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Japanese Plastic Food +
Do you know what we don’t have enough of here in America? Plastic food. Sure, we have a ton of different restaurants to choose from. Even the menu’s are pretty well covered in pictures of the restaurants offerings. But how many times have you chosen a dish only to to say, “I thought it was going to be bigger,” or “this looked different in the picture.” Yep, I rest my case.
In Japan, many restaurants offer plastic models of the dishes you will be receiving just so you know what to expect. How considerate. Don’t think these are just some food models you used to play with as a kid when your little sister forced you to have pretend dinners and got mad at you for putting your elbows on the fisher price table.
Oh no.
These food models are works of art. Art majors in Japan have been known to take part time work sculpting and painting these plastic food models for extra cash. Restaurants will use these plastic food models in their shop window to attract potential customers. Unlike American advertising on TV (does your Big Mac from McDonalds look as good as TV?), what you see in the shop windows is what you get.
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July 14th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I just finish my post about a similar topic… click to go see what is up on xorsyst.com and bam! I see this haha. I’m gunna link this up on my page.
July 14th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
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December 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Where can I buy ON THE NET plastic food that is displayed in the windows of Japanese restaurants. Are there manufactureers that I could contact through the Net or by ordianry mail.
Thank you,
Bernard
May 5th, 2009 at 10:12 am
[...] Food is an ephemeral pleasure at best. It’s made specifically to be consumed, and you certainly don’t want to even look at food that’s been around for awhile. (Unless, of course, it’s the groovy, kitschy plastic variety used to advertise food at Japanese restaurants.) [...]