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Seiji holds the Grand Prix of Marumiya Furikake【Taste Test】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 15, 2020
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Which flavors were crowned the Elite Four out of 16 total entries? 

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• Japan
• (food • furikake • ingredients • Marumiya • ranking • rice • taste test)

Does Burger King’s Ugly Beef Burger taste as bad as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2020

We try the ugliest looking burger in Japan.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (Burger King • burgers • cheese • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • marketing • SNJO • taste test)

Who makes Japan’s best moon-viewing burger? Let’s eat as many as we can and find out【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2020

McDonald’s and KFC Japan, plus a few others, give us multiple ways to eat the moon this autumn.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • KFC • Lotteria • McDonald's • moon viewing • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi burger)

Burger King Taiwan releases insanely popular ‘Chocolate Whopper’, we recreate it at home

• Katie Pask
  Sep 10, 2020

Nothing says ‘2020 Burger‘ more than this monstrosity, but how does it taste?

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (Burger King • chocolate • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • SNJO • sweets • taiwan burger king • taste test • weird)

Matcha parfait ice cream bars: Kyoto tea store deconstructs parfaits, creates stunning new sweets

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2020

We try the most beautiful ice creams in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • desserts • green tea • ice cream • Itohkyuemon • Japanese desserts • Kyoto • matcha • parfait • review • sakura • SNO • sweets • taste test • Uji Matcha)

Taste-testing Japan’s three biggest convenience stores store-brand cup ramen【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2020

7-Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart all have their own exclusive instant noodles, and we were surprised by who makes some of them.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • comparison • conveneince stores • Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Lawson • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Japan now has blue sake that changes colour in cocktails

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2020

Seilan is one of the most unique tipples in Japan, making sunsets appear like magic in “Blue Samurai” drinks.

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• Japan
• (blue sake • butterfly pea • COK • drink • drinks • food and drink • japanese drinks • review • sake • sake brewery • SNO • taste test • wine)

Gourmet Japanese hamburger steak in three-year-shelf-life can: Genius or madness? Let’s find out!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2020

Because we’ll try anything before actually doing any real cooking ourselves.

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• Japan
• (canned food • COK • cool • food • hamburger • hamburger steak • meat • SNJO • taste test • weird)

We try the new Chocolate Marron Frappuccino and Latte from Starbucks Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2020

Like drinking a Japanese autumn. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • chestnut • chestnuts • chocolate drinks • COK • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • review • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks Japan • sweet drinks • taste test)

Which convenience store has the best kakuni Japanese braised pork? We find out【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Aug 27, 2020

This taste test was nothing short of a porky paradise.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • braised pork • COK • comparison • conveneinece stores • Family mart • food • kakuni • Lawson • pork • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s Dragon Quest Slime fish cakes draw near, and possibly for free【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2020

It’s time to treat yourself to a new experience point with some extra-adorable Slime and She-slime kamaboko.

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • Dragon Quest • fish cakes • fish sausage • food • kamaboko • Odawara • slime • SNJO • taste test • video games)

Mos Burger releases new gummi candies in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2020

We take up the challenge to create the tallest, sweetest Mos burger we’ve ever seen.

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• Japan
• (burgers • candy • COK • delicious • fast food • food • gummies • Japanese sweets • Mos Burger • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • UHA)

Canned bento?!? We try out a cheaper alternative to canned Yoshinoya【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2020

But there’s one unexpected problem with this series of takikomigohan in a can.

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• Japan
• (bento • canned food • COK • food • SNJO • takikomigohan • taste test)

Best doughnuts in Tokyo? Sweet floral creations cause a stir on social media

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2020

Edible flowers appear on iced doughnuts and spectacular cold, clear jelly doughnuts for summer.

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• Japan
• (cooking • donuts • doughnuts • flowers • food • food review • Instagram • review • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

THAT MUCH for white rice and one tiny plum? Eating Japan’s most-expensive “cheap” bento【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2020

The “circle of the sun boxed lunch” is usually a friend to those with a lonely wallet, but not this one.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • crazy • expensive • food • hinomaru bento • Isetan • SNJO • taste test)

Monjayaki in a cup is the new instant ramen everyone’s talking about right now【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2020

It’s said this Tokyo dish looks like vomit, so does the instant cup version look any better? 

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• Japan
• (Baby Star • Baby Star Ramen • COK • food • Instant Ramen • Japanese cuisine • monjayaki • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test)

Stinkiest sushi in the world is now an ice cream flavour in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2020

Is decayed fish still as pungent when it’s turned into sweet ice cream? 

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• Japan
• (COK • fish • food • food review • funazushi • ice cream • Japanese food • Shiga • Shiga Prefecture • SNJO • soft cream • sushi • sweets • taste test)

Demon Slayer anime franchise gets new edible content with Kimetsu no Yaiba-yaki sweets【Tasting】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2020

It’s time to slay some sweets and get some exclusive memorabilia.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Demon Slayer • food • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Kurikoan • manga • Sega • Sega Taiyaki • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test)

We tried eating a raw “mizu nasu” eggplant, and it tastes like a weird fruit【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Jul 19, 2020

This eggplant is supposed to be sweet like fruit…so we ate it like a fruit!

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • eggplant • food • mizu nasu • SNJO • taste test • vegetables • weird)

Pikachu-flavor potato snacks pack two different kinds of Thunder Punch【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Jul 17, 2020

Karamucho! Pokémon chooses you for a collab!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • food • Karamucho • Koikeya • Pikachu • Pokemon • snacks • SNO • spicy • Suppamucho • taste test • video games)

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