We Accepted Shin Ramen’s Spicy Challenge With Its New Gekikara Version
A challenge One fine morning in late June, a box was delivered to our office. Inside, we found packages of a new kind of Shin…
Hot
Japan’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets With Mega-Kara Sauce Will Suckerpunch Your Tastebuds
When we tried McDonald’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets last year, with their Karasa Mashimashi Spicy Sauce (which translates as spicy sauce with extra spice added), we…
Mild-Mannered Kaki no Tane Rice Crackers Get Super-Spicy Tongue-Tingling Makeover
Kaki no Tane One of the most commonly found and frequently enjoyed of Japanese snacks, kaki no tane 柿の種 rice crackers, thus named due to…
Ahhh Yeah! It’s Sriracha Doritos Time In Japan!
Much like Kit Kats, Japanese potato chips tend to embrace seasonal and limited-time-only (期間限定) flavors, which often result in adventurous flavors such as Sukiyaki Pringles,…
Hahon Hohaho Hie: McDonald’s Japan Revives An Old Favorite With A Too-Hot-To-Pronounce Name
For those of you who were around in Japan or visited Japan any time between 1990 and 2002, you might remember ordering a bacon potato…