taste test (Page 63)
A popular Okinawan treat gets a crispy crunch. Join us on a taste-test of delicious proportions!
We headed to our local Starbucks branch for the debut of the Bavarian cream-enhanced dessert drink.
We’ll take any excuse to drink shakes, but was this new temptation, over a century in the making, worth the wait?
Only available in certain countries for a limited time, these regional cakes come with a number of gorgeous details.
RocketNews24’s Meg pits the two cookies against each other, and also tosses made-in-China-for-China Oreos into the fray.
If green tea, Japan’s favorite traditional drink, can make desserts better, why not its most important seasoning, too…right? Right?!?
From a melon soda monster to a mummy filled with purple ooze, these awesome new designs and flavours make this range one of their best releases yet!
Meg shows us further proof that no matter where you go in Japan, you’re never very far away from something that tastes really good.
The limited-time menu includes croissants, granita, and shakes made with mini tubs of Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
McDonald’s Japan recently introduced two new burgers representing Japan and the U.S. in a sandwich showdown. We conduct a taste test with our Japanese sister site to see which takes burger supremacy.
Not as bold a combination as chocolate fries, but still a tasty match made in fast food heaven.
Both these limited-edition Japan releases contain new ingredients used for the first time ever in the history of the company.
Starbucks Japan takes a break from fruit and goes for the cheese in its newest dessert drink.
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