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Japan’s vending machines somehow become even more awesome with amazing new canned soup flavor
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2016 - Tweet
Demi-glace soup is the fanciest-sounding, best-tasting machine-sold canned treat we’ve had in a long time.
- Japan
- (food • Japan Railways • soup • stations • taste test • trains • vending machines)
Mr Sato gets his mouth around the new “Big Doughnut” from Mister Donut
- Oona McGee
Nov 18, 2016
Our reporter with the larger-than-life character gives us his verdict on the equally giant sweet.
- Japan
- (donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • Mr. Sato • taste test)
Does adding sake to your instant ramen make it taste better? We try Japan’s latest food trend
- Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2016
Brilliant noodle upgrade, or waste of perfectly good rice wine?
- Japan
- (alcohol • food • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • sake • taste test)
We try the new Sanrio character McFlurry from McDonald’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 17, 2016
Come with us as we bite into Pompompurin!
- Japan
- (characters • cute • desserts • fast food • food • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • pom pom purin • Pompompurin • sweets • taste test)
Honey and butter-flavored purple sweet potato snacks sound too good to be true, but they’re here!
- Meg Murphy
Oct 7, 2016
A popular Okinawan treat gets a crispy crunch. Join us on a taste-test of delicious proportions!
- Japan
- (Calbee • murasaki imo • purple sweet potato • snacks • taste test)
Starbucks Japan’s new Nectarine Frappuccinos – Are they peachy keen? 【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2016
We headed to our local Starbucks branch for the debut of the Bavarian cream-enhanced dessert drink.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Starbucks • sweets • taste test • tea)
Baskin Robbins Japan releases spicy habanero sundae and glow-in-the-dark ice cream for Halloween
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2016
We say R.I.P. to our tastebuds because they’ll never be the same again.
- Japan
- (Baskin Robbins • chocolate • desserts • glow in the dark • halloween • ice cream • sundae • sweets • taste test)
Taste-testing McDonald’s Japan-exclusive caramel shakes【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2016
We’ll take any excuse to drink shakes, but was this new temptation, over a century in the making, worth the wait?
- Japan
- (caramel • fast food • McDonald's • shakes • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks Mooncakes: a beautiful and delicious take on a traditional product
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2016
Only available in certain countries for a limited time, these regional cakes come with a number of gorgeous details.
- China
- (autumn • autumn festival • cakes • cool • cute • food • limited edition • moon • moon cakes • moon festival • mooncakes • souvenirs • Starbucks • sweets • taste test • unusual • weird)
Comparing the new made-in-China Oreos to the made-in-Japan ones we knew and loved【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2016
RocketNews24’s Meg pits the two cookies against each other, and also tosses made-in-China-for-China Oreos into the fray.
Putting Japanese soy sauce on ice cream: Just crazy enough to work? 【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2016
If green tea, Japan’s favorite traditional drink, can make desserts better, why not its most important seasoning, too…right? Right?!?
We try the new Krispy Kreme Halloween doughnuts before their official release!
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2016
From a melon soda monster to a mummy filled with purple ooze, these awesome new designs and flavours make this range one of their best releases yet!
- Japan
- (donuts • doughnuts • halloween • Krispy Kreme • limited edition • sweets • taste test)
Popcorn and lemon tea? The unlikely combo is here for a limited time, so of course we had to try!
- Meg Murphy
Sep 3, 2016
When life gives you lemons, make lemon tea-flavored popcorn!
- Japan
- (Gogo no Kocha • Morinaga • popcorn • snacks • taste test)
One of Japan’s best-kept ice cream secrets…is hiding at a home improvement center? 【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2016
Meg shows us further proof that no matter where you go in Japan, you’re never very far away from something that tastes really good.
- Japan
- (food • home centers • ice cream • matcha • Meg • sweets • taste test)
We visit the Häagen-Dazs pop-up cafe in Tokyo for limited-edition ice cream desserts and drinks
- Oona McGee
Jul 25, 2016
The limited-time menu includes croissants, granita, and shakes made with mini tubs of Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
- Japan
- (cafes • Daikanyama • desserts • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Which is the real winner of McDonald’s Japan v. America burger throwdown? Here’s our taste test!
- Mike
Jul 8, 2016
McDonald’s Japan recently introduced two new burgers representing Japan and the U.S. in a sandwich showdown. We conduct a taste test with our Japanese sister site to see which takes burger supremacy.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • McDonald's • Seiji Nakazawa • taste test)
We gave McDonald’s new honey mustard fries a taste to see if they’re worth your time!【Taste Test】
- Meg Murphy
Jul 7, 2016
Not as bold a combination as chocolate fries, but still a tasty match made in fast food heaven.
What’s it like to eat Japan’s crazy “mud ramen?” We find out!【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2016
The thickest ramen in Japan is like no bowl of noodles we’ve ever had before.
- Japan
- (Aichi • crazy • food • Noodles • ramen • restauramts • taste test)
New Häagen-Dazs ice cream: Salty Vanilla and Caramel and Japonais Black Syrup Kinako Red Bean
- Oona McGee
Jun 24, 2016
Both these limited-edition Japan releases contain new ingredients used for the first time ever in the history of the company.
- Japan
- (adzuki • caramel • desserts • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • Japanese dessert • kinako • sweets • taste test)
We take on the “Giga Monster Burger” at Teddy’s Bigger Burger【Taste Test】
- Jamie Koide
Jun 14, 2016
Two of our reporters try to tackle this 20-centimeter (8-inch) burger tower!
- Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
- (eating • giga monster burger • hamburgers • hawaii • taste test • teddy's bigger burgers)
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