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Kiss Choco Mint: New Japanese drink challenges all our minty preconceptions

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2021
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“Unprecedented combination” of chocolate mint and carbonic acid surprises us with its flavour.

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• Japan
• (Cheerio • choc mint • chocolate • chocolate mint • drinks • Japanese vending machines • limited edition • mint • new • review • taste test • vending machines)

We try the new Häagen-Dazs Decorations ice creams in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2021

Has the brand improved on their first release, when its decorations looked more like Chinese food?

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• Japan
• (COK • desserts • food • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We order microwavable takeout ramen from a ramen shop…but is it as good as eating in-house?

• Dale Roll
  Mar 26, 2021

Is getting ramen for takeout even worth it?

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• Japan
• (COK • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • takeout • taste test • Tenka Ippin)

We compare and contrast Starbucks Japan’s 2021 cherry blossom season Frappuccinos【Taste Test】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Mar 26, 2021

Am we going insane because of hay fever or are these two just the same drink?

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

We try blue beer made with drift ice from Hokkaido

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2021

Drift Ice Draft even looks like sea ice from the north when it’s poured.

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• Japan
• (Abashiri Brewery • beer • blue beer • COK • drift ice • drinks • Hokkaido • online shopping • review • SNJO • taste test)

Our Japanese reporter eats instant ramen from a bag for (almost) the first time in his life

• Dale Roll
  Mar 24, 2021

One little bag of ramen could be enough to change his life forever.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Umakacchan)

Avocado Tiramisu Cake: Japan’s newest must-try dessert

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2021

Sell-out cake from popular Japanese cafe chain presents a new frontier for avocado.

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• Japan
• (avocado • cafes • cakes • COK • desserts • food • fruit • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Edible Evangelion Angel cores now on the menu at Coco’s Japan【Taste Test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2021

Special anime meal includes an optional Spear of Longinus to eat it with.

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• Japan
• (anime • Coco's • COK • cool • Evangelion • food • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

We try Japan’s new Starbucks Frappuccino with first-ever almond milk whipped cream

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2021

Will this season’s limited-edition non-dairy milk beverages be a tasty revelation or a crushing disappointment? 

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• Japan
• (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Beef jerky curry rice? We’d never have thought of it, but Tengu proves it’s awesome【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2021

A very nice jerky idea.

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• Japan
• (beef jerky • COK • curry • curry rice • food • instant curry • instant food • SNJO • taste test • tengu)

Mos Burger’s new super-thick sliced bread: Is it as good as their burgers? 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 16, 2021

Fast food chain brings out a bread so buttery it doesn’t need butter.

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• Japan
• (bread • butter • COK • fast food • food • Mos Burger • new • SNJO • taste test)

Are Mister Donut’s new sakura and matcha doughnuts all they’ve been hyped up to be?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2021

A 161-year-old green tea company from Kyoto takes the helm for new “Blooming Matcha” collection.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • collaboration • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Mister Donut • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We spice up our fermented soybeans with curry powder flavored natto【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 13, 2021

How will the power of curry fare against one of Japan’s most notorious dishes?

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• Japan
• (curry • curry powder • food • Japanese food • natto • Saya Togashi • SNJO • soybeans • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever rice fish burger is here, but was it worth the wait?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2021

The Gohan Fish is more than just a Filet-O-Fish with rice.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • gohan burgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • rice • rice burgers • SNJO • taste test)

We eat hoya sea squirts out of a can, enjoy a tasty regional delicacy from the comfort of home

• Dale Roll
  Mar 12, 2021

Sea squirts, also known as sea pineapples, are a rare find in most parts of Japan, but now they come in canned form!

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• Japan
• (canned food • COK • food • hoya • sea pineapples • sea squirts • seafood • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese restaurant combines solo shabu shabu dining with the fun of a sushi train

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2021

Proof that eating out on your own in Japan can be better than dining with company. 

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Shabu-shabu • SNJO • solo dining • solo travel • taste test)

Hey, does this Calpis taste funny? Taste-testing the new Calpis Water【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2021

Japan’s favorite yogurt-based soft drink gets a new recipe.

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• Japan
• (Calpis • Calpis Water • COK • drinks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

We try making Nisshin’s Jijimi Korean Pancakes in a cup kit【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Mar 11, 2021

Get all of that Korean cuisine goodness without the mess.

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• Japan
• (chijimi • clever • COK • cooking • cool • food • jijimi • korean food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Eating Burger King’s “hottest meat wall” ever 　　　【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2021

Will we be able to defeat the meat and heat of the Strong Magma?

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • SNJO • spicy food • taste test)

We buy oysters from a Japanese vending machine

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2021

Raw seafood and a microwave is today’s weird vending machine find of the day. 

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• Japan
• (COK • fried oysters • Japanese vending machines • kaki fry • oysters • shopping • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)

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