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We tried cocoa soy-sauce paste and opened up a whole new world of possibilities【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Feb 23, 2021
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You might not like it right away, but you’ll definitely be hooked.

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• Japan
• (japanese cooking • SNJO • SoraKitchen • soy sauce • tamari soy sauce • taste test • unique flavor • Wakayama)

Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project: Ippudo spicy miso tonkotsu battle【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 23, 2021

Can the 7-Eleven version match the majesty of the Hakata original?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Instant vs. Restaurant Ramen Project • Ippudo • Miso • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu)

We eat the gyoza dumpling-flavored Pizza Sand from Family Mart, savor its identity crisis【Taste Test】

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 23, 2021

So what does a gyoza dumpling-flavored pizza sandwich taste like? Time to find out.

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• Japan
• (bread • dumplings • Family mart • gyoza • pizza sandwich • sandwich • SNOJ • taste test • tasty)

What’s the difference between Hong Kong pineapple bun and Japanese melon bread?

• Ingrid Tsai
  Feb 22, 2021

P.K. Sanjun gets schooled on all that is good and carbs. 

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• Japan
• (bread • comparison • culture • food • Hong Kong • Iidabashi • melon bread • Melon Pan • P.K. Sanjun • pineapple bun • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Ichiran ramen vs. Ichiran instant ramen: The ultimate taste test right outside the store

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2021

Running out of the ramen restaurant to eat its instant version seconds afterwards on the street is the kind of reporting you won’t get anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • delicious • food • food review • Ichiran • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • new • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • stay at home • taste test)

Ichiran’s first-ever instant ramen: How does it stack up to the chain’s original noodles?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2021

We taste a tonkotsu ramen 20 years in the making.

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• Japan
• (cup noodles • delicious • food • food review • Ichiran • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • new • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • stay at home • taste test)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new sakura Frappuccino and latte【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 16, 2021

Sure, they look great–but will this year’s cherry blossom drinks be any better than previous years?

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

Mos Burger’s new Mac and Cheese burger: Does it taste as good as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 16, 2021

We find out if this is the best way to introduce Mac ‘n’ Cheese virgins to the delights of the unfamiliar western dish.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Cola • croquettes • drinks • fast food • food • Mac n Cheese • Macaroni Cheese • MOS • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)

Rainbow mille crepes brighten up the food scene in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2021

We try the colourful sweet that’s becoming all the rage on social media.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • crepes • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • pancakes • rainbow • review • Saza • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Tokyo’s new chocolate ramen smothers us with attentive affection for Valentine’s Day【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2021

Chocolate and matcha green tea aren’t even half of the surprises here.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Lotte • Menya Musashi • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Valentine's Day • weird)

We try 7-Eleven’s newly recreated Pork Ramen and are blown away by its level of perfection

• Dale Roll
  Feb 10, 2021

This ready-made, microwavable ramen comes close to something you can get in a restaurant!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store • Noodles • pork • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Godiva curry bread from a convenience store? Only in Japan…but should it exist at all?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2021

A company known for neither curry nor bread combines both at a budget price.

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• Japan
• (bread • chocolate • COK • convenience stores • curry • curry bread • food • Godiva • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

What it’s like to eat a wild game burger from Lotteria Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2021

Could a burger like this end up going mainstream?

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • deer • fast food • food • Lotteria • sandwich • SNJO • taste test • venison)

We eat Japan’s oldest sweet, available at only one store in all of Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2021

Edo period confectionery store learnt the secret recipe from a monk on a mountain in Kyoto. 

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• Japan
• (culture • food • Gion • history • Japanese history • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • SNJO • taste test • traditional • unusual • unusual food • wagashi)

Does Ippudo’s new plant-based tonkotsu ramen really taste like pork?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2021

Veggie tonkotsu vs original tonkotsu from Japan’s premier tonkotsu specialist chain.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ippudo • new • Noodles • plant-based • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • vegan • vegetarian)

Nissin develops instant-yakisoba-flavored instant yakisoba UFO【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 1, 2021

The alpha and omega of special-edition flavors.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant yakisoba • Nissin • Rich Rich Rich Sauce UFO • SNJO • taste test • UFO • White Rich Rich Rich Sauce UFO • yakisoba)

Japanese ramen chain gives us chocolate with our noodles to celebrate Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2021

Mr Sato takes us on a dance with the devil, but will this turn out to be a sweet memory? 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • cool • crazy • food • Korakuen • Kourakuen • Lotte • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Valentine's Day • weird)

We try Dom Dom Burger’s new limited-time-only Spicy Cod Roe Thick Egg Omelet Burger

• Dale Roll
  Jan 29, 2021

Do Japanese ingredients like mentaiko and shiso make a good sandwich?

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • Dom Dom Burger • DomDom • egg • egg sandwiches • fast food • food • mentaiko • sandwich • SNJO • spicy cod roe • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Touch manga collab: Does it really capture the bittersweet taste of youth?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2021

Fried chicken and a hugely popular high school baseball series is a surprise collaboration we never saw coming.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • fast food • manga • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mitsuru Adachi • review • SNJO • taste test • touch)

We try a dubious-sounding “wet dorayaki” and are in for more than one surprise

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 28, 2021

A new twist on one of Japan’s favorite traditional sweet snacks. Read More

• Japan
• (COK • dorayaki • food • nure dorayaki • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wet dorayaki • Yuichiro Wasai)

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