From yesterday (2010 October 15) until next Thursday (2010 October 21), McDonalds in Japan are giving away free cups of coffee for one hour each day this week from 6:00PM – 7:00PM.
McDonalds Japan also has a number of “¥100 Menu” and “¥120 Menu” items that include such deals as a hamburger, small coffee and ice cream for ¥100 each and things like a cheeseburger for ¥120.
Well, starting last month, a new item has been added to the ¥100 Menu…a small size 「マックシェイク・バナナ」 (“Banana Milkshake”).
- バナナ マックシェイク (Banana Milkshake)
I remember the Banana Milkshake was on the menu at McDonalds Japan about six years ago…and now, starting last month, it’s back on the menu.
Does McDolads in your country offer Banana Milkshakes? Have you tried one? What did you think of it?
Also, McDonalds Japan is currently offering four new chicken sandwiches…one at a time.
These sandwiches are collectively called “iCon’ Chicken”.
The current one is 「チーズフォンデュ」 (“Cheese Fondue”).
In late October, the “iCon’ Chicken” will be changed to “German Sausage”, then in early November it’ll be “Diavolo”, then in late October they’ll sell the “Carbonara”.
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edit: Please click here to read a comment I added to this post about McDonalds coupons.
Tokyo Five 
Since this post is about bargains at McDonalds in Japan, I was going to explain how to use “McDonalds cell-phone coupons”.
And also “Discount coffee tickets”.
I use both anytime I eat at McDonalds. I can get various menu items at a discount with the cell-phone coupons. And with the coffee tickets, I can buy “all-you-can-drink” coffee for only ¥30 (about U.S. 50 cents).
But it’s not easy to explain how to get the cell-phone coupons or the coffee tickets…and they’re all in Japanese.
Have you ever used either of them in Japan? Does McDonalds have a similar system in other countries?
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I remember Baskin Robbins had banana w/ peanut butter ice cream when I was kid, it was my favorite (later replaced by chocolate w/ peanut butter)! Can’t wait to try the McD’s shake! The chicken fondue sounds yummy too!
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>Baskin Robbins had banana w/ peanut butter ice cream…later replaced by chocolate w/ peanut butter
I’ve never tried either of those flavors (but, then again, I don’t eat ice cream (or sweets in general) often).
>Can’t wait to try the McD’s shake! The chicken fondue sounds yummy too!
You should try them both soon then…they’re only temporary menu items.
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That banana milkshake looks good, too bad mcdonalds here doesn’t have one, and I am not a big fan of cheesy stuff (like fondu), I think banana isn’t a popular flavor here for milkshake sor ice cream for some reason, I like it though
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>too bad mcdonalds here (in the U.S.) doesn’t have one
McDonalds in Japan has many more menu items than McDonalds in the U.S. (many are often just temporary though).
>I think banana isn’t a popular flavor here (the U.S.)
In Japan, you can buy “Banana Milk” at convenience stores.
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I have had banana milk here, it is sold by nesquik along with strawberry and chocolate milk, but the banana milk is a lot less common
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another good milkshake flavor is pineapple, have youe ever had a pineapple milkshake?
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>banana milk is a lot less common
In Japan too.
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>have youe ever had a pineapple milkshake?
No, I haven’t. Where did you try that? At McDonalds?
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No, it was at this drive in place in Montana but it was SOOO good, it has pineapple chunks and it wa sprobably the best milkshake I ahve ever had, Coconut milkshakes are also pretty good.
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>Coconut milkshakes are also pretty good.
I’m not a big fan of coconut.
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Cheese Fondue? Don’t recall seeing that one.
I’m psyched about the banana shake, though – banana is one of my favorite flavors.
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>Cheese Fondue? Don’t recall seeing that one.
Really? You haven’t seen the TV commercials or anything?
Anyways, it will be changed to the “German Sausage” sandwich soon.
>banana is one of my favorite flavors.
Have you ever tried the “Tokyo Banana” snack?
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I don’t watch much TV here – my reception is pretty horrible.
Yeah, Tokyo Banana is great. =)
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Don’t you have an antennae on your roof?
I’ve never heard of anyone not having good TV reception in Japan before.
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That banana milkshake caught my eye. Maybe I’ll try it this week.
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Yeah, it’s good. I had one six years ago when McDonalds Japan had them the first time, and again a couple of weeks ago.
The Cheese Fondue chicken sandwich is good too. Have you tried it?
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