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Muji cake mania! Which of the 23 flavors of cake they sell are the best?
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2021 - Tweet
We ate all 23, but when you can’t fit that many in your stomach, which should you choose?
- Japan
- (baumkuchen • cake • COK • food • muji • Mujirushi Ryohin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
We tried Japan’s peach-flavored potato chips, and they do not disappoint in their peachiness
- Dale Roll
May 6, 2021
Who would have thought that peaches and potatoes would make a good match?
- Japan
- (cool • food • Fukushima • Mr. Sato • peaches • potato chips • taste test • weird • weird food • weird foods of Japan)
Japan has $10 bananas from the coldest prefecture in the country, but how do they taste?
- Casey Baseel
May 3, 2021
Tropical fruit from Japan’s frosty north.
Avengers ice cream assembles at Baskin-Robbins Japan【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2021
Now’s your chance to eat Captain America’s shield, Thor’s hammer, and more.
We dig into Japanese ice cream flavored with iron metal and are wowed by the result【Taste Test】
- Ingrid Tsai
Apr 28, 2021
Unfortunately, this ice cream isn’t a replacement for your daily iron supplements, but it sure tastes good!
- Japan
- (desserts • food • ice cream • metalworking • Niigata • sweets • taste test • Tsubame • Tsubamesanjo)
Space Onigiri: Do these long-lasting Japanese rice balls taste any good on planet Earth?
- Oona McGee
Apr 28, 2021
We put the JAXA-endorsed product to the test.
- Japan
- (COK • emergency rations • food • JAXA • marketing • onigiri • packaging • rice balls • SNJO • space food • taste test)
Tasting McDonald’s Japan’s new Milky “Taste of Mummy” collection
- Oona McGee
Apr 27, 2021
How do the soft serves and McShakes stack up to the real Milky ice cream and milkshakes?
- Japan
- (collaboration • cute • desserts • food • Fujiya • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milk • milk candy • milkshakes • milky • Milky tastes like Mommy • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test)
Japanese fast food fried chicken showdown, featuring…Yoshinoya?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2021
The beef bowl king also offers fried bird, but does the flavor fly?
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • fried food • karaage • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
We visit the Japanese branch of a Singaporean restaurant serving Singapore-style tempura
- Dale Roll
Apr 21, 2021
What kind of flair does Singaporean tempura have? Let’s find out!
- Japan
- (cuisine • food • fried food • Japanese cuisine • Nihonbashi • Singapore • spicy food • taste test • tempura • Tendon Kohaku • Tokyo)
Pokémon Pinap Berry Juice being served in real world at Tokyo’s Pikachu Sweets cafe【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2021
Raise a glass to one of Pokémon’s favorite in-game snacks, which you can now try for yourself!
Godiva vs. Haagen-Dazs: Who’s got the best limited-edition flavors of spring?
- Dale Roll
Apr 20, 2021
Three different flavors and textures–but one clearly comes out on top.
- Japan
- (almonds • comparison • cookies • Godiva • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • honey • ice cream • matcha • seasonal • taste test • tasty)
Wagyu Burger opens in Tokyo, serving up highest-grade beef at reasonable prices
- Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2021
A5 Wagyu is just the start of what makes this is a burger to remember.
- Japan
- (beef • fast food • food • Japanese beef • Japanese restaurants • junk food • meat • Nihonbashi • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Starbucks celebrates 25 years in Japan by adding four new limited-time coffee drinks to the menu
- Oona McGee
Apr 15, 2021
A sublime Coffee Tiramisu Frappuccino is just one of the tasty new offerings.
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
What’s the difference between Fanta and Premier “Adult” Fanta?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2021
Japan’s nostalgic grape and orange flavours are all grown up.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Fanta • SNJO • soda • soft drinks • taste test)
All aboard the train station soba restaurant that’s being called the best in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 13, 2021
Over 70 years in service, with a very unusual type of noodle on the menu that was developed after World War II.
- Japan
- (COK • ekisoba • food • Himeji • Japanese food • Japanese train stations • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • taste test • train stations)
Starbucks Japan’s Chai Chocolate Frappuccino requires a whole new ordering system
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2021
A new limited-edition beverage that can’t be purchased over the counter.
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Asahi Super Dry’s draft beer in a can, the Nama Jockey Can, is here【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2021
Bringing the izakaya draft beer experience home.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Asahi • Asahi Super Dry • beer • COK • drinks • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Diet-friendly Cup Noodle Pro is here, but does it taste as good as the original version?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2021
We taste-test the new high-protein, low-carb version of the instant ramen king.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • diet • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
New Noodles and Broth Only cup ramen – Saddest meal ever, or proof that less is more?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 2, 2021
New instant noodles don’t even bother trying to replicate restaurant toppings.
- Japan
- (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)
Insider tip leads us to one of the best obento lunchbox finds in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2021
Value-for-money bentos so good we were tempted to keep the secret to ourselves.
- Japan
- (bento • bento box • food • Japanese food • local specialties • lunch boxes • obento • Okinawa • okinawan cuisine • SNJO • supermarkets • taste test)
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