{
  "id": 6516138,
  "title": "Japanese restaurant chain offering free food for a year if you beat massive meat bowl challenge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/japanese-restaurant-chain-offering-free-food-for-a-year-if-you-beat",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-10T01:00:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SoraNews24",
    "slug": "soranews24",
    "url": "https://soranews24.com/2026/09/10/japanese-restaurant-chain-offering-free-food-for-a-year-if-you-beat-massive-meat-bowl-challenge/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japanese restaurant chain Densetsu no Sutadonya is offering an opportunity to win free food for a year by completing the Legendary-Size All-Star Sutadon challenge. The massive meal, costing 4,990 yen ($31), consists of a quintuple-sized portion of garlic pork, three mincemeat cutlets, two chicken cutlets, four pieces of nanban karaage, a cheese omelet, curry sauce with cheese, 10 slices of pickled daikon radish, shredded cabbage, and sliced green onion. Weighing in at 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds), this is not an easy feat. Those who manage to finish the entire meal within 35 minutes will receive a mini standee of the dish and one year of free sutadon. A standard sutadon costs 930 yen ($10), so this promotion could result in a return on investment of 334,460 yen ($3,700), making it an exceptionally high return on investment. Reservations are required at participating branches in Tokyo and other cities, available online until September 23.",
  "summary": "A stamina bowl of legendary size could save you a ton of money on future meals. Before we get to the meat of this story, let’s start with a little linguistic appetizer. Japanese restaurant chain Densetsu no Sutadonya’s name translates to “Legendary Sutadon Shop.” So what’s sutadon? An abbreviation of “stamina donburi,” or “stamina rice […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}