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Takeout ramen broth: A new Tokyo winter noodle trend that’s worth the hype? 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2021
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A whole new way to appreciate ramen. 

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • food • Nakano • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • SNJO • takeout • taste test • Tenka Ippin)

We learn the dark secret of Japan’s Woodstock rice balls, still want to eat them【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 26, 2021

This curry onigiri might not be quite as cute as we thought.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cute • food • funny • Lawson • onigiri • Peanuts • rice balls • SNJO • Snoopy • taste test • Woodstock)

What’s it like to eat Burger King Japan’s protection from evil Whopper?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2021

Deliver us from evil, oh mighty Spicy Yakuyoke Whopper!

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • COK • cool • culture • fast food • food • hamburgers • SNJO • taste test • whopper)

Our Japanese reporter soothes her soul with Starbucks Japan’s Earl Grey Honey Whip drinks

• Shannon
  Jan 2, 2021

Starbucks Japan’s final seasonal drink of 2020 is perhaps the most relaxing.

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• Japan
• (delicious • Frappuccino • seasonal drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea latte • winter drink)

Let’s try making our own Chinese McDonald’s Oreo-Spam burgers!【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Dec 31, 2020

Well, maybe see how it went for us before trying it yourself at least.

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• China
• (cookies • crazy • hamburger • McDonald's • Oreo • recipe • SoraKitchen • spam • Spam Oreo burger • strange • sweets • taste test • weird)

Japan’s Mos Burger Dassai sake milkshake is here, but is it any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2020

Japan’s most popular sake brand teams up with its most popular domestic burger chain for a dessert drink like no other.

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• Japan
• (amazake • Asahi Shuzo • COK • Dassai • drinks • milkshakes • Mos Burger • sake • shakes • SNO • sweets • taste test)

This ridiculously expensive Tokyo sandwich was worth every one of the 8,650 yen it cost us

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2020

Take-out from expensive restaurant in the most expensive part of Tokyo hurts the wallet, thrills the taste buds.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • crazy • expensive • expensive food • food • meat • Mr. Sato • sandwiches • SNJO • steak • take-out • taste test)

Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant teams up with convenience store for Super Spicy Curry Buns

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2020

CoCo Ichibanya and Family Mart give us a curry meal we an hold in the palm of our hand.

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• Japan
• (coco ichi • CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • convenience stores • curry • Family mart • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Who makes Japan’s best Spam-style onigiri convenience store rice ball? Let’s find out【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2020

We take a taste test trip in Okinawa and get acquainted with the local specialty.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • musubi • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • spam • taste test)

Burger King Japan’s new Plant-Based Whopper tastes amazing

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2020

Our burger expert becomes a fan of veggie patties, and nobody is more shocked about it than him.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • plant-based • SNJO • taste test • Vegetable Burger • vegetarian • whopper)

In celebration of Curry Bread Day, we find out which convenience store has the best curry bread【Taste Test】

• Katie Pask
  Dec 11, 2020

We here at SoraNews24 do the hard work so you don’t have to.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience stores • curry • curry bread • curry pan • Family mart • food • Lawson • taste test)

World’s first Ikea veggie dog specialty store opens in Shibuya

• Oona McGee
  Dec 3, 2020

The only place in the world where you can try 10 different Ikea veggie dogs. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • homewares • hot dogs • ikea • ikea japan • new opening • news • photos • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • vegan • vegetarian • veggie dog)

Combining two of Burger King’s one-pound beef burgers for an extreme fast food challenge

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2020

Like eating more than five Big Macs in one sitting.

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• Japan
• (beef • breadless • bunless • Burger King • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • food challenge • gluten-free • keto • meat • review • SNJO • taste test)

Mos Burger’s new luxury burger contains 0.18 percent alcohol

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2020

Limited-edition burger promises to give diners a “charge” for winter.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • MOS • Mos Burger • red wine • review • SNJO • taste test • tobikiri • weird)

Newest weird Japanese vending machine beverage: Dashi fish soup from…Coca-Cola?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2020

The piscatorial pause that refreshes?

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• Japan
• (Coca-Cola • COK • cool • dashi • drinks • SNJO • spup • taste test • vending machines • weird)

We try Burger King’s first-ever bunless burger in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2020

One pound of beef with no bread turns out to be a very extreme experience.

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• Japan
• (beef • breadless • bunless • Burger King • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • gluten-free • keto • meat • review • SNJO • taste test)

Croissant gyoza: Pie-like dumplings take Japan by storm

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2020

This gyoza with a flaky croissant crust is so sought after it took a year for our order to arrive.

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

We smash up some rock-hard rice crackers with a hammer to find out which one is the toughest

• Katie Pask
  Nov 20, 2020

These Japanese senbei may be the hardest-to-eat snacks in the world, literally.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Fukuoka • funny • Iga • japanese snacks • Mie • Ninja • rice cracker • senbei • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Do Ippudo’s new tonkotsu ramen potato chips taste as good as their noodles?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 10, 2020

Japan’s most popular Hakata ramen chain gives us noodles to go…in potato chip form!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ippudo • potato chips • ramen • snacks • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu ramen)

Melon bread…with meat? A crazy new twist on one of Japan’s favorite baked goods【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2020

Melon bread is good. Chashu is good. So melon bread with chashu is…

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• Japan
• (bread • chashu • COK • crazy • food • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

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