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We weren’t sure if a bacon cheese rice burger was a good idea, and now we know if our fears were justified.
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We try eight of the new Omusubi sweets that people in Japan are going crazy for right now.
All good things must come to an end, but at least this delicious beef katsu sandwich will live on in its diner’s memory!
You’ll have to do more than make it look sexy to convince people in Japan this is shabu shabu.
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