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Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Level up your midweek sushi lunch at a hole-in-the-wall onigiri shop in the CBD
Move over sushi: O nigiri is the hand-held lunch of choice in Japan, bought from convenience stores in cleverly wrapped parcels. While our 7-Elevens aren't up to Tokyo standards, this Onigiri Kitchen location is Melbourne's hole-in-the-wall pitstop for Japanese rice balls filled with kimchi, honey and soy pork, and karaage chicken. There are also bentos, shokupan toasties and airy tofu doughnuts.
The Age
23-05-2025
- General
- The Age
Level up your midweek sushi lunch at a hole-in-the-wall onigiri shop in the CBD
Move over sushi: O nigiri is the hand-held lunch of choice in Japan, bought from convenience stores in cleverly wrapped parcels. While our 7-Elevens aren't up to Tokyo standards, this Onigiri Kitchen location is Melbourne's hole-in-the-wall pitstop for Japanese rice balls filled with kimchi, honey and soy pork, and karaage chicken. There are also bentos, shokupan toasties and airy tofu doughnuts.
The Age
09-05-2025
- The Age
Melbourne now has a Japanese convenience store like those in Tokyo
Previous SlideNext Slide Japanese$$$$ Japan's 7-Elevens and Lawsons are legendary for their high-quality snacks and cleanliness. Suupaa channels that spirit with polished stainless steel, grab-and-go items like onigiri and donburi (rice bowls), and coffee on tap. But you can also sit down (or even come for dinner on select nights) for udon noodles, hefty sandos and signature drinks, boozy or otherwise. The bento style leans towards ekiben, the colourful boxed meals sold on trains and at train stations in Japan. Onigiri isn't wholly bound by tradition, however; there are riffs on popular Spam versions made by subbing in mortadella and a layer of fluffy egg. That playfulness extends to the dine-in menu, reserved for items that don't travel as well. The panko-crumbed pork-loin tonkatsu comes with a Vegemite-spiked Bulldog sauce, and a Japanese-leaning udon bolognese is made with a dashi stock base and a rich katsuobushi and parmesan cream.
Sydney Morning Herald
09-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne now has a Japanese convenience store like those in Tokyo
Previous SlideNext Slide Japanese$$$$ Japan's 7-Elevens and Lawsons are legendary for their high-quality snacks and cleanliness. Suupaa channels that spirit with polished stainless steel, grab-and-go items like onigiri and donburi (rice bowls), and coffee on tap. But you can also sit down (or even come for dinner on select nights) for udon noodles, hefty sandos and signature drinks, boozy or otherwise. The bento style leans towards ekiben, the colourful boxed meals sold on trains and at train stations in Japan. Onigiri isn't wholly bound by tradition, however; there are riffs on popular Spam versions made by subbing in mortadella and a layer of fluffy egg. That playfulness extends to the dine-in menu, reserved for items that don't travel as well. The panko-crumbed pork-loin tonkatsu comes with a Vegemite-spiked Bulldog sauce, and a Japanese-leaning udon bolognese is made with a dashi stock base and a rich katsuobushi and parmesan cream.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teens on bikes steal from supermarket near USC, hurl homophobic slurs at couple
In what seems to be part of a recent crime trend, a group of about three dozen bike-riding teens swarmed a supermarket near USC before shoplifting from the store and attacking two men with homophobic slurs and rocks. Their actions follow a similar pattern of reports of large groups of teens on bikes stealing from stores and attacking drivers across the city over the last several months. Police arrested at least two individuals, both minors, in connection with a previous violent attack on a driver near Beverly Hills in February. In the latest incident, a group of teenage boys rode to the Ralphs market on South Vermont Avenue near USC around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to witnesses and emergency radio dispatch reports. The teens stole bottled cocktails, Gatorade bottles and other items from the market, according to Bryan Benson, who was in the checkout line with his husband at the time. "We heard someone yell, 'Oh, they're stealing,'" Benson said. "It almost sounded comedic." Read more: For the third time in months, teens attack an L.A. driver He started to record on his cellphone as several teenagers ran toward an exit with items in their arms as a security guard shouted at them. An alarm can be heard ringing inside the store on Benson's cellphone recording. Several teens returned to the store multiple times and threw items at store employees. At one point, a security guard used pepper spray on the teens, Benson said. Once outside the market, Benson and his husband saw the teens gathered near their car. The couple got into their vehicle and Benson honked his horn to prompt the teens to move out of the way. Some of them moved, but others didn't, Benson said. That's when the teens started to make homophobic comments, Benson said. In his dashcam video, Benson can be seen stopping his car as his husband rolls down a window to ask the teens to repeat the slurs. The teens asked if they were gay, Benson said. Incensed, the men stated they were together and kissed each other. The teens near their car shouted, and as Benson drove away, a teenager threw his body into the driver's side of their vehicle. Other teens can be seen in the video kicking Benson's car. Benson said he got out of the car with pepper spray and his husband got out with a stun gun. They chased away the group near their car and Benson used the pepper spray at least once as several individuals approached the car again. "I think we both sprang into action, understanding that we were surrounded by teens who were doing immediate damage to our property and posing an immediate threat to us," Benson said. "Neither of us was interested in being passive victims of a hate crime in our own neighborhood." Read more: Mobs of bike-riding teens ransacking 7-Elevens swipe everything — but money As the two drove away, someone hurled a rock at the driver's side window, the dashcam footage shows. Los Angeles police said Benson's window was damaged and they took a report for assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism. Police said the investigation is ongoing and do not have additional information. The LAPD said they could not say if this group of teens was connected to other incidents that have been reported around the city in recent months. A spokesperson for Ralphs' parent company, Kroger, said they are aware of a group of young individuals who took items from the store without paying. "While no injuries occurred, we take the safety of our associates and customers very seriously," the statement said. "We've reported the incident to local law enforcement and are fully cooperating with their investigation. As always, we continue to take proactive measures to maintain a safe and secure environment in our stores." Benson said he and his husband are now considering purchasing a firearm. "Which is insane considering the threat we have in mind is a group of middle schoolers," he said. Read more: Chainsaw-wielding man suspected of felling downtown L.A. trees is arrested Benson, a creative director for a marketing agency, said he has created a website to field reports from the public about the teens. About two hours before the couple's run-in with the group, a person was surrounded by teens on bicycles before being punched in the face in the USC Village, according to the reported crime logs at the university. USC's campus police did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
