We checked out the Zenless Zone Zero collaboration at the Wendy’s First Kitchen Ikebukuro Flagship store to try out the menu and our gacha luck!
The Menu
Every Wendy’s First Kitchen throughout Japan will serve a special collaboration French fry and collaboration merch set on the menu for 880 yen. The set includes a French fry M size coated in a delicious BBQ spare rib flavor specially created just for this collaboration. In addition it will include an A4 metallic folder one of 5 random designs and a card to redeem for in-game items.
Meanwhile a full collaboration menu is available at 8 flagship stores throughout Japan.
Participating Flagship Stores:
- [Tokyo] WFK Ikebukuro North Exit Store and WFK Ueno Asakusa Exit Store
- [Kanagawa Prefecture] WFK Yokohama Palnade Store
- [Saitama Prefecture] WFK Omiya West Exit Store
- [Gunma Prefecture] WFK Takasaki Store
- [Aichi Prefecture] WFK Apita Anjo South Store
- [Nagano Prefecture] WFK Nagano Station Store
- [Osaka Prefecture] WFK Umeda Shibatamachi Store
*WFK = Wendy’s First Kitchen
Collaboration Menu:
- Masato’s Recommendation: Strawberry Azuki Sundae (1,000 yen)
- Ellen’s Recommendation: Strawberry Cider (1,000 yen)
- Remielle: Angel’s White Peach Milk Tapioca (1,000 yen)
- Sigrid: Knight’s Mango Tapioca (1,000 yen)
- Operation Yum! Cheddar Nuggets (1,000 yen)
- ZenZero Double Bacon Burger: (1,400 yen)
Each menu item comes with a random original coaster design from a total of 9 types. In addition customers will also get a merch order sheet allowing for the purchase of the limited edition merch available only at the flagship stores.
Flagship Store Limited Edition Collaboration Merch:
- Diorama Acrylic Stand: 6,600 yen
- Mini character rotating acrylic stand (Masato Komano/Ellen Joe/Bangboo) 3,080 yen
- Mini character acrylic stand (6 types, random) 990 yen
- Acrylic sticker set 1,650 yen
- Peeling can badge (6 types, normal and aurora finishe, random) 770 yen
- Aurora Card (6 types, random) 550 yen
- Bandana (Mini Character Version/Bomb Version) 1,980 yen
The Experience
The decorations at the flagship store were really cute. They had wrapping on the doors and inside along with giant character standees near the registers.
The whole second floor seating area was decorated as well. No matter where you sat you were able to enjoy the decorations as if you were at a normal collaboration cafe. They really took the extra effort to immerse fans in the collaboration atmosphere.
The official account even got cosplayers to visit the Ikebukuro location and video the whole themed area. If you want a full view of it be sure to check it out!
We ordered the ZenZero Double Bacon Burger, Masato’s Recommendation: Strawberry Azuki Sundae, and the BBQ spare ribs flavored French fry set along with a chicken fillet sandwich and nuggets for our little one.
The burger and fries were pretty standard fare for the Wendy’s First Kitchen menu. The flavoring of the fries was good but I felt there just weren’t too many to go around for an M size despite how big the packaging was. I’m not sure it would have felt filling even if we had ordered the L size but maybe we’ll try again sometime to find out.
The star of our order was definitely the sundae! It was particularly hot the day we went and it was the perfect way to finish off the meal. While it was a modest mix of flavors the different levels of sweetness from the strawberries and the azuki blended perfectly and the size was well worth the price. I would absolutely love to order it again while it’s still available. It was a great sweet treat to beat the summer heat.
Unfortunately the one thing we couldn’t beat was the high demand for the limited edition merchandise only available at flagship stores. Everything but the peeling can badges and aurora cards was sold out. On the one hand we were visiting a few weeks into the collaboration so it was to be expected some things would sell out. On the other hand there’s still a whole month left for the event so I couldn’t help feeling bad for the more hardcore fans that might miss out because they can’t visit one until September. Such is the nature of collaboration events and limited edition merch. This time we decided to skip on buying extra merch since we already got quite a few nice things with our order already.
My Gacha Luck
While the official collaboration merch clearly sold out like hot potatoes already at the Ikebukuro location the menu items were still going strong. I hope more ZZZ fans can still enjoy the event as it’s going on for a whole extra month. If you’re in the area of a flagship store I highly recommend checking it out while you can!
Useful Links
Zenless Zone Zero Official Website: https://zenless.hoyoverse.com/en-us/main
PR Times Article: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000294.000059385.html
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