2025.12.20#Diary & Others

[Year-End Battle Royal] Speaking of Japanese Christmas, it's chicken.

——Not just KFC, the "Chicken Leg War" of 2025 by convenience stores and Yoshinoya**

🎄 1｜Christmas in Japan = KFC is already common knowledge

"Eating chicken on Christmas"
This culture has been fully established in Japan for a long time,
and its symbolic presence KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) goes without saying.

On the other hand, in recent years,
convenience stores and restaurant chains are also introducing "serious Christmas chicken" and
the choices are expanding year by year.

🏪 2｜Seven, FamilyMart, Lawson. Convenience stores' "competitive chicken"

🍗 Seven-Eleven ｜ Special Nana Chiki (with bone)

Juicy bone-in chicken thigh,
finished with 11 types of spices & herbs special edition.

・Crispy and light batter
・Juicy inside
・A year-end specification that sets it apart from the "usual Nana Chiki"

Many voices evaluate it as "beyond the realm of convenience store food."

🔥 FamilyMart ｜ Direct-Flame Roasted Chicken Leg (with bone)

Featuring sweet and spicy seasoning
and the aroma unique to direct-flame grilling. .

・Appeals to roast chicken fans
・Seasoning that is easy for families to enjoy
・Satisfying even when heated in the microwave

It has a reassuring stability that fits the phrase "everyone will love it."

🎁 Lawson ｜ Christmas Variety BOX

A "assortment type" that can be enjoyed alone or with a group.

Golden Chicken (bone-in) × 2
L Chiki Regular × 2
Karaage-kun Regular × 15

"I want to eat a little bit of everything."
This box meets those greedy cravings.

🐮 3 | And this year's anomaly: Yoshinoya released a "Chicken Leg"

Boasting overwhelming recognition as a gyudon chain, Yoshinoya。
What Yoshinoya launched for Christmas this year is "Chicken Leg"。

■ Yoshinoya | Chicken Leg

Seasoned with black pepper,
gloriously grilled chicken leg。

- Grilled, not fried
- Designed to pair well with rice
- Competing with "chicken" instead of "beef"

This single move
can be said to be an entry into the market
that fully understands the context of "Japanese Christmas = Chicken."

🤔 4 | Yet people still seek "chicken a level above"

Whether convenience stores or dining chains,
with quality having risen this far,
what is demanded next is——

Good ingredients
The live feel of cooking
Presence as a special dish

In other words,
"Chicken eaten at a proper restaurant" .

🔥 5 | Baba Rock's "Gaburi Chicken" (whole grilled chicken) - enjoying domestic young chicken "whole"

Located in Takadanobaba,
Sumiyaki Choja Baba Rock。

When the Christmas season arrives,
what gains special support every year is Specialty "Gaburi Chicken (whole grilled chicken)" .

■ Characteristics of Gaburi Chicken (whole grilled chicken)

Uses half a domestic young chicken
Marinated overnight to draw out the umami flavor
Hung and grilled over an irori hearth
Enjoy breast, thigh, wing, and bonjiri (tail) all on one plate

Neither fried nor roasted, "robatayaki (charcoal grill) chicken"。

Precisely because it is this season,
"I want to eat slightly better chicken than usual"
it perfectly responds to that feeling.

🍽️ 6 | A night to remember restaurant chicken after convenience store chicken

- Convenience store chicken to casually eat at home
- Dining chains easily bought in town
Each has its own charm.

And beyond that lies
a dish grilled by people, watching the fire, and finished with care。

To wrap up Christmas,
or for a "Christmas drinking party" a few days late,
Baba Rock's Gaburi Chicken (whole grilled chicken) is chosen.

🎅 7 | Summary | This Christmas, the choices for chicken are so broad

The serious chicken of Seven-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson
The unexpected entry of Yoshinoya
And domestic young chicken grilled on the robatayaki

This year's Christmas,
"Which chicken to choose" is also part of the fun。

At the end, please,
Sumiyaki Choja Baba Rock , and
tilt your glass alongside our Gaburi Chicken (whole grilled chicken).

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