (camp eats • camp food • camping recipe • cheese • delicious • Italian food • Ken Outdoor Cooking • onigiri • SoraKitchen • taste test)

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