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We taste-test the new chicken nugget French fry Cup Noodle【SoraNews24 taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2018
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We take a break from daydreaming about Valentine’s Day chocolate as Japan’s newest crazy comfort ramen becomes a reality.

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• Japan
• (awesome • chicken nuggets • COK • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • Frnech fries • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • SNOJ • taste test • weir)

Meg tries the new convenience store-exclusive Matcha Green Tea Steamed Bun【SoraNews24 taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2018

One of Kyoto’s best confectioners delivers a whole new way to enjoy green tea sweets.

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• Japan
• (chukaman • COK • convenience stores • green tea • Lawson • matcha • Meg • SNOJ • steamed buns • sweets • taste test • Tsujiri)

We try the world’s first hot ruby chocolate drink at Japanese Kit Kat Chocolatory 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2018

Natural berry flavours from the ruby cacao bean make for a hot chocolate like no other we’ve ever tasted.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • hot chocolate • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • ruby chocolate • ruby hot chocolate • taste test)

We track down a special dish hidden inside Yodobashi Akihabara 【SoraNews24 Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2018

If you know where to look, you’ll be able to try a jugful of noodles that nobody wanted the owner to create.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • izakaya • LOL • Mr. Sato • Noodles • otsukimi • SNJO • soba • taste test • Yodobashi)

New sakura Kit Kat range celebrates cherry blossom season in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2018

There’s even a sakura charm made from cherry blossom wood included in this year’s release.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sakura • SNO • taste test)

Cherry Blossom Pocky sound blooming delicious, so let’s try these new sakura sweets【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2018

Japan’s most famous snack food steps into spring with this limited-time seasonal flavor.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • chocolate • COK • food • Pocky • sakura • snacks • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Japan now has potato chip-covered chocolate, and it’s amazing!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2018

Nope, that’s not backwards. The chips really are on the outside in this awesomely clever idea.

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• Japan
• (Chip Star • chocolate • COK • food • Fujiya • potato chips • snacks • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Biscuits)

5 of the best ice creams to try in Japan right now【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2018

Whether you like traditional Japanese flavours or Western-inspired combinations, these frozen desserts will satisfy all your sweet cravings.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience stores • desserts • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s French fry sundaes are here, but which one should you try? We find out【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 13, 2018

”What’s the best flavor for a French fry sundae?” is a question we never had to answer…until now!

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• Japan
• (azuki • COK • crazy • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • ice cream • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks’ new matcha cheese Frappuccino is here, but can this crazy combo work?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2017

Frappuccino connoisseur Meg muses on mascarpone green tea beverage.

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• Japan
• (cheese • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • green tea • matcha • Meg • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Butter on sushi? We’d heard it was great, but we wouldn’t believe it without trying it ourselves

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2017

Fans swear this sushi restaurant’s butter unagi is amazing, so we taste-tested it.

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• Japan
• (COK • eel • food • Osaka • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi • taste test • unagi • weird)

This super-rare Japanese banana has edible skin!【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 21, 2017

We get our hands on the mystical Mongee Banana.

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• Japan
• (bananas • crazy • edible fruit skin • food • fruit • Okayama • taste test • weird)

We brave the should-be-abomination of raw egg and coffee, is it a taste sensation? 【Taste Test】

• Richard Simmonds
  Dec 18, 2017

Is mixed raw egg yolk and espresso the answer to our morning prayers? We find out.

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• Japan
• (coffee • drinks • eggs • espresso • food • raw eggs • taste test • weird)

Japan’s new Leftover Bathwater drink has us strangely titillated【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 14, 2017

Did our indulgence in the bathwater of beautiful women and handsome men make us very, very bad?

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• Japan
• (funny • japanese beverages • japanese drinks • joke • taste test • Village Vanguard • wtf Japan)

Deep-fried sushi exists in Japan, and here’s where to try it【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2017

Is this a country-fair style affront to Japanese cuisine, or a delicious idea we should have thought of sooner? Our reporter Meg finds out.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • fried food • Meg • SNOJ • sushi • taste test • Toyama • trout • weird)

The luxurious new Bâton d’or La Recolte Pocky has us feeling fancy【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 9, 2017

With an elegant French name like that, we knew we were in for something special!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Pocky • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s new imitation Oreos are here, but how do they compare to the made-in-China real deal?

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2017

Company that previously produced made-in-Japan Oreos is back in the sandwich cookie game, and our reporter Meg is ready to score the fight.

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• Japan
• (COK • cookies • food • Meg • Nabisco • Oreo • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Biscuits Company)

Did the world’s happiest country also create the world’s spiciest food? We find out in Tokyo

• Jessica
  Sep 28, 2017

We try Bhutan’s fiery national dish at an off-the-beaten-track restaurant in Tokyo.

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• Japan, S Asia
• (Bhutan • COK • food • restaurants • SNO • spicy • taste test • Tokyo)

Poisonous blowfish ramen restaurant in Tokyo is death-defyingly delicious【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2017

Fugu, one of Japan’s most gourmet foods, is the ramen star of the classy Ginza neighborhood.

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• Japan
• (blowfish • COK • food • fugu • ramen • restaurants • SNO • taste test • Tokyo)

Brand-new premium sake Kit Kats are out in Japan, and they’re amazing【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2017

But how well do they pair with their liquid inspiration? SoraNews24’s Meg finds out.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Meg • sake • sweets • taste test)

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