taste test (Page 2)

Kyoto’s green Black Thunder and gold-box green Black Thunder: Which best meets matcha needs?

There’s a premium matcha version of Japan’s favorite cheap chocolate cookie snack, and we need to know if it offers anything the standard one doesn’t.

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Japanese instant curry promises flavor of day-old curry right away, and that’s a very good thing

Ashita no Curry wants to time-warp you to the curry of tomorrow.

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Japan’s super colorful Super Sentai Burger is here, but can this crazy thing actually taste good?

Celebration of 50 years of tokusatsu action catches the eye but also worried our mind.

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Pizza Hut Japan’s one-handed matcha dessert pizza is a hot mess (we mean that as a compliment)

Pizza Hut Japan and a 165-year-old Kyoto tea company have us feeling sticky but happy.

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Starbucks Japan serves surprise fall Frappuccino with rare appearance by Western pear【Taste test】

Western pear hardly ever shows up in desserts in Japan, but does it work as a Frappuccino flavor?

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McDonald’s Japan’s moon-viewing mochi pies are a little more westernized-tasting this year

Taste-testing the new-recipe Tsukimi Pie.

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Japanese convenience store showdown: Who’s got the best red rice sekihan rice balls?【Taste test】

It’s a red-letter day for sekihan fans.

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Mr. Sato takes on two of Muji’s most powerful Chocolate Mint ice creams*

*One of them actually sacrificed the “ice cream” designation to be more powerfully minty.

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What’s so “Japan mind” about Häagen-Dazs’ new “Japan Mind” ice cream?

Yuzu White Chocolate scratches the surface of what lies beneath Japanese society.

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Mister Donut turns doughnuts into Japanese idols for new range in Japan

Taking oshi culture into new realms of fandom.

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Japan’s Egg Curry Pan Sandwich is a bread-on-bread snack that deserves to go viral

Egg Curry Pan Sandwich puts bread inside bread for a new take on a traditional classic.

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Supercomputer noodles bring the magic of Fugaku to the dining table

The Venn diagram of computer geeks and noodle lovers overlaps in a delicious way.

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Japanese highway rest stop slow-melting ice cream fish dessert: An offer too strange to refuse

There are several things in that concept that might not seem like they should go together, but we can’t so no to a dessert this unique.

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This might just be Starbucks Japan’s beat matcha drink ever, and it’s not a Frappuccino【Taste test】

We’d love the Cooling Matcha Mousse Tea at any time of year, but debuting in the middle of an intense heat wave makes it all the more satisfying.

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How to try the viral 7-Eleven smoothie hack in Japan

This convenience store trend takes an already popular drink to new heights of deliciousness.

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Japanese automaker Suzuki now makes instant curry, but does it rev our foodie engines?【Taste test】

Believe it or not, there’s a very logical reason that one of Japan’s most famous car companies has gotten into the curry game.

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Don Quijote now sells a bento of American corn dog ends

The end bits of the “American Dog” are now the main dish…but should they be?

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Our interest spikes as Haikyu head anime sweets arrive in Japanese convenience stores【Taste test】

Hinata and Kageyama become super-deformed, super-cute sweets at Family Mart.

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Mister Donut’s New Home Cut doughnuts take nostalgia to extremes with barely any sweetness

New take on a ’70s classic will have you questioning the line between plain bread and doughnut.

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You can now buy Studio Ghibli shaved ice desserts in Japan

Yes, Totoro — we can now eat your kind, but only for a very limited time.

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