Got company coming over in exactly a minute, or just a severe case of the munchies? Then this is what you’re looking for.
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Purchasing slightly defective cured meats while doing a load of laundry has never been easier!
Mr. Donut looked at a donut and said, “You know what would make that better? If we stuck some ham in it.”
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A Muslim man being detained at a Yokohama immigration center was served pork and has gone on a hunger strike in protest.
Freshness Burger is a well-known fast food burger chain in Japan. A lesser-known fact would be that they’ve gone a little gourmet and also have a chain of cheap tapas-like wine bars called FreBar, which offers arguably even better value than Freshness Burger.
For just 500 yen (US$4) you can have as much cured ham (prosciutto) as you like in an hour courtesy of their current promotion, called nama hamu tabehodai in Japanese. Mr Sato, RocketNews24 Japan writer and food adventurer, couldn’t pass up this offer, but just how many plates could he get through?













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