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Mr Sato goes head-to-head with a giant cream soda parfait in a Tokyo cafe
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2021 - Tweet
Enormous dessert’s clown-like face belies the monstrosity that lies within.
- Japan
- (big food • cafes • COK • crazy • food • ice cream • melon soda • Mr. Sato • parfaits • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Japanese Black Wagyu from Yoshinoya – Premium beef isn’t just for politicians anymore!【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2021
Once only available in the halls of Japan’s parliament, you can now get this special gyuju nationwide.
- Japan
- (beef • beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • Japanese beef • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu • Yoshinoya)
Mr. Sato eats luxurious fish from a vending machine, doesn’t get food poisoning
- Katie Pask
Aug 13, 2021
Mr. Sato taste tests some famous fish from Shizuoka.
- Japan
- (COK • fish • food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • sea bream • Shizuoka • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)
Yoshinoya’s wagyu beef box for Japanese politicians
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2021
We eat an exclusive menu item inside the National Diet Building.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • cool • diet • food • gyudon • Japanese food • National Diet • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu • Yoshinoya)
Fukushima peaches: Worthy of the praise given to them by foreign Olympics teams?
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2021
Australia and the United States have been vocal about their love for these Japanese peaches, so we buy a box and try them out.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • athletes • COK • fruit • Fukushima • Olympics • Olympics athletes • peaches • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Olympics • travel)
Starbucks Japan’s first pineapple Frappuccino, Go Pineapple, should be the Gorogoro Pineapple
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021
Taste-testing Starbucks Japan’s first-ever pineapple dessert drink, plus its peachy companion.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • Peach • pineapple • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Our Japanese-language reporter tries eel cola so you don’t have to 【Taste Test】
- Shannon
Aug 5, 2021
Out of all the weird colas we’ve tried, this may be the weirdest.
- Japan
- (Cola • eel • eel cola • taste test • weird snacks)
What did Japanese curry taste like 150 years ago? This instant curry pack lets you find out
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021
It’s like a time travel adventure for your mouth.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • culture • curry • food • history • instant curry • Meiji Period • SNJO • taste test)
We try Starbucks Japan’s new sand dunes Frappuccino in Tottori
- Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2021
One of the countries rarest 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos gets ticked off our list.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • sand dunes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Tottori • tourist sites • travel)
Tokyo’s new frozen ramen vending machines are brain-breakingly amazing【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2021
Ramen Stock 24 baffles our minds and delights our souls.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • food • frozen food • Nakano • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)
Mr Sato’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Doo Wop Chicken Burger in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2021
New opening doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • COK • Doo Wop • fast food • food • fried chicken • hamburgers • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test)
Taco Bell Japan brings back the Naked Chicken Taco, much to our satisfaction 【Taste Test】
- Shannon
Jul 24, 2021
Don’t you love it when the best menu items make a comeback?
- Japan
- (delicious • Mr. Sato • Naked Chicken Taco • Taco Bell • Taco Bell Japan • tacos • taste test)
Japan’s Super Colossal Mega Parfait is so freakishly huge it comes in a beer pitcher【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2021
A dessert big enough for you and a couple friends…or one Mr. Sato.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Mr. Sato • parfaits • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
23 flavors, five top recommendations for the wide world of Kikkoman soy milk【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2021
Because 23 is too many to say “I’ll just drink all of them,” unless you’re us, that is.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kikkoman • SNJO • soy • soy milk • taste test)
We try a new natto coffee ice cream that took 17 months to perfect
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2021
Tokyo cafe finds a way to use natto’s sticky texture to create a dessert like Turkish ice cream.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • desserts • dondurma • fermented soybeans • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • Tokyo • Turkish ice cream)
Muji releases a new boba tea kit and we taste test it at home【Taste test】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 20, 2021
Why go out for boba when you can just make it at home?
- Japan
- (Aoi Kuroneko • boba • bubble tea • drinks • food • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • sweets • tapioca • taste test)
We try chain restaurant miso ramen in Paris and find a slice of home overseas【Pics】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 18, 2021
Sometimes the most familiar things in life spring up in the most unexpected of places.
- Europe, Japan
- (COK • Dosanko • food • france • Ikuna Kamezawa • miso ramen • Noodles • overseas Japanese food • paris • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel)
The weird thing about Domino’s Japan’s Fish and Chips Pizza isn’t the fish or chips【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2021
We try the pizza that shocked the world and get a jolt of our own.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • fish and chips • funny • pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Okonomiyaki taiyaki: Sweet and savoury combination confuses the senses
- Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2021
We love okonomiyaki and we love taiyaki, but will we love okonomiyaki taiyaki?
- Japan
- (COK • crepes • desserts • dining • food • food review • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • okonomiyaki • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • Tokyo)
Blue Bottle Coffee’s limited-time shaved ice dessert is exquisite
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2021
Kakigori, Japan’s beloved summertime sweet, gets a Blue Bottle makeover.
- Japan
- (Blue Bottle Coffee • coffee • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)
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