This summer, Nestlé Japan bets the only thing better than chocolate is cold chocolate Jun. 18, 2013 - 06:29AM JST ( 2 ) Last summer – amid a notoriously hot year – Nestlé found they’d hit a home run with its “Delicious Cold Chocolate” series of chocolate goodies… Read
Starbucks Refreshers to hit store shelves June 25 Food Jun. 19, 2013 - 06:12AM JST ( 7 Comments ) Starbucks Refreshers, fruit juice-based beverages lightly caffeinated with green coffee extract, went on sale last year in the United States and have finally made their way over to Japan. Packaged in 200ml cans, the drink… Read
Ultrasonic foam device ensures Japanese continue to give their beer far too much head Food Jun. 18, 2013 - 06:25AM JST ( 48 Comments ) When it comes to beer, as many foreigners visiting or living in Japan will no doubt attest, the fondness Japanese have for topping their drink off with an enormous amount of foam sometimes borders on… Read
President of Domino’s Pizza Japan offering one cheesy joke a day Food Jun. 17, 2013 - 06:58AM JST ( 1 Comment ) There are plenty of difficulties in learning Japanese, from the thousands of kanji characters you have to memorize to the fact that the language doesn’t have a future tense. Pronunciation, though, isn’t that big of… Read
Italian named world's top pasta chef Food Jun. 16, 2013 - 06:09AM JST ( 1 Comment ) Giorgio Nava, an Italian chef based in South Africa, won the World Pasta Championship in the Italian city of Parma on Saturday with a low-cost recipe that he said suited Italy's deep economic crisis. Nava,… Read
Country Ma’am to release chocolate chip cookies based on traditional Japanese sweets Food Jun. 15, 2013 - 06:19AM JST ( 2 Comments ) Who doesn’t like to kick back and enjoy a chocolate chip cookie every once in a while? Every country has a go-to brand of prepackaged chewy chocolate chip cookies. You know, the kind that you… Read
Ever wondered what Japanese prison food tastes like? Food Jun. 14, 2013 - 05:38AM JST ( 36 Comments ) Without actually getting arrested and being thrust into the confines of a prison cell, there is little if any chance of us being able to taste real prison food. However, this doesn’t stop many of… Read
Get your daily dose of vegetables with cabbage wine from Yamanashi Food Jun. 12, 2013 - 06:46AM JST ( 21 Comments ) Yamanashi Prefecture is known as Japan’s wine country. Within it, Narusawa Town at the base of Mt Fuji is famous for its abundant growth of cabbages. So, doesn’t it just make sense that the people… Read
French fries with sushi? An experiment in multicultural dining Food Jun. 12, 2013 - 06:12AM JST ( 12 Comments ) One of the greatest things in Japan are kaiten-zushi restaurants, where customers sit at a counter and grab little plates of sushi that go streaming by on a conveyer belt. With instant gratification, no language… Read
Heat-resistant chocolate within reach, Oreo maker says Food Jun. 11, 2013 - 06:37AM JST ( 8 Comments ) Snacks company Mondelez International Inc is close to introducing heat-resistant chocolate it can sell at market stalls in Africa and some of the world's hottest places. The maker of Cadbury chocolate and Oreo cookies has… Read
Chef Jamie Oliver cooks up global expansion for Italian chain Food Jun. 10, 2013 - 06:15AM JST ( 0 Comments ) Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver inspired home cooks across Britain with his "pukka tukka" and now he wants to expand his profile internationally by opening up to 20 of his Italian restaurants around the world. Oliver,… Read