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The Japanese Restaurant that Buys KFC and Re-sells it on the Menu

Abroad in Japan

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The Cost of Voting in the Eurovision Song Contest

Matt from London travels to Tokyo on business three to four times a year. On his first trip back post-COVID, he visited an Izzakaya in Shibuya. The chef picked out multiple pieces of fried chicken and plated them up for us. According to Google, original recipe chicken, super-saver pack, four pieces, is 1,390 yen. And they were making a substantial loss on this transaction. Expedicious service. Was it even a word? Matt says: "I had a certain service"

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