We’re used to eating Japanese rice cakes at New Year’s but this is our first time trying one on a hamburger.
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When it’s time to go big or go home, you can go really big at some of our favorite restaurants in Japan!
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There’s just something about seeing your favorite anime movie scenes take the form of delicious food that makes you want to go back again and again.
There’re a lot of reasons to want to visit Shinjuku Kakekomi Gyoza, but their importance goes even beyond the vast range of savory dumplings.
There’s a fine line between having enough Japanese touches to feel authentic, and having so many it starts to feel fake.
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