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“Drinkable pistachios”: A nutty matcha lover’s dream beverage

• Oona McGee
  May 31, 2021
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Pistachio and matcha are a match made in green tea heaven! 

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• Japan
• (cafes • cool • drinks • green tea • latte • matcha • Omotesando • pistachio • taste test • Tokyo)

Trying Starbucks Japan’s secret limited-time Iced Matcha Tea Latte 【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  May 29, 2021

Our Starbucks expert finds a hidden new green tea drink on the menu.

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• Japan
• (Iced Matcha Tea Latte • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Sanma-men, the best ramen type that everyone in Japan forgets about

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2021

Yokohama’s original hometown noodles often get lost in the ramen shuffle, but not today!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kanagawa • Noodles • restaurants • sanma-men • SNJO • taste test • Yokohama)

We buy a delicious new burger without saying a single word

• Katie Pask
  May 29, 2021

Bex Burger’s vending-machine-style restaurant may be the norm in years to come!

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• Japan
• (awesome • best restaurants • Burger • cheeseburger • contactless • food • restaurants • taste test • technology • Tokyo)

We visit a Japanese cafe famous for John Lennon and epic pancakes

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2021

A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • John Lennon • Kamakura • pancakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yoko Ono)

KFC sells rice bowls in Japan, but are they finger-lickin’ good? 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  May 28, 2021

We try the little-known Kentadon, sold at select stores around Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • review • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • tendon)

We try McDonald’s Japan’s new teriyaki burgers

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2021

A celebration of local flavours to mark half a century of the Golden Arches.

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • fries • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)

Magic gummy candies become a viral hit on social media

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2021

We try the Japanese confectionery that everybody’s talking about right now.

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• Japan
• (candies • confectionery • cute • DIY candy • gummies • gummy candies • Kracie • SNJO • sweets • taste test • TikTok • uusual • viral • weird)

Mt Fuji Curry Bread: Worthy of the award and the long waiting list?

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2021

Curry breads so popular it took us two months to get our hands on them.

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • curry bread • curry pan • Fuji • Japanese curry • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • taste test)

Move over, garlic gyoza — it’s time to try squid ink, habanero, seaweed, and taco dumplings

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2021

We play Russian Roulette with some surprising flavours.

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• Japan
• (cooking • dumplings • food • gyoza • Japanese food • Okinawa • pastry • pot stickers • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

We try Japan’s new French toast ice cream

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2021

Could this be the dream ice cream we’ve been searching for?

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• Japan
• (Akaginyugyo • COK • desserts • food • french toast • gari • ice cream • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Extra-meaty yakiniku burger makes us feel seriously old with its Japanese slang

• Master Blaster
  May 24, 2021

This burger is both maji and gachi.

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• Japan
• (big food • burgers • COK • Japanese language • Jyu-Jyu Karubi • Jyu-Jyu Karuburger • linguistics • meat • SNJO • takeout • taste test • Tokyo • yakiniku)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Moko Tanmen Nakamoto deliciously spicy miso【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  May 22, 2021

We send our reporter to perform the most thorough test of a cup ramen’s quality we can manage.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Moko Tanmen Nakamoto • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

We try Domino’s Japan’s new pizza rice bowls

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2021

Chain’s first-ever dough-free pizzas remind us of another popular Japanese-fusion dish. 

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• Taiwan
• (COK • Domino's • dominos pizza • doria • fast food • food • Japanese food • pizza • review • rice bowls • SNJO • taste test • unusual • weird)

Gyoza Cider: Possibly the worst drink we’ve ever tasted

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2021

Join us for a taste test…that sends shockwaves through our senses.

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• Japan
• (Chinatown • COK • dumplings • food and drink • fried dumpling • gyoza • review • SNJO • taste test)

Shinjuku Bento surprises us with historic ingredient from the samurai era

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2021

Unusual ekiben takes us back in time with a hot ingredient. 

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • cool • Edo • Ekiben • food • shinjuku • SNJO • station bento • stations • taste test • trains)

Chicken wing-flavor ramen is our newest guilty pleasure we feel no real remorse over【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2021

The flavor of a Nagoya favorite finds its way into a cup of ramen and into our hearts.

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• Japan
• (chicken wings • Instant Ramen • izakaya • Noodles • ramen • Sekai no Yama-chan • SNJO • taste test)

Godzilla Energy drink is here, looks like a beam of Shin Godzilla’s atomic breath【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2021

Because really, when was the last time you heard Godzilla complain about being tired?

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • energy drinks • Godzilla • kaiju • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Strawberry Frappuccino: The next best thing to being in Wimbledon right now

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2021

Boring old strawberry or a surprising flavour with an interesting backstory?

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries • strawberry • taste test)

Häagen-Dazs Japan tells us to put ice cream on our avocado toast — Were we wrong to listen?

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2021

Ordinarily, we’d say there’s never a bad time for ice cream, but does that include the exact moment you’re eating a slice of avocado toast?

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• Japan
• (avocado • avocado toast • COK • cooking • crazy • food • Häagen-Dazs • recipe • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

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