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In the search for the perfect crunchy cream puff, we try Beard Papa’s new cookie-topped choux
Topped with langue de chat cookie dough and then baked, this cream puff has promise, but is it enough?
- Japan
- (Beard Papa • choux cream • COK • cream puff • food • langue de chat • pastry • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
The good, the bad, and the ugly of a vending machine sushi meal in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2022
OK, so technically the “ugly” part is our fault.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • SNJO • sushi • taste test • vending machines)
We eat 13 of the most highly recommended sushi items at Sushiro and pick the best of the best
- Dale Roll
Apr 8, 2022
This is some of the finest sushi currently available at Sushiro…but some are limited-time-only!
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • Kaitenzushi • ranking • restaurants • revolving sushi • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
Broccoli and chocolate? We try vegetables in chocolate fondue to test Japanese company’s claims
- Shannon
Apr 7, 2022
Cheese fondue we’d understand, but chocolate is a bit out there.
- Japan
- (chocolate • chocolate fondue • COK • crazy • fondue • SNJO • sweets • taste test • vegetables • veggies • weird)
This gigantic panda bento from Tokyo’s Kitchen Dive is deviously generous (and freaky-looking)
- Katie Pask
Apr 7, 2022
Panda lunch box from shop famed for their overwhelming generosity — too good to be true, or just too good?
- Japan
- (animals • bento • boxed lunch • COK • crazy • cute • food • Kawaii • Kitchen DIVE • lunch box • panda • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Ueno • weird)
We try the new Zero-Second Chicken Ramen: Is it worth the hype?【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Apr 7, 2022
The popular instant ramen brand, instantly edible?
- Japan
- (Baby Star • chicken ramen • COK • food • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
We predict 7-Eleven’s new Zero Cider Triple drink is gonna be the hit drink of 2022【Taste Test】
- Krista Rogers
Apr 5, 2022
We’re callin’ it like we taste it and this one’s gonna be BIG–unlike its calorie count.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • carbonated • COK • drink • drinks • lactic acid bacteria • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • taste test • Zero Cider Triple)
Move aside hot dogs, the Tempura Udon Dog is here, and it’s amazing
- Oona McGee
Apr 4, 2022
This Japanese fusion dog dares to go where most fear to tread.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • eating • food • hot dogs • Ikebukuro • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tempura • Tokyo • udon)
Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best negitoro sushi?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2022
”They’re all pretty good!” was NOT our taste-tester’s verdict this time.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • magurotataki • negitoro • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test • tuns)
We try Mister Donut’s new collab with Kyoto matcha sweets specialist Gion Tsujiri 【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Apr 1, 2022
Are the new matcha and hojicha donuts as good as they sound?
- Japan
- (donuts • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • matcha • Mister Donut • roasted green tea • sweets • taste test)
Mos Burger’s new French toast: A delicious breakfast with a side of linguistic challenges
- Casey Baseel
Apr 1, 2022
Taste-testing the treat with a name that’s a mouthful and a confusing condiment.
- Japan
- (COK • french toast • funny • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)
‘Butter mochi’ flavoured chocolate may be the best kind of Tirol we’ve ever tasted
- Katie Pask
Apr 1, 2022
We can’t believe it’s not butter, and that it’s actually chocolate-y goodness!
- Japan
- (chocolate • food • Japanese candy • Japanese chocolate • Japanese sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tirol • Tirol Chocolate • Tirol-Choco)
McDonald’s pink pie vs. KFC pink pie: Which one does it better?
- Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2022
Two very different takes on springtime in Japan.
- Japan
- (apple pie • cherry blossoms • COK • desserts • food • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pies • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
What’s it like to eat an enormous panda onigiri rice ball that weighs over two pounds?
- Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2022
This cute animal comes with four different surprise fillings.
- Japan
- (animals • bento • COK • cute • food • Kawaii • Kitchen DIVE • new • onigiri • pandas • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Ueno • weird)
Japan’s new old-school Dragon Quest sweets are Slime-like in more ways than one【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2022
Maybe we should have been eating Slimes instead of fighting them all this time.
- Japan
- (COK • Dragon Quest • dragon quest walk • food • mochi • slime • SNJO • sweet • taste test • uiro)
Vegan curry rice – Taste-testing the new soy meat hamburger steak from Japan’s CoCo Ichibanya
- Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2022
New topping can be had with vegan or meat-based roux.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • SNJO • soy meat • soybean • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)
Iron flavoured traditional Japanese candy is a thing, and you bet we tried it
- Katie Pask
Mar 28, 2022
Unique sugar candy’s iron flavouring tastes like blood.
- Japan
- (candy • food • funny souvenirs • hotel • iron • Kitakyushu • kompeito • souvenir • sweets • taste test • weird)
Man or pan? Japan’s new meatless meat buns confuse our taste-tester
- SoraNews24
Mar 28, 2022
The inside of the No-Filling Steamed Bun still manages to surprise us.
- Japan
- (chuakaman • clever • COK • convenience stores • cool • crazy • food • Lawson Store 100 • meat buns • nikuman • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test • weird)
Starbucks vs. Tully’s — Is there such a big difference between Japan’s coffee giants?【Taste test】
- Katie Pask
Mar 24, 2022
We pit two of the most popular coffee chains in Japan against each other in our most caffeinated taste test yet!
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • drinks • espresso • experiement • expresso • SNJO • Starbucks • taste test • Tully's • Yuichiro Wasai)
Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best iwashi sardine sushi?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2022
Popular blue-backed fish go head-to-head at Japan’s top sushi chains.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Hama Sushi • iwashi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • revolving sushi • sardines • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)
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