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New tofu from Japan brings Kyoto’s iconic Daimonji fire festival to your plate

Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2019
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Fiery images seen on mountains surrounding Kyoto come to life with…a dollop of soy sauce.

Japan
(cool • food • Kyoto • tofu • travel • vegetarian)

Our lovestruck reporter tries to make a batch of cookies for his girlfriend for Japan’s White Day

Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2019

After getting love-dovey Valentine’s Day chocolate for the first time in his life, Seiji steps into the SoraKitchen to make cookies that require no butter or liquid.

Japan
(COK • cookies • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • funny • moving • recipe • relationships • romance • SNOJ • SoraKitchen • tofu • touching • Valentine's Day • white day)

What’s the real meaning of Japan’s “burning tofu” emoji?

Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2018

It’s not fire, and it’s not food, but every Japanese person immediately understands the symbol that has the rest of the world scratching their heads.

Global, Internet, Japan
(emoji • funny • kids • language • linguistics • society • tofu • tulips • weird)

Noodle-free ramen? Cup Noodle maker ditches the noodles in new ramen broth soups

Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2017

Low-calorie alternatives replace the carbs with something else.

Japan
(food • Instant Ramen • Nissin • ramen • tofu)

The only things better than Japanese cooking videos are miniature Japanese cooking videos!

Preston Phro
Apr 10, 2016

At this point, we’re not even sure we can even call it “bite-size!”

Culture, Cute, Food & Drink, Internet, Japan
(cooking • food • miniature • Miniature Space • okonomiyaki • sushi • tofu • YouTube)

Hey, “cool guy!” Here’s why you should double-check the meaning of your Japanese kanji T-shirt

Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2015

With its brushstroke-style Japanese text, this T-shirt might look cool, but it’s literally ridiculous.

Japan
(fashion • funny • kanji • t-shirts • tofu • translation)

Hardcore tofu consumption lands man in hospital with over 500 kidney stones

Master Blaster
Jun 10, 2015

In the food world, there a few items more innocuous than tofu, with its bland color and taste, squishy texture, and low calorie count. In fact, if you could tolerate eating tofu day in day out, most would say you’re living a pretty healthy lifestyle.

But not so fast! It would appear that looks, taste, and generally positive nutritional information can be deceiving. Just ask one 55-year-old tofu-lover who, over time, turned his kidney into a terrarium with about 500 kidney stones inside at once.

China
(health • kidney stones • tofu • wtf • Zhejiang)

There’s something hiding beneath this mountain of ramen toppings, but it’s not ramen

Master Blaster
May 25, 2015

Ramen is pretty well-known around the world as a hearty soup of plentiful ingredients. Sure there are variations from country to country, but at the end of the day, it’s all just noodles and broth with the necessary toppings to add character.

At least that’s how it used to be, before one ramen restaurant felt bold enough to reinvent the wheel and take the “men” (as noodles are called in Japanese) out of ramen. But what did they put in place of the lovely noodles that traditionally define ramen?

Japan
(food • Mr. Sato • ramen • Tachikawa Mashi Mashi • tofu • Tokyo)

McDonald’s Japan just released Tofu Nuggets, and they taste… 【Taste Test】

Philip Kendall
Jul 31, 2014

Just days after the taking Chicken McNuggets off its menu in the light of the China food scandal, McDonald’s Japan has unveiled a brand new, rather unusual product: Tofu Shinjo Nuggets and Ginger Sauce, a combination of bean curd, fish and vegetables shaped into bite-size pieces and deep-fried.

Turning to tofu–a food that has long been a favourite in Japan and known for its health benefits–is certainly a wise move, and McDonald’s is undoubtedly in need of something new to entice customers back with, but while we’ve no doubt all craved deep-fried chicken at some point in our lives, we’d hazard a guess that very few have ever longed for a box of tofu nuggets at the end of a night on the town.

Curious cats that we are, we headed over to our local McDonald’s to grab a few boxes of the new nuggets. Join us after the jump to find out how they taste.

Japan
(McDonald's • nuggets • review • taste test • tofu)

Are your “healthy” new year’s resolutions harder than you thought? Try some Rilakkuma tofu!

Philip Kendall
Jan 8, 2014

It’s only Wednesday, and already we’ve seen two **brand new Rilakkuma products–**clearly Japan’s favourite little bear is going to have a good year. Thankfully, this one won’t hurt your bank balance quite like the ear-toting Rilakkuma sofa we showed you yesterday. What you see before you are blocks of tofu designed especially for fans of the lethargic teddy, each featuring imprints of his face. Tofu may not be the most exciting foodstuff in the world, but we’re fairly sure this would help liven it up.

Japan
(cute • food • Rilakkuma • tofu)

The Gundam Tofu Saga Continues – New Z’Gok Tofu Now On Sale (And Leave Some Room for Dessert Too!)

Kay
Oct 4, 2012

You may remember the article we posted earlier this year when a Mobile-Suit machine from the popular anime series Gundam was turned into a tofu product. People in Japan were surprised and amused by the idea of edamame-flavored green tofu shaped like the head of Zaku, one of the large humanoid battle machines that appear in the anime. Despite its unique appearance (or maybe because of it), “Zaku Tofu” was a big hit, selling out in many stores across Japan, and in very short supply at one point.

Well, to the delight of fans, the Gundam tofu saga continues, thanks to tofu manufacturer Sagamiya coming out with new additions to the Gundam tofu family. Yes, Sagamiya proudly announces their new mobile-suit inspired creation, the “Z’Gok Tofu for Hot Pots” (Nabe-yo! Z’Gok Tofu), now available at supermarkets and shopping malls in the Kanto Area around Tokyo. Read More

Japan
(anime-themed products • Gundam • tofu)

Popular Japanese Anime enters the food world in soft green form – No, it’s not Jello-O but it still tastes good

Kay
Apr 5, 2012

The anime “Mobile Suit Gundam”, or Kido Senshi Gundam as it is know in Japanese, has been a hugely popular series for over 30 years with many spin-offs and affiliated products being produced during that time. The anime has been so popular, that the word “mobile suit”, the name of the large humanoid fighting machines that feature in the series, has become an accepted part of the Japanese language. Now the anime has become a part of Japanese cuisine as well, courtesy of a new food product from Sagamiya Foods Inc. Believe or not, they have made the “Zaku” mobile suit model into Tofu! Read More