This is What a Whopper With 1000 Slices of Cheese Looks Like
A few months have passed since our resident reporter Mr. Sato consumed a Whopper loaded with 1050 strips of bacon. Now the smell of bacon grease has finally faded from the office and Mr. Sato seems to...
View ArticleThe Best Tasting French Fries in Japan Are…
French fries, or “furaido potato”, as they are called here in Japan, are the standard side order to all kinds of fast food. Which fast food shop has the best tasting fries in Japan? My Navi News...
View ArticleWe try the new 7-Eleven premium popcorn that everyone in Japan is going wild...
Earlier this week, netizens in Japan started going nuts about a new range of popcorn on sale at 7-Eleven. Unlike in some countries, 7-Eleven Japan takes great pride in regularly launching new,...
View ArticleBored of sushi? Level up those rice rolls to sushi gratin!【Recipe】
All right, who loves sushi? The colorful, beautiful little clusters of rice that look and taste like little pieces of art. To many people, sushi is synonymous with Japan, but Japan’s neighboring...
View ArticleJapan discovers awesome cheese snack that takes just one ingredient and two...
It’s amazingly easy to find good food in Japan, which is largely due to how hard many food industry professionals work when choosing ingredients are and preparing their dishes. Every now and then,...
View ArticleCraving cheese? Try Burger King Japan’s hamburger cheese fondue!
In Japan, the New Years is traditionally a time for eating osechi cuisine, and while tastes and lifestyles may be changing, come New Years Day, many people will be eating at least some of these...
View ArticleThe double-cheese-mayonnaise-melon-bread is a mouthful in more ways than one
When the humbly named “World’s Second-Most Delicious Ice Cream Melon Bread” bakery in Kanazawa blessed the world with its ice cream-filled melon bread this past year, it was a massive hit. The creamy...
View ArticleCheese & Pizza chocolate!? We force-feed our coworkers the weirdest Japanese...
Tirol chocolate has been around in Japan for as long as any of us can remember. Super tasty, available in dozens of flavours, and cheap enough even for elementary school kids to buy with their...
View ArticleCheese and seaweed treats are as tasty as they are visually appealing
At first glance these might look like some kind of plastic toy, building blocks or a pile of random puzzle pieces, but what you see before you are multi-layered nori (seaweed or laver sheets) and...
View ArticleJapan’s ideas for easy meals that rely on one wonder ingredient: cheese!
At RocketNews24, we understand the struggle of having to prepare meals that are both delicious and easy to make. It’s so difficult to find the time in the day to cook something yummy, especially when...
View ArticleWe try coffee with cheese and wine pairings at a stylish new Starbucks cafe...
In Tokyo, there’s a very special type of Starbucks that forgoes the usual green-and-white mermaid logo for more subdued, warm-brown hues. They also serve a variety of beers and wine sets paired with...
View ArticleWe try McDonald’s new Teriyaki Camembert Egg burger—does it taste like feet?
McDonald’s new “Camembert Teritama” burger has hit Japan, so our writers offered up their cast-iron stomachs for a taste test! It seems like McDonald’s Japan is always coming up with weird food in...
View ArticleWine & Cheese Puccho add a hint of class to your chewy candy【Taste test】
Can this new wine and toasted cheese flavored gummy candy give connoisseurs a pocket-sized taste of the high life? Available at convenience stores and supermarkets for about 150 yen (US$1.40), Puccho:...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Japan adds deep-fried cheese cutlet sandwiches to its menu
The soon-to-be-revived sandwich is so cheesy, and we mean that in the most complimentary way. 1991 saw several noteworthy debuts in Japan. Boy band extraordinaire SMAP held its first concert and...
View ArticleJapan’s new super-stretchy cheeseburger is exactly as advertised
The craziest hamburger chain in Japan is back to blow our minds and blow away our taste buds. Japanese hamburger chain Lotteria usually tries to differentiate itself from its fast food competitors by...
View ArticleGari Gari Kun’s new “Rare Cheese” flavor popsicle is incredibly tasty
Because cheese makes anything taste ten times better. Gari Gari Kun popsicles come in an astounding variety of flavors, ranging from soda to outright bizarre ones like “spaghetti” and “cream puff”....
View ArticleCrazy Tokyo cheeseburger turns concept inside-out with cheese on the outside,...
Journal Standard comes up with a burger that’s anything but standard, and also inordinately delicious. Japanese fashion brand Journal Standard’s offerings are actually a good fit for the company’s...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Japan adds cheese smoothie to their autumn menu
Fruit and cheese is a heavenly combination. Our tastebuds jump for joy every time McDonald’s releases a new seasonal beverage in Japan. In the past, we’ve been given sakura-flavoured delights, melon...
View ArticleStarbucks promises “new world of matcha” with green tea cheese Frappuccino,...
Two new beverages are ready to take green tea sweets to unexplored areas of your palate. With matcha treats being such a prevalent part of the Japanese dessert scene, it might be surprising to know...
View ArticleStarbucks’ new matcha cheese Frappuccino is here, but can this crazy combo...
Frappuccino connoisseur Meg muses on mascarpone green tea beverage. December 26 is usually a pretty dull day in Japan. Christmas celebrations here actually peak on Christmas Eve, so by the time the...
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