taste test (Page 22)

Japanese vending machine sells…onigiri cakes!?

Now that’s a sentence we never thought we’d say. 

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We found traditional pudding perfection in a brand new Tokyo cafe

In looks and flavor, this pudding knocked Mr. Sato’s socks off! 

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Wet rice crackers? Trying nure-senbei for the first time【Taste test】

These aren’t your typical senbei.

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Ichiran ramen lucky bag gives us everything we need to enjoy tonkotsu noodles at home

This Japanese ramen chain really knows how to please its customers.

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Samurai chick pudding cake is Japan’s newest hard-to-buy, delicious-to-eat treat【Taste test】

Yeah, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great shogun and all, but we’re here to see (and eat) Tokugawa Piyoyasu.

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Frozen sushi appears in Japan, but is it any good?

Defrosting sushi puts a new spin on the way we eat traditional Japanese food.

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Krispy Kreme takes aim at Mister Donut with new doughnuts for Valentine’s Day

Can the international chain really compete with the local doughnut masters?

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Starbucks Japan’s Valentine’s Day Frappuccino and Bouquet drink are here, but are we in love?

We’re not sure how you could pack much more chocolate or floral flavor into a single cup than Starbucks Japan has here.

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New sushi restaurant hidden inside Tokyo Station is a secret gem

This standing bar serves up omakase-quality sushi at conveyor belt prices.

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On-warabimochi: A delicious Japanese dessert you should only eat with people who already love you

This sweet mochi treat is both hard to beat and hard to eat.

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We try Tokyo restaurant’s crab ice cream that tastes more like crab than cream【Taste test】

Staff say it tastes even better with olive oil and pepper!

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Beyond katsu curry: Tare katsu curry now being served at Coco Ichibanya

Select branches of Japan’s favorite curry chain are serving up a taste of Niigata in Tokyo and Kanagawa.

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Mister Donut gets fancy in team-up with Tokyo pastry chef Toshi Yoroizuka, but does it taste good?

Japan’s favorite casual donut chain collaborates with one of the country’s best patissiers for a four-donut chocolate gateau lineup, and we try them all.

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What’s in the Lindt lucky bag for 2023?

There’s more to this fukubukuro than just Lindor balls.

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Ginza Cozy Corner’s Disney lucky bag fukubukuro leaves us with a bad taste in the mouth

Not exactly the happiest bag on Earth. 

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We push our luck and buy a lucky bag from a Japanese vending machine

New Year, new vending machine, and this one is filled with fukubukuro.

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Häagen-Dazs celebrates New Year with a fukubukuro lucky bag in Japan

With over 20 ice creams inside, this is a great way to start 2023!

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The top five Starbucks Frappuccinos in Japan in 2022

It was a year of great flavours, but which ones were the best?

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This is the first cafe in Japan to serve Mont Blanc, and it’s closing down after 90 years【Taste test】

Tokyo cafe introduced the dessert to Japan almost 90 years ago, and the rest is sweets history.

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Starbucks Japanese New Year’s Frappuccino: Too delicious to wait for January to drink【Taste test】

The ingredients of this Frappuccino, including kelp, don’t just taste great, traditional Japanese culture says they’ll give you blessings for the year to come.

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