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Choux pastry mania: Mr. Sato tries Beard Papa’s new Japanese-style cream puffs 【Taste Test】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 13, 2021
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A summer delight from Japan’s iconic cream puff chain.

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• (Beard Papa • cream puff • dessert • food • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s Afternoon Tea Set: So popular it sells out in minutes

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2021

Afternoon tea at Starbucks comes with a surprisingly high price tag.

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• Japan
• (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • Princi • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Teavana)

Mister Donut becomes Mister Pizza? Japan’s favorite donut chain now sells pizza too【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 10, 2021

Is Mister Donut now a viable one-stop spot for dinner and dessert?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Mister Donut • pizza • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

The best-looking ramen in Japan? New store creates beautiful noodle bouquets

• Oona McGee
  Jul 10, 2021

But…do they that taste as good as they look?

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetables • vegetarian)

Put a unique twist on your oatmeal by turning it into some Japanese comfort food

• Katie Pask
  Jul 9, 2021

Wheat-free Japanese pizza is just a recipe away!

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• Japan
• (cooking • experiement • food • gluten-free • Go Hatori • oatmeal • okonomiyaki • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Sliced Black Thunder: A chocolate bar for toast

• Oona McGee
  Jul 8, 2021

The Black Thunder for Toast makes us rethink the way we eat chocolate bars.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • bread • breakfast • chocolate • COK • delicious • food • gourmet chocolate • sliced chocolate • SNJO • taste test • toast • Tokyo • unusual • weird • Yuraku Confectionery)

Cheapest convenience store bento ever? This boxed lunch warms the heart for less than two bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2021

Lawson Store 100’s premium-priced meal is still a bento bargain.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • cheap • cheap food • COK • convenience stores • food • Lawson Store 100 • SNJO • taste test)

We try Oita Prefecture’s citrus-y creation in Starbucks Japan’s 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos

• Katie Pask
  Jul 4, 2021

Next stop on our Frappuccino tour is down south on the island of Kyushu.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • kabosu • Oita • Oita Prefecture • SNO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan won’t sell you a Caramel Macaron dessert burger, so we made our own

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2021

Sometimes, you just have to take the craziness into your own hands.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

After trying 2,500 different kinds of Japanese curry, these experts have picked the top three

• Dale Roll
  Jul 2, 2021

We get recommendations from someone who’s eaten more than 2,500 kinds of instant curry.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • curry • Curry Land • food • instant curry • Japanese food • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks releases 47 Frappuccinos around Japan, we try the one for Nara Prefecture

• Oona McGee
  Jul 2, 2021

Can this Frappuccino capture the flavour of a region famous for deer and the giant Buddha? 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • K. Masami • matcha • Nara • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

We try Starbucks’ new Strawberry Choux Cream Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2021

Sure, we love puff pastry, but what’s it like to drink it?

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• Japan
• (choux cream • COK • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • puff pastry • review • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Taiwan • summer • sweets • taste test)

We visit a Latin supermarket in Tokyo, get our hands on some Inca Kola and spicy chocolate

• Dale Roll
  Jun 30, 2021

How does Mr. Sato like the taste of Inca Kola?

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• Japan
• (Brazil • COK • drinks • food • Gotanda • Inca Kola • international food • Kyodai Market • Peru • snacks • SNJO • South America • taste test • Tokyo)

$100 ramen in Tokyo: Overpriced or totally worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2021

We splurge on luxury noodles with a luxury price tag.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • crazy • expensive • food • Japanese food • Matsusaka beef • meat • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • Shabu-shabu • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

We give raw Pepsi another try, learn an important life lesson along the way【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Jun 28, 2021

Maybe the real treasure was the raw Pepsi we drank along the way.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Mr. Sato • pepsi • Pepsi Nama • raw pepsi • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test)

Pizza Hut Japan tries to win over pineapple haters with new bulgogi meat pizza【Taste test】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 26, 2021

You can’t say it’s gross if you’ve never tried it!

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• Japan
• (pineapple • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • Saya Togashi • SNJO • taste test)

We try buying a giant Costco Japan purin that’s not purin and not at Costco【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 26, 2021

The surprisingly complex tale of Mr. Sato’s desire to eat a bunch of pudding.

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• Japan
• (COK • Costco • food • Mr. Sato • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Beautiful cans of cake become a viral hit in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2021

We lift the lid on a rare beauty that everyone wants to try right now. 

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• Japan
• (cake • cakes • cakes in cans • canned food • canned sweets • COK • food • fruit • parfaits • review • Shibuya • SNJO • strawberry shortcake • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Coca-Cola now sells hard lemonade in Japan — Three flavors to keep you relaxed all summer long

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2021

Taste testing Coca-Cola’s second line of alcoholic beverages for Japan.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Coca-Cola • cocktails • COK • drinks • hard lemonade • SNJO • taste test)

Testing out a Japanese rice cooker bag from a 100-yen store

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2021

Is this the next best thing to investing in an actual rice cooker?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • COK • food • Go Hatori • Japanese food • review • rice • rice cooker • rice cookers • Seria • SNJO • taste test)

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