Available for a limited time, Japanese branches of McDonald’s currently offer the Mega Muffin – a stacked McMuffin featuring two sausage patties, egg, cheese and a slice of bacon. Warning for McMuffin fans though – the Mega Muffin features copious dollops of ketchup, which may come as a nasty surprise for those of you who prefer your McMuffin in a … Read More
Visual Identification Guide to Japanese drinks
If you’ve travelled in Japan you’ll surely have encountered the embarrassing moment where you dive into a glass of Coke only to find yourself swigging extra strong iced coffee. Fortunately you don’t need to read the language to be able to figure out what’s what (most of the time), with the help of our handy visual identification guide.
McDonald’s review: Melon Ice Cream Soda Float from Japan
If it’s green and fizzy in Japan, then it’s not lime flavour, it’s Melon soda. Specifically if you’re at a McDonald’s then it’s a Fanta Melon soda. McDonald’s throughout Asia have long offered ice cream float options on their Coke and fruit flavour sodas (known as McFloats in Philippines and Singapore, and occasionally in the USA), where a big squirt … Read More
McDonald’s review: Cheese Katsu Burger from Japan
McDonald’s McChicken Sandwiches already come with a slice of cheese as standard and their teriyaki burger standard menu item is basically a McMuffin sausage patty dipped in teriyaki sauce – but now and for a limited time you can also get a different kind of pork burger. A popular special from the 90s has just been relaunched at McDonald’s restaurants … Read More
How to ask for the bill in Japan
This is sort of a trick question – at all but the most upmarket or westernised restaurants in Japan, you won’t have to ask for the bill, because it will be kept on your table and updated by the waiting staff as your meal progresses, and you then take it to the cashier counter as you leave to pay, rather … Read More
Kitkat bars in Japan
Through some quirk of Nestle’s franchising of KitKat in Japan, a wide range of variant flavours is available, with each region of Japan offering a unique regional/seasonal taste. While in theory each flavour is only available in the region comes from, shop around at souvenir stores at places like Tokyo railway station or Narita airport and you should be able … Read More
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