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Adorable baby hippo Moo Deng is now an adorable Mister Donut donut!

Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2024
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Thailand’s superstar pygmy hippo receives the highest honor that Mister Donut can bestow upon it, but not in Japan.

Japan, SE Asia
(animals • cute • donuts • Mister Donut • Moo Deng • sweets • Thailand)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a quick trip to Angkor Wat with 50,000 yen (US$334)? – Part 2

Krista Rogers
Oct 25, 2023

Go continues testing the limits of his dwindling budget while sightseeing at Angkor Wat.

SE Asia
(Angkor Wat • Bangkok • budget travel • Cambodia • COK • cool • food • low-budget • Siem Reap • SNJO • Thailand • travel)

Extreme budget travel! Can you do a quick trip to Angkor Wat with 50,000 yen (US$334)? – Part 1

Krista Rogers
Oct 24, 2023

Go Hatori tests the limits of his wallet by visiting Cambodia’s Angkor Wat via Thailand over three nights and four days.

SE Asia
(Angkor Wat • Bangkok • budget travel • Cambodia • COK • cool • food • Go Hatori • low-budget • Siem Reap • SNJO • Thailand • travel)

Studio Ghibli and Uniqlo team up for line of beautiful T-shirts and bags, but not in Japan【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2023

Neither Japan nor the U.S. are the first countries to get the first collaboration between the anime studio and fashion brand.

SE Asia
(anime • bags • Catbus • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Makkuro Kurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Princess Mononoke • shirts • Singapore • soot sprites • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • susuwatari • sweatshirts • t-shirts • Thailand • Totoro • Uniqlo)

Burger King Japan’s Tom Yum Shrimp Whopper isn’t exactly tom yum kung

Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2023

Not quite the Whopper we were hoping for.

Japan
(Burger King • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • P.K. Sanjun • review • SNJO • taste test • Thai food • Thailand • tom yum • Tom Yum Goong • Tom Yum Kung • weird)

What does a Burger King Whopper with nothing but 20 slices of cheese taste like?

Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2023

We recreate The Real Cheese Burger in Japan.

Japan
(Burger King • burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • food hack • hamburgers • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Thailand • weird)

Burger King’s new all-cheese The Real Cheese Burger looks crazy, sort of makes linguistic sense

Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2023

Burger King Thailand’s new sandwich grabs our eyes and opens our mind.

SE Asia
(Burger King • burgers • cheese • cheeseburger • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • Thailand • weird)

Enjoy a weekend trip to Thailand for less than $50? We show you how【Photos】

Katie Pask
Oct 12, 2022

Our penny-pinching reporter shows you how to travel on a tight budget and still have an amazing trip.

Japan, SE Asia
(cheap accommodation • cheap food • COK • food • Go Hatori • SNJO • Thai food • Thailand • travel)

Japanese curry chain in Thailand has a surprisingly Japanese dish not found in Japan

Master Blaster
Sep 27, 2022

Sometimes the most Japanese stuff isn’t even in Japan.

Japan, SE Asia
(Bangkok • coco ichibanya • curry • fast food • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Thailand • travel • Wagyu)

Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!

Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2022

Our “Hey! Japanese Texi Driver” series makes its overseas debut.

SE Asia
(Bangkok • COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • restaurants • SNJO • Thailand • travel • tuk tuk)

Japanese curry rice appears at McDonald’s, but not in the country you’d expect

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022

Tell us, Ronald, is this an exclusive menu item worth travelling for?

Japan
(burgers • COK • cool • curry • fast food • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • SNJO • taste test • Thailand)

We try roasted horseshoe crab in Thailand, regret our choice yet strangely long for more

Katie Pask
Jul 18, 2022

The horseshoe crab’s uniquely coastal taste leaves our reporter unsure whether she hates it or loves it.

Japan, SE Asia
(COK • crab • food • horseshoe crab • Ikuna Kamezawa • SNJO • taste test • Thai food • Thailand • travel • weird)

Yakiniku Simulator coming to Nintendo Switch and smartphones

Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2022

It’s the hottest game of the year!

Japan, SE Asia
(Android • food • iOS • nintendo switch • Secret Character • Steam • Thailand • video games • yakiniku • Yakiniku Simulator)

We visit izakaya in Thailand billed as “Middle Aged Man’s Paradise”, try food that’s illegal in Japan

Katie Pask
Jul 2, 2022

Thankfully our reporter lived to tell the tale.

Japan, SE Asia
(Bangkok • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • internationalism • izakaya • raw liver • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • Thailand • travel)

We sigh and swoon over the adorable Year of the Tiger Starbucks goods sold in the rest of Asia

Katy Kelly
Jan 21, 2022

Don’t get us wrong, Starbucks Japan has great merchandise, but have you seen Starbucks Singapore?!

Japan
(Asia • Hong Kong • Indonesia • Lunar New Year • Malaysia • Singapore • Starbucks Japan • Thailand • The Philippines • Vietnam • year of the tiger)

We go on a whirlwind tour of Asia’s night markets without stepping foot on a plane

Katie Pask
Nov 26, 2021

We sample the tastiest street food from around Asia without leaving Japan!

Japan
(China • food • Kyoto • South Korea • street food • sweets • Taiwan • Thailand • travel • yatai)

Japanese convenience store chain running out of fried chicken, takes precautions to save Christmas

Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2021

We might not be seeing Family Mart’s Famichiki for a while.

Japan
(Christmas • COK • convenience stores • coronavirus • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • SNJO • Thailand)

Dom Dom turns up the heat with spicy Mexican and Thai chicken burgers

Master Blaster
Jul 28, 2020

Fast food chain uses the magic word of potential spiciness.

Japan
(chicken burgers • DomDom • fast food • massaman curry • Mexico • spicy food • Thailand)

“Keep your paws off ’em!” This cute Thai cat is very protective over its owner’s watermelons

Scott Wilson
Jun 28, 2020

Pearl has melons if you have coin.

SE Asia
(cats • cute animals • funny • melon • Thai • Thailand • watermelons)

There’s something strange about the lover’s lips in these ads for McDonad’s Thailand

Scott Wilson
Mar 1, 2020

“Dear, you’ve got a little something on your face….”

SE Asia
(advertisement • burgers • funny • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • Thailand)

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