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We find out if this reasonably priced bowl stacks up to the ramen served at popular noodle chain Ramen Jiro.
Sure, testing your Eva synchronization rate in the entry plug is pretty cool, but so is the food faithfully recreated from the anime.
It’s more than big food, too; it’s made from ingredients grown locally in Shizuoka Prefecture!
Yeah, Domino’s? Let me get a large peperoni and a gateau au chocolat with gold leaf for delivery.
One simple tweak to your rice preparation results in a more flavorful dish of Japanese-style curry.
Please, Santa, we’ve been really good all year, so bring us some adorable Ghibli-themed sweets!
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