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If you want to save yourself a couple minutes just look up a picture of 711 in Japan.

“You can find dinner there and it will be a top-notch dinner.”

Yea, I don't know about that. You can find much higher quality, cheaper bento at other stores, although the onigiri is nice in a pinch.

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I remember I used to get the pasta all the time and then the last time I went back to Japan I tried it again and it was one of those "why did I ever like this?" moments. May of the options at the convenience store aren't bad but "top-notch" is a little absurd.

top notch dinner lol. you can eat lunch very well in Japan for usually cheaper than in convenience stores. its not like there is a lack of options indeed.

It's nifty if the grocery is far, or you're in the inaka.

And it's like 2am, lol, I prefer 7-11 over lawsons anyday.

Lawson has better karaage, and fried chicken tastes best at 2am.

Lawson has the best deserts

I picked up some ice cream there once, probably the best ice cream I've ever eaten. It was completely unflavoured ice cream -- not vanilla -- and really amazing and subtle. Since then I've searched for other "just milk" ice creams, like Fior di Latte and so on, but they usually end up overpoweringly sweet and none have come close to that amazingly simple one in Japan from a small town Lawson's.

Unfortunately it was probably a limited run regional item and I don't expect I'd be able to find it again, even if I went back to the very same Lawson's.

American opinion on food: automatically discarded.

This is a simple heuristic I live with.

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