Matsuya Official X Tastes the Revived 'Shkmeruli Hot Pot,' Reveals the Hot Pot Comes with Extra Cheese

At 8:59 PM on June 17, 2026, Matsuya’s official X account (@matsuya_foods) posted that it had already tried the revived ‘Shkmeruli,’ a 60th Founding Anniversary initiative that launched on June 16, 2026. The post included images of the hot pot-style dish and of it after being given a ‘Doria-style twist,’ and the text revealed three new details: ‘ordering it as a hot pot comes with extra cheese,’ ‘you can mix the Shkmeruli and rice together partway through and use the extra cheese for a Doria-style twist,’ and ‘the sales period is a bit over a week.’

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We got to try the grandly revived Shkmeruli right away! (╹◡╹) This time, ordering it as a hot pot comes with extra cheese. Partway through, you can mix the Shkmeruli and rice together and use the extra cheese to give it a Doria-style twist 🤤 Loaded with cheese and garlic, it was irresistibly delicious! This time the sales period is just over a week, so get it while you can!!

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Post time	June 17, 2026 (Wed), 8:59 PM
Channel	Matsuya Official X (@matsuya_foods)
Attached images	2 (hot pot set meal in original state + after Doria-style twist)
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Hot Pot-style Comes with ‘Extra Cheese,’ Confirmed in This Post

The post’s explicit statement that ‘ordering it as a hot pot comes with extra cheese’ is a sales condition that could not be confirmed as of the official menu listing at 10:00 AM on June 16, 2026, and is information made concrete for the first time in this post. The side menu item ‘Extra Cheese’ (120 yen) had been added as an optional topping for regular orders as of 10:00 AM on June 16, 2026, but the way it’s described suggests that when ordering the hot pot-style dishes (Shkmeruli Hot Pot Set Meal, 1,190 yen; Shkmeruli Hot Pot Rice Set, 1,090 yen), the extra cheese comes included as standard. Given that the two hot pot-style items are run as store-limited, the hot pot-plus-extra-cheese combination comes across as a store-limited perk.

A Suggested Way to Eat: The Doria-style Twist

The second image shows the hot pot-style Shkmeruli after rice has been added and topped generously with extra cheese from above — the state after the ‘Doria-style twist.’ Acting out the text’s claim that ‘you can mix the Shkmeruli and rice together partway through and use the extra cheese for a Doria-style twist,’ the image captures shredded cheese blanketing the surface of the pot. The composition shows Shkmeruli’s white sauce merged with the rice, with the shredded cheese on top just beginning to melt from the heat — a design premised on enjoying one dish two different ways.

Sales Period Guideline of ‘A Bit Over a Week’ Made Explicit

At the end of the post, a guideline for the sales period was given in words: ‘This time the sales period is just over a week, so get it while you can!!’ Counting roughly a week plus a bit from the June 16, 2026 launch, the end date works out to around June 23, 2026 (Tue) through June 25, 2026 (Thu), suggesting the four Shkmeruli items plus extra cheese will only be on the official menu for a short stretch. The official announcement dated June 11, 2026 had already noted ‘limited quantity’ and ‘worldwide simultaneous Matsuya Shkmeruli revival,’ but a concrete guideline for the sales period was first put into words in this post.

Tone and Attached Image Composition

The text runs warm, combining phrases like ‘it was irresistibly delicious!’ and ‘get it while you can!!’ with the emoticon (╹◡╹) and the emoji 🤤. The two attached images — the original state and the state after the Doria-style twist — are built to complete the before-and-after transformation within a single post. The first image shows the full set meal lineup including salad, a side dish, miso soup, and rice, while the second is a close-up of the hot pot alone, together capturing the whole dining experience centered on the hot pot.