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How to cook shiitake mushrooms like a Japanese manga character

• Oona McGee
  Jul 5, 2026
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Easy recipe shows how to grill a mushroom so it tastes just like meat.

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• (1-Nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou • cooking • food • Japanese food • manga • mushrooms • recipe • recipes • shiitake • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vegetables • vegetarian • vegetarian cuisine • vegetarian food)

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

Japan’s biggest ham company is making “tuna” that contains neither ham nor fish

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2024

Nippon Ham is getting ready to debut a new tuna sashimi alternative.

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• Japan
• (food • konnyaku • Nippon Ham • plant-based food • sashimi • sushi • vegetarian)

Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2023

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • dumplings • food • Japanese food • shumai • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • temples • Tochigi • 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)

Is this epic Japanese tofu burger better than a teriyaki burger?

• Oona McGee
  May 1, 2023

This chain thinks it’s time for Japan to have a new representative burger, so we put it to the test.

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• Japan
• (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki burger • tofu • vegetarian)

Japanese burger chain releases epic tofu burgers, designed by customers

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2023

A dream burger with a Japanese flavour, devised by over 110,000 customers.

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• Japan
• (atsuage • COK • fast food • food • freshness burger • hamburger • Japanese food • limited • new • tofu • 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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• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Mos Burger • restaurants • SDGs • vegan • vegetarian)

A meatless beef bowl? We try a plant-based meal at Sukiya in Taiwan

• Dale Roll
  Mar 11, 2023

Can a meatless beef bowl pass the “meat” test?

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• Japan
• (beef bowl • COK • food • gyudon • meatless • plant-based meat • SNJO • Sukiya • Taiwan • taste test • vegetarian • Yoshinoya • Yoshinoya Taiwan • Yui Imai)

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)

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)

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)

Starbucks has…a hamburger option on the menu in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

Surprise find leads to even more surprises.

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• Japan
• (COK • exclusive • food • hamburg • limited edition • muffins • SNJO • soy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • 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)

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)

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