Above is a picture of a Slime meat bun. Right now Family Mart is selling them for a limited time because of the DQ 25th anniversary. One of my students gave it to me. I guess he knew I liked Slimes. I felt a little guilty eating it since the Slime was smiling at me, but I did it anyways. It tasted like a normal Chinese meat bun. Right after eating it though I did level up to level two!!
I mentioned before that McDonald’s Japan was going to have a second round of their “Big America”. Well I’ve tried the first two so far. The first was the “Texas2” burger.
It’s pretty similar to the old Texas burger, except it has chili and sliced onions on it instead of BBQ sauce and fried onions. I thought it was very good, but the original Texas burger edges it out due to my love of the BBQ sauce on it.
Number two is called the “Idaho” burger. The reason probably being the hash brown in the burger.
The burger also has a mustard mayo relish, bacon, cheese, and BBQ sauce on it. At first I was a little apprehensive about potato on a burger, but it actually turned out to be pretty damn good. Probably very high calorie though. The next one is “Miami”, which supposedly has taco meat on it. It just started yesterday so I haven’t had a chance to try. I’ll give my opinion on at a later date.
One of my favourite burger in the whole wide world is coming back to McDonald’s tomorrow. The Texas burger is back! It’ll probably be for a limited time so get it while you can, if you live in Japan that is. I know I’m going to get one tomorrow for sure. You can check out my earlier post if you want more info on the burger itself.
McDonald’s Japan recently has had a new series of chicken sandwiches based on various European cuisines. The series is strangely called “I-con Chicken”. The first release was “Cheese Fondue”.
It was good, but the sauce was more like a cheese flavoured pasta sauce, and not a real cheese fondue. Number two is the delectable “German Sausage”.
I really liked this one with a nice German sausage patty and mustard. I think there might have been some sauerkraut on it too. The last two haven’t even come out yet. They are “Diavolo”.
and “Carbonara”.
I’m really looking forward to “Diavolo”, since it’s supposed to be spicy. I do love me some spicy stuff!
UPDATE! I had the “Diavolo” sandwich today, and it was really good. So far it’s my favorite of the bunch.
Apparently in a bid to try to crush KFC’s hold on the fast food chicken market, McDonald’s Japan has now added three new chicken items to their menu. The best being the mysteriously named “Aurora” chicken burger.
Apparently the sauce is called “aurora” sauce, hence the sandwiches name. I thought the sauce tasted strangely similar to the Big Macs sauce……Anyways chicken and bacon is always a great idea.
The also good, but subtly flavoredĀ “Salt & Lemon” chicken burger is no bad either. I just wish the lemon flavor was a bit stronger.
Lastly they have some new chicken strips, called “Juicy Chicken Selects”. I’m not really a big fan of these. They’re quite fatty actually. Too fatty for my liking.
You’d actually be surprised at how much Japanese people love super fatty meat. And I mean really love it! Who says Japanese people have healthy diets? They obviously haven’t seen the tower burger!
Lotteria added a couple new things to their menu recently. In the fine tradition of Japanese fast food adding spicy items during the summer, they now have a “Tandoori Chicken” burger.
Looks yummy doesn’t it? Well I’ve had it and it’s amazing to say the least. It’s surprisingly spicy for Japanese fast food, and the chicken is amazingly authentic tasting. They also added “Hot Fried Chicken”.
It’s also very good, and pretty cheap at only 120 yen. About a month ago they also started serving this monster too…
The ten patties, “Tower Burger”. I don’t know who would be crazy enough to eat this, but thankfully the size is adjustable. The burger actually starts at two patties, and the price climbs as each one is added. The full ten costing a whopping 990 yen!! That’s an expensive burger! I ate just the double, and it was pretty delicious.
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Thanks to a tip from one of my students, and a through search of the internet by my wife, I have found what I consider to be the “Holy Grail” in Sendai. An actual kebab restaurant!!
As you can see in my hastily taken, extremely poor quality photo (I accidentally took it at ISO 1600. That’s what happens when you last took star photos, and you’re in too much of a hurry to check the setting dial) its name is ćć©ćć«ć³ which is “Tera Toruko”.Ā “Toruko” is the Japanese name for Turkey by the way, hence the crescent moons in the windows. The shop apparently just opened up in March. Well, the day after I found out about it, I rushed post haste to sample their wares. I had two different sandwiches, a chicken with yogurt sauce and a beef with chili sauce. They were both superĀ good. I recommend that anyone living in Sendai area, and is in the mood for some Middle Eastern food check it out!Ā A couple of websites that have some info on the shop are right here (TeraToruko Blog, Sendai blog info) it’s all in Japanese by the way.
When we went to Tokyo in February there was two restaurants that we particularly enjoyed. Well one of them was actual a food stand, but who’s counting.
King Kebab is in Akihabara, and they sell kebab pita sandwiches. Middle Eastern food being kind of a hard to find item in Japan (especially Sendai), this was quite a treat. It was incredibly delicious! Next time I go back to Tokyo, I’m going straight back here first. The other place we went to was the Court Lodge.
They serve Sri Lankan food. It’s similar to Indian food, but also quite different. Using very different spices, the curries tend to have a very unique flavor when compared to Indian curries. Sri Lankan curries are also quite spicy too.Ā If you’re in Shinjuku, and want some good food, I highly recommend it.
The latest thing at McDonald’s over here is called the “TeriTama”. Which is short for Teriyaki Tamago. Tamago means egg. So basically they just slapped an egg on the normal Teriyaki burger.
C’mon guys, after the “Big America” series I expect a little bit more effort! Oh, the bun is also different, but I didn’t even notice that until I saw the above picture (and I’ve eaten it already). Well it’s uncreative and kind of boring, but it still tastes good.
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Here’s the last in the “Big America” series from McDonald’s. It’s called the”California” burger.The flavor is quite interesting. It’s supposed to have a fresh feeling, much like California cuisine. I have to say it does have that feeling. They put the bacon next to the hamburger patty forming a barrier for the cheese and topping which stay cool. The effect is quite good. I think it’s my second favorite in the series. Here’s my ranking now that I’ve tried them all.
I did enjoy all of them though. I can’t wait for the return of the Texas burger later this month.
I'm originally from Canada, but now live in Japan. I like games, strange things, and trying new foods. I hope you enjoy reading my semi-interesting posts and pictures.
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