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We make a simple dish with the fruit that would make Crayola proud by cooking it with…pork?!
The casual gyoza and Japanese-Chinese food specialty chain releases its second take on omuraisu and we can confirm that it’s nothing like the first.
Its mysterious outer coating is not burned but simply incorporates one special ingredient.
Located in a quiet part of a student neighborhood, this is where our kakuni dreams came true.
In true Dormy Inn style, the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet features regional specialties including pork dishes and mikuriya soba.
We encounter delectable rice balls that could have been made by mom on an island far from Japan’s mainland.
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