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Secret way Yoshinoya’s president customizes his beef bowl orders is a secret no more【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2019
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How does the boss of the beef bowl king eat his gyudon? Like this.

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• Japan
• (beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)

Tapioca onigiri brings boba to the world of rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2019

People in Japan are going crazy for boba ball rice balls.

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• Japan
• (Aeon • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Mai • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • tapioca • taste test)

New mouthwatering beef katsu sandwich served in Shibuya, but only good for 30 minutes?!【Photos】

• Eli Pang
  Dec 16, 2019

All good things must come to an end, but at least this delicious beef katsu sandwich will live on in its diner’s memory!

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• Japan
• (food • food review • katsu • sandwiches • Shibuya • taste test)

We try the new Starbucks Santa Boots Chocolate Frappuccino in Japan【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2019

Santa’s boots come filled with lots of little surprises.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • review • Santa • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Beyond miso soup – You can get miso bear in a can in Japan, and we’ve tried it【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 18, 2019

Hokkaido brown bear, stewed in miso and shipped to our door.

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• Japan
• (bear • canned food • COK • crazy • food • Miso • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Do you know shabu shabu? Salt Bae thinks he does but he clearly doesn’t【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 13, 2019

You’ll have to do more than make it look sexy to convince people in Japan this is shabu shabu. 

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• Japan
• (beef • beef bowls • canned food • COK • crazy • expenive • food • Matsuzaka beef • Matsuzakagyu • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

We try the giant Meat Mountain pizza sandwich from Aoki’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 12, 2019

We get the meat sweats while conquering a four-pound mountain packed with 18 different types of meat.

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• Japan
• (Aoki's Pizza • COK • crazy • fast food • food • junk food • meat • pizza • SNO • taste test)

Does US$50 canned wagyu beef make for a great beef bowl? We find out【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2019

Just because it’s canned doesn’t mean this beef is cheap.

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• Japan
• (beef • beef bowls • canned food • COK • crazy • expenive • food • Matsuzaka beef • Matsuzakagyu • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

We try the new Christmas Frappuccino from Starbucks Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2019

It looks like a Japanese Christmas cake, but does it really taste like one as well?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2019 • Christmas cakes • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberry shortcake • taste test)

Jamaican-style ramen in Kyoto: A cross-cultural hit, or just jerking your taste buds around?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2019

Ramen and jerk chicken are delicious on their own, but do they play nice together?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Gion • Jamaica • jerk chicken • Kyoto • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Try some Alien Soup from Japan, now with more alien!

• Master Blaster
  Oct 28, 2019

It also comes in handy instant cups for those who want their xenomorphs on the go.

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• Japan
• (alien • COK • crazy • food • Fukuoka • scary • SNJO • soup • taste test • warasubo • weird)

Final Fantasy for dinner! Taste-testing Japan’s Moogle steamed buns and fried chicken【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2019

Family Mart and Final Fantasy team up with the cutest nikuman we’ve seen in a long time.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Final Fantasy • food • Moogle • nikuman • SNO • taste test • video games)

Godiva tapioca tea on sale in Japan just in time to get in on the country’s boba boom【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2019

Belgian chocolatier tries its hand at the Asian dessert drink that’s taken Japan by storm.

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• Japan
• (boba • chocolate • COK • drinks • Godiva • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • tapioca tea • taste test)

Okinawa soul food: We try the most epic pork and egg onigiri rice balls in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2019

A fistful of a feast, these rare treats are more like burgers than rice balls.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • food review • Japanese food • local cuisine • Mai • Okinawa • pork • SNJO • soul food • taste test • tonkatsu)

Yoshinoya ramen? Yes, it now exists, and it’s awesome【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2019

There’s only one place in Japan where the beef bowl king serves these noodles.

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• Japan
• (airports • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • Narita Airport • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel • Yoshinoya)

Japanese Phantom Cheesecake: A sweet so popular 2,000 sold in ten minutes

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2019

We try the mysterious cheesecake that people in Japan are crazy for.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Cheesecake • COK • Criollo • desserts • food • Japanese cheesecake • Japanese sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We try the new Halloween Masquerade Party drinks from Starbucks Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2019

Time to put on our mask and find out what a Halloween Red Night Frappuccino tastes like.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • halloween • Halloween 2019 • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Melon Dr. Pepper appears in Japan, but is it just what the doctor ordered?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2019

SoraNews24’s in-house Dr. Pepper fan tries the mysterious new flavor, plus how to duplicate it at home.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dr. Pepper • drinks • Gusto • Meg • melon • melon soda • restaurants • SNJO • soda • taste test)

Japan’s new mayonnaise ice cream doesn’t taste like you’d expect【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2019

A different surprise than the one we’d braced ourselves for.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • mayonnaise • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Häagen-Dazs new zunda mochi ice cream gives us a lot of delicious things to think about

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2019

Japan’s mysterious “hazy-tasting” confectionary joins the Häagen-Dazs ice cream team.

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• Japan
• (COK • edamame • food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • zunda)

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