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    Good Food

    How I fell for convenience store food in Japan

    More than ever, on-the-go eaters in Japan are stopping by convenience stores for breakfast, lunch and dinner. On a recent trip to Tokyo, our supervising producer Abbie Fentress Swanson took a food crawl to convenience stores all over the city.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 9, 2016 • 1 min read

    More than ever, on-the-go eaters in Japan are stopping by convenience stores for breakfast, lunch and dinner. On a recent trip to Tokyo, our supervising producer Abbie Fentress Swanson took a food crawl to convenience stores all over the city. She shares some of the tastiest fare she found on the shelves, from cream puffs and grilled salmon onigiri to fried pork cutlet and egg salad sandwiches. Watch our video to see the smorgasbord of food she sampled.

    Music: "Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"

    The full episode

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    The Red Rooster, Fidel the Foodie, P.Y.T.
    1. 0:00The nut report
    2. 8:23The Red Rooster
    3. 21:31Death by chocolate milkshake
    4. 27:37Remembering Fidel the Foodie
    5. 40:27How I fell for convenience store food in JapanYou’re reading this
    6. 49:27Jonathan Gold dines (mostly) on vegetables at P.Y.T. in DTLA
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    The Red Rooster, Fidel the Foodie, P.Y.T.
    1. 0:00The nut report
    2. 8:23The Red Rooster
    3. 21:31Death by chocolate milkshake
    4. 27:37Remembering Fidel the Foodie
    5. 40:27How I fell for convenience store food in JapanYou’re reading this
    6. 49:27Jonathan Gold dines (mostly) on vegetables at P.Y.T. in DTLA
    Back to Good Food