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Milk made from yeast rather than animals or plants developed in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jul 10, 2025
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Asahi hopes you like Like Milk more than you like milk or other drinks like milk.

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• Japan
• (Asahi • Beverages • drinks • food allergy • health • lactose-free • Like Milk • milk • substitute • vegan)

What does a Japanese local think of the Uobei conveyor belt sushi restaurant?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 17, 2024

First visit leaves our reporter with one surprising regret. 

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Genki Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • vegan • vegetarian)

It looks like fish, but does it taste like it? Imitation tuna almost breaks our minds 【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Mar 3, 2024

Try this fish substitute if you’re trying to cut back on seafood!

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• Japan
• (diet • fish substitute • meatless • plant-based food • plant-based meat • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

Can a plant-based restaurant serving Buddhist meals turn meat-loving Mr. Sato into a vegetarian?

• Dale Roll
  Sep 2, 2023

It turns out plant-based can be healthy and tasty!

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • monk food • Mr. Sato • Nakano • Nakano Broadway • plant-based • Shojin cuisine • vegan • vegetarian)

Japanese convenience store Lawson unveils a new type of egg sandwich

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2023

Two different sandwiches in one pack, but which one tastes better?

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • konbini • Lawson • plant-based • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

What does vegan ramen taste like? We try Veggie Brown Rice Ramen

• Katie Pask
  Jun 16, 2023

Could vegan friendly noodles be the future for ramen? Our reporter finds out!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

Japanese fast food chain Mos Burger to release fish-free fish burger

• Katie Pask
  Mar 21, 2023

Soy Sea Burger joins the line-up of the chain’s animal-free menu.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Mos Burger • restaurants • SDGs • vegan • vegetarian)

CoCo Ichi hamburger steak curry for vegetarians? Taste-testing the meatless option in Taiwan

• SoraNews24
  Feb 16, 2023

Japan’s favorite curry chain serves up plant-based comfort food.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • foof • plant-based meat • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

We try making a low-calorie katsu with tofu instead of pork【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 8, 2022

Can we make a healthy, plant-based alternative to pork with tofu?

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• Japan
• (cooking • katsu • katsu curry • meat substitute • plant-based • recipe • SoraKitchen • tofu • vegan • vegetarian)

300 year old Japanese confectioner gets ’serious, for real’ with a vegan, gluten free dorayaki

• Katie Pask
  Jul 12, 2022

Historic confectioners aim to make sweet treat accessible for everyone with new recipe.

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• Japan
• (dorayaki • food • gluten-free • Japanese sweets • Mie • sweets • vegan • wagashi)

Genki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2022

Vegetarian? Vegan? Or just plain weird? This conveyor belt restaurant chain serves up a taste of all three.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • fish • food • Genki Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Mr. Sato • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Uobei • vegan • vegetarian)

We visit the new Japan branch of Wayback Burgers, try their vegan set, notice a big problem

• Dale Roll
  Apr 27, 2022

Why does being eco-conscious have to be so hard?

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• Japan
• (burgers • meat substitute • meatless • Mr. Sato • NEXT MEATS • plant-based • vegan • Wayback Burgers)

Vegan curry rice – Taste-testing the new soy meat hamburger steak from Japan’s CoCo Ichibanya

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2022

New topping can be had with vegan or meat-based roux.

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• Japan
• (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • SNJO • soy meat • soybean • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

We try Komeda Coffee’s new meatless ham katsu burger, and never want real fried ham ever again

• Dale Roll
  Oct 30, 2021

Who knew soy meat could be so good?!

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• Japan
• (Burger • cafe • ham • ham katsu • Komeda Coffee • plant-based • plant-based meat • sandwich • soy meat • vegan • vegetarian)

TeamLab collaborates with vegan ramen shop, creates the most photogenic noodle spot in Tokyo

• Katie Pask
  Oct 14, 2021

Need some stunning digital art with your plant-based vegan ramen? We’ve got just the place for you!

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• Japan
• (art • art instillation • beautiful • food • plant-based • ramen • restaurants • TeamLab • TeamLab Planets • teamLabo • technology • Tokyo • vegan • vegan ramen)

Mos Burger adds new plant-based vegan teriyaki burger to its menu

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2021

You won’t find another teriyaki burger like this one in Japan.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mos Burger • new • plant-based • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • vegan • vegetarian)

The best-looking ramen in Japan? New store creates beautiful noodle bouquets

• Oona McGee
  Jul 10, 2021

But…do they that taste as good as they look?

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetables • vegetarian)

We seize the day with new vegan red bean paste energy drink【Taste Test】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Mar 15, 2021

ENEEEEEEEERGYYYYYYY!

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • anko • COK • energy drinks • food • Go Hattori • red bean • red bean paste • SNJO • sweets • vegan)

Does Ippudo’s new plant-based tonkotsu ramen really taste like pork?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2021

Veggie tonkotsu vs original tonkotsu from Japan’s premier tonkotsu specialist chain.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ippudo • new • Noodles • plant-based • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • vegan • vegetarian)

Ippudo serves up plant-based tonkotsu ramen in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2021

Popular ramen chain creates a meat-free version of its acclaimed pork-broth noodles.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ippudo • new • Noodles • plant-based • ramen • restaurants • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • vegan • vegetarian)

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