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The best-selling rice ball at Family Mart is…SPAM onigiri?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2021
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What makes the Tuna Mayonnaise Spam Musubi so popular with Japanese convenience store customers?

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • musubi • onigiri • pork • rice balls • SNJO • spam • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s Tsukimi “moon-viewing” pie oozes Japanese flavour

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2021

The perfect flavour for a traditional Japanese festival. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • azuki • COK • desserts • fast food • food • full moon • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • otsukimi • pie • red bean paste • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tsukimi)

Falling into the sweet life with Japanese convenience stores’ new sweet potato sweets【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 10, 2021

Autumn comes to Family Mart with the simultaneous of a huge new dessert lineup made with Japanese sweet potatoes.

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• (COK • Family mart • food • SNJO • sweet potatoes • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi “moon-viewing” burger takes melty cheese to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2021

In our humble opinion, this is the richest moon-viewing burger in history. 

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• Japan
• (Burger • burgers • COK • fast food • food • full moon • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • otsukimi • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

We buy chocolate fish in a can from a store in Akihabara

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2021

Sweet mackerel! This is going to be one helluva taste test. 

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• Japan
• (canned food • canned mackerel • cans • chocolate • COK • crazy • fish • food • mackerel • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

“Science of deliciousness” steak-and-coffee chips, developed by analysing human taste sensors

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2021

A whacky science experiment designed to engage all your taste receptors at the same time. 

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • food • potato chips • review • snacks • SNJO • steak • taste test • weird • weird flavors • weird potato chip flavors • Yamayoshi Seika)

Mochi ice cream ramen: Noodles will never be the same again

• Oona McGee
  Sep 7, 2021

We love Yukimi Daifuku ice creams, but will we love them when they’re wrapped in pork and floating in a hot, salty broth?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • ice cream • Korakuen • Kourakuen • Lotte • mochi ice cream • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yukimi Daifuku)

Is Burger King’s Big Mouth Burger really as overwhelmingly meaty as promised? 【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Sep 2, 2021

“Get ready for the arrival of a new era of big burgers,” the slogan promises, but does it deliver?

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• Japan
• (big mouth • Burger • Burger King • Burger King Japan • cheeseburger • fast food • food • Restaurant • Seiji Nakazawa • taste test • whopper)

Japan’s new Final Fantasy fried chicken looks crazy, tastes great【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2021

The flavor of the Light and Dark Crystals pairs great with a bottle of Moogle tea from Lawson.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Final Fantasy • food • fried chicken • karaage kun • Lawson • Moogle • SNO • Square Enix • taste test • tea • video games)

We try the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2021

After a 15-year absence, we finally get our first taste of a drinkable pumpkin pie.

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • drinks • latte • pumpkin • Pumpkin Spice Latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Japan now has “Gyoza for Athletes”, thanks to figure skating Olympian Yuzuru Hanyu 【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 31, 2021

Gyoza suppliers to the Tokyo Olympics create a cheat meal that’s no longer a cheat meal.

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• Japan
• (Ajinomoto • athletes • cooking • dumplings • food • gyoza • Japanese food • pastry • pot stickers • review • SNJO • sports • taste test • Yuzuru Hanyu)

The most brilliant summer homework idea ever: Eat wagyu for Yakiniku Day

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 30, 2021

Teachers, feel free to assign us this year’s and next year’s homework while you’re at it!

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• Japan
• (agriculture • beef • gourmet • school • summer homework • taste test • Wagyu • Zen-Noh)

Japan’s “edible tear gas ramen” lives up to its name【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2021

The convenience store treat (?) from Japan’s northern island is delicious…as long as you eat it the right way.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • food • Hokkaido • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Secoma • Seico Mart • SNO • spicy • taste test • wasabi)

Takoyaki ice cream appears at Japanese convenience store chain

• Oona McGee
  Aug 28, 2021

A summer festival for the mouth…but this celebration isn’t suited to all tastes.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • desserts • food • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • octopus • octopus balls • SNJO • sweets • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Nissin Cup Noodle flavours become Umaibo snacks, and we try every one of them

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2021

This sought-after limited-edition series is so rare it can’t be purchased in stores.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • review • snacks • SNJO • taste test • umaibo)

The most expensive pancakes we could find at 7-Eleven Japan are a delicious bargain【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2021

Japanese luxury hotel group creates pancakes you can buy at a humble convenience store.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • food • Hotel Okura • hotels • pancakes • SNJO • taste test)

We have the poop cake party experience we’ve always wanted with the Wasshoi Unchiyaki 【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Aug 24, 2021

Are you even surprised we ended up trying these?

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• Japan
• (cooking • cooking gadgets • funny • poop cakes • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Customers go crazy for Starbucks Choux Cups in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2021

New cream puffs become a sell-out hit!

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• Japan
• (choux cream • COK • cream puffs • desserts • puff pastry • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

We make delicious French toast using a LOT of Japanese custard pudding

• Katie Pask
  Aug 19, 2021

A whole kilogram (2.2 pounds) of custard pudding, to be precise.

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• Japan
• (custard • custard pudding • dessert • food • french toast • kitchen experiement • Mr. Sato • pudding • purin • sweet • sweets • taste test)

Japanese Sumi Toaster brings charcoal cooking technology to sliced bread

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2021

A new way to create the perfect slice of toast.

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• Japan
• (bread • charcoal • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • hot plate • review • SNJO • taste test • toast • toaster • toaster oven)

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