MOS Morning Menu

MOS Burger is also trying to compete in the breakfast time slot (7:00-10:30). Their menu does not look all that different from the regular menu though - besides coffee, you have rice burgers and smaller sandwiches with coffee. Not very good photos on the website, but here is a photo of the MOS Morning Vegetable Burger. 朝モス モーニング野菜バーガー

http://www.mos.co.jp/

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KFC Karaage Specialty Shops

Kentucky Fried Chicken entered Japan in 1970 and built a market many others thought impossible. After all, the Japanese had their own traditional way of frying chicken, called karaage (bite-size fried chicken pieces seasoned in a variety of ways). Now KFC is using their special seasoning to go after the karaage market also. They have opened 2 stores in Tokyo and one in Yokohama specializing in karaage. These karaage come in 4 seasonings: original KFC special seasoning, extra spicy, soy sauce flavor, and sesame seed/garlic flavor. Very interesting move. 唐揚げ ケンッタキーフライドチキン

http://www.kfc.co.jp/

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McDonald's Limited Avocado Sandwiches

McDonald's is offering limited edition avocado sandwiches in three varieties: hamburger, chicken sandwich and ebi (shrimp) burger. All sandwiches feature large cut slices of avocado and Italian-style ciabatta (チャバッタ) bread. The hamburger uses a wasabi containing soy sauce, and the other two sandwiches use a Cobb salad style sauce. マクドナルド アボカド

http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/

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Morinaga Kraft Sernik Cheese Cake

Kraft, which goes through Morinaga in Japan, has introduced a cheese cake flavored processed cheese product in the familiar 6 piece, individually wrapped portion boxes. This is part of a series where they are bringing tastes from around the world to Japan. This product is based on the Polish cheese cake called sernik and has an apple and honey flavor. In Poland, sernik is make from a fresh cheese called twarog, but I assume reproducing that aspect in Japan would be impractical. クラフト 森永 チーズケーキ

http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/products/cheese/

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Seven Gold Suntory Premium Beer

I love this product design, I want to buy it for that reason alone. 7-Eleven has a large and growing private brand line and is now working on a line of premium privately branded products, called Seven Gold. This is their premium beer offering, developed with Suntory. These two also collaborate on the very popular 3rd category, private brand beer call The Brew. セブンイレブン 金のビール

http://www.sej.co.jp/

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Glico Men's Pocky from 1996

Here is an image of a Glico Pocky variety from 1996. As the name implies, this product was aimed at men, with a rich cacao aroma. Glico also says that the green packaging was a novelty at the time. グリコ メンズポッキー

http://www.glico.co.jp/

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Lawson Station Hawaii Aloha Shirts

The Lawson convenience store chain has locations in Hawaii. In the Honolulu Festival, the company store uniforms won the Company Aloha Shirt Exhibition Contest. These shirts do look pretty nice. I like the design. ローソン

http://www.lawson.co.jp/index.html

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Shibuya Hooters and the Budweiser Dancers

In what is being touted as a dream collaboration, the Budweiser Dancers teamed up with the Hooters Girls at the grand opening of the new Hooters location in Shibuya, Tokyo. I will leave it up to you as to whether this as a positive cultural development or not.

http://www.budweiser.jp/

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Kikkoman Soy Sauce Brownies

Soy Sauce in brownies? Kikkoman thinks they fit well together and offers a recipe for soy caramel sauce to prove it. At first thought it sounds terrible, but it might be worth a try to give your brownies that extra flavor that sets them apart. キッコーマン 醤油

http://www.kikkoman.co.uk/recipes/?p=1133

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Nestle Baked Pudding Flavor KitKat

This is really interesting - Nestle is certainly thinking outside the box on this one. Pudding flavored KitKat chocolate which can be baked for extra flavor. They claim it is a new eating and aroma experience. Details on how they have changed it to make it bake-friendly are not given, but warnings on over-baking are emphasized. ネスレ キットカット

http://nestle.jp/

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