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We try Nissin’s newest world flavors-inspired cup noodle: Chili Con Carne【Taste Test】

Mike
Mar 10, 2016
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The newest in the instant noodle giant’s world flavors series of cup noodles promises gooey cheese and a spicy kick. It delivers on one of those things…

Japan
(cup noodles • food • Nissin • ramen • taste test)

We try the delicious new Japan-only sakura Pepsi【Taste test】

Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2016

It turns out that Cherry blossom Pepsi tastes as lovely as it looks.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossoms • Cola • drinks • Japan news • pepsi • sakura • Sakura Pepsi • soft drinks • taste test)

Chocolatier Max Brenner welcomes spring with pavlova, cherry blossom & delicious green tea pizza

Oona McGee
Mar 5, 2016

Because there’s no better way to welcome spring than with a sweet serving of sakura and matcha.

Japan
(cherry blossom • chocolate • green tea • Japan • matcha • Max Brenner • pizza • sakura • sweets • taste test)

Sakura McFizz and fries with plum seasoning on sale now at McDonald’s

Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2016

The pink-coloured items are a beautiful way to spruce up the menu for spring.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • fast food • fries • McDonald's • McFizz • plum • potato chips • sakura • taste test • ume)

We try McDonald’s new Teriyaki Camembert Egg burger—does it taste like feet?

Evie Nyan
Mar 2, 2016

McDonald’s new “Camembert Teritama” burger has hit Japan, so our writers offered up their cast-iron stomachs for a taste test!

Food & Drink, Japan
(Burger • camembert • cheese • McDonald's Japan • taste test • teritama • teriyaki)

Does Japan’s sliced chocolate taste as good as we’ve all been dreaming it would? 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2016

The wait is finally over, as sliced chocolate goes on sale nationwide, and arrives in the RocketNews24 offices.

Food & Drink, Japan
(awesome • chocolate • cool • food • sliced chocolate • sweets • taste test)

Does Häagen-Dazs’ Matcha Green Tea Crumble deliver on its high-class name’s promise? 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2016

America’s premium ice cream maker takes on one of Japan’s most traditional tastes.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • sweets • taste test)

Neco Meshi: The line of Japanese snacks that both you and your cat can eat! 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Feb 22, 2016

Snacks that cats and people alike can enjoy? It might not be as crazy as it sounds.

Cats, Japan
(cats • foods • Neco Republic • pets • snacks • taste test • weird)

New whisky Koeda chocolates from Morinaga: almost as strong as light beer, much more delicious

Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2016

We feel the effects of 3.1% alcohol just by eating a pack of the new premium range of chocolate “twigs”.

Food & Drink, Japan
(alcohol • chocolate • chu-hi • J-Snacks • Koeda • Morinaga • sweets • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

New canned sakura liquor beverage appears in Japan, courtesy of Suntory 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2016

Sakura Sakuranbo aims to please with two types of cherry flavors.

Japan
(alcohol • cherry blossoms • chu-hi • drinks • sakura • sour • Suntory • taste test)

Green tea chocolate-covered shrimp chips are the next big thing to hit shelves in Japan

Oona McGee
Feb 12, 2016

Japan’s popular shrimp-flavoured snack now comes covered in a coating of dark green matcha chocolate.

Japan
(Calbee • chocolate • green tea • japanese snacks • Kappa Ebisen • matcha • potato chips • prawn chips • Shrimp • taste test)

Green tea chocolate-covered potato chips arrive in Japan! 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2016

It’s not like we really needed any more reasons to eat potato chips, but matcha and chocolate together make a pretty convincing argument.

Japan
(Calbee • chocolate • food • green tea • matcha • potato chips • snacks • taste test)

We chow down on new cheesecake ice cream bar made with real cream cheese

Evie Nyan
Jan 30, 2016

It’s cold and frosty in Tokyo! Perfect weather for taste-testing the newest frozen cheesecake ice cream bar!

Japan
(Cheesecake • ice cream • sweets • taste test)

We try McDonald’s Japan’s new, as-yet-unnamed, Hokkaido hot potato burger

Jamie Koide
Jan 29, 2016

We got a sneak peek at McDonald’s Japan’s upcoming menu item: a burger topped with Hokkaido-grown mashed potato, cheese, and onion soy sauce.

Japan
(burgers • Burgers in Japan • food • Hokkaido • McDonald's • potato • taste test)

We try new yakisoba noodles with chocolate sauce (Spoiler: it’s awful)

Mike
Jan 21, 2016

Food manufacturer Myojo recently released a special version of their popular Ippei-chan instant yakisoba noodles that includes a chocolate sauce topping. We tried it… so you don’t have to.

Japan
(food • Noodles • ramen • taste test • weird • weird food • yakisoba)

Eat like a big kid at this Kyoto cafe with their “Kids’ Special” just for grownups!

Evie Nyan
Jan 20, 2016

Want to eat like a big kid, only with more grace and style? This restaurant in Kyoto offers a “Kids’ Special – for Adults”! Naturally we had to go and scoff—er, try—it for ourselves…

Japan
(food • Japanese food • kids lunch • Kyoto • Restaurant • taste test)

The Osaka taste sensation that no one in Osaka has ever heard of: Coffee & Raw Egg 【Taste Test】

Master Blaster
Dec 25, 2015

Japan’s Fuji TV recently branded the majority of Osakans as people who love putting raw egg into coffee. Not wanting to be left out, we gave it a try.

Japan, Korea
(coffee • food • Osaka • raw egg • taste test • weird)

The rice-less gyudon restaurant is here to serve your beefy needs

KK Miller
Dec 19, 2015

If you are on a low-carb diet, or ever thought your beef bowls could use more beef and less rice, then this is the restaurant you need to try in Nishi-Shinjuku.