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No one asked but we did it anyways: MOS rice patty burgers X ochazuke【Taste test】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jun 8, 2020
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A thorough comparison experiment, except we had no control group whatsoever.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • green tea • Kg • Mos Burger • ochazuke • rice patty burgers • SNJO • taste test • tea)

Gold Gundam tofu appears in Japan, requires “painting” with real gold for full effect【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2020

Forget Gunpla. Today it’s all about the Gun-tofu!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • food • gold • Gundam • robots • Sagamiya Foods • SNJO • taste test • tofu)

Frozen annin tofu/almond tofu drinks appear at Japanese convenience stores【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Jun 5, 2020

Sweet, light, and refreshing – this frappe is the perfect way to enjoy the warmer weather.

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• Japan
• (almond jelly • annin tofu • COK • drinks • Family mart • frappes • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Sushi tacos now on sale in Japan — Can this cross-cultural cuisine please our biggest taco fan?

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2020

After falling in love with tacos in Mexico, our taste tester tests the newest outside-the-box idea from Sushiro.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • tacos • taste test • weird)

How to make a McDonald’s Ramune milkshake at home

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2020

This recipe is even better than the new McShake, with much more of that distinctive Japanese flavour. 

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • Morinaga • Ramune • ramune candy • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Gluttony has no limits with Costco fried chicken larger than our face【SoraKitchen】

• Eli Pang
  May 4, 2020

Just because you’re sheltering in place doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself to the good food.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Ayaka Idate • crazy • food • fried chicken • SoraKitchen • Taiwanese chicken steak • taste test)

Yoshinoya’s new Super-Special-Large Bowl: A gigantic three-animal 1,700-calorie fest【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2020

Three meals at once sounds like a perfect lunch to us.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • big food • COK • crazy • fast food • food • gyudon • omori • SNJO • taste test • Yoshnoya)

Our reporter eats more bugs from a Tokyo vending machine, compares flavors【Taste test】

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 26, 2020

Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.

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• Japan
• (bugs • COK • crazy • food • insects • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

We tried takoyaki-flavored toothpaste with surprising results【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Apr 24, 2020

Is a toothpaste flavored like octopus balls too good (or gross) to be true?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Mr. Sato • SNJO • takoyaki • taste test • teeth • toothpaste • Village Vanguard • weird)

Domino’s now sells tapioca boba pizza in Japan, and we’re so very, very confused【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2020

It’s like a late-to-the-party party in your mouth, and tapioca is invited!

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • COK • crazy • dominos pizza • food • pizza • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • taste test • weird)

As American as Nara apple pie? We try the U.S.’s best small town pies without leaving Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2020

Julian Pie Company gives our Japanese sweets fan her first taste of America’s signature dessert.

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• Japan, USA
• (apple pie • COK • food • Julian Pie Company • K. Masami • Nara • pie • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Authentic ninja power pellet snacks on sale again in Tokyo thanks to the coronavirus【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2020

Hyorogan, part of the ninja and samurai diet, also get a modern, gluten-free version.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • food • history • hyorogan • Ninja • samurai • SNJO • taste test)

Taste-testing Tokyo’s biggest, best edible bug vending machine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2020

We take a chance with a random selection from a machine that sells tarantulas and dung beetles for you to eat.

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• Japan
• (bugs • COK • crazy • food • gross • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Ueno • vending machines)

Here’s what happens when you mix 75 types of Japanese instant curry together【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2020

Creating the King of Curries means we’re pretty much done cooking for the entire week.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • curry • food • instant curry • instant food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Butterscotch Frappuccino confuses Japanese foodies, but does it satisfy?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2020

”Is there booze in it?” wonders our taste tester.

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• Japan
• (butterscotch • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

From beef bowl to beef pouch? Taste testing Yoshinoya’s instant gyudon packs

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2020

They supply the beef, you supply the bowl.
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• Japan
• (beef bowl • COK • food • gyudon • instant food • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)

Edo Rice shows you what rice tasted like in the samurai era by continuing centuries of tradition

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2020

A Tokyo time trip for your taste buds.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Edo • Edo period • food • history • rice • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Unbox Therapy left speechless after trying Japanese toaster【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2020

“World’s most expensive toaster” from Mitsubishi uses rice cooker technology to toast bread to perfection.

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• Japan
• (clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • Mitsubishi • review • taste test • TO-ST1-T • toast • toaster oven • Unbox Therapy • video • YouTube • YouTuber)

We try Brozer’s ridiculous Tomato Spaghetti Burger because we love carbs and can’t help ourselves

• Dale Roll
  Mar 9, 2020

And as expected, it was really good!

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• Japan
• (Brozers • Burger • carbs • delicious • hamburger • Napolitan • Ningyocho • spaghetti • taste test • Tokyo)

Our reporter tries amemonaka, the traditional sweet from Niigata Prefecture

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 4, 2020

This traditional confection is pretty to look at, but how’s the taste?

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• Japan
• (amemonaka • Chomeido Ameho • confectionery • mizu-ame • monaka • Niigata • sweets • taste test • traditional)

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