Comments on: On Making Ice Cream Out of Plastic in Japan

By: Japanese Fake food | IndigoMemoirs

Japanese Fake food | IndigoMemoirs — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:35:12 +0000

[…] Visiting a kitchen appliance shop surely enough is a fun experience for everyone who loves to cook, but can you imagine visiting a high street full of shops specialized in server uniforms, restaurant tableware, menu printing companies and fake food sampling shops? […]

By: Archana

Archana — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:50:34 +0000

The appetite curbing think is true – I got addicted to the cooking channel one year – and I rarely ate because I thought I had eaten with the people tasting the food. I was thin! Sadly, I stopped paying for cable so that didn’t last and now I’m curvy again.

By: On Dealing With A Million Tiny Uncertainties In Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:08:58 +0000

[...] I worked up the nerve – and enough money for an iPhone – to take photographs of the plastic food replicas in the [...]

By: Itsumo Japan

Itsumo Japan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:34:26 +0000

Great article, really thought provoking.

I would love to know where you made your fake ice cream sundae too. Making my own sanpuru is on my list of things that I want to do when I visit Tokyo in July.

By: FakeFoodJapan (@FakeFoodJapan)

FakeFoodJapan (@FakeFoodJapan) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:05:23 +0000

If you are looking for an online shop that sells [Made in Japan] fake food related items in English and ships all over the world, you may want to check out Fake Food Japan: http://fakefoodjapan.com/

All the best,

Justin

By: spartan2600

spartan2600 — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:10:58 +0000

“I shelled out about $50 to make an ice cream sundae.”

Where do I go for such an experience? I have 5 days left in Japan and would love to do this.

By: D (@DarCam7)

D (@DarCam7) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:32:57 +0000

This was a great read. How a different approach to food can create a valued profession for the restaurant business (assuming from your piece), and one that probably doesn’t exist in the U.S. to the extent that it does in Japan. I would guess that their plastic food is exquisite and manufactured to perfection since I read how meticulous Japanese are at their chosen craft.

That being said, I’d like to hear how they approach technology and the quality of it. I’m under the impression that they don’t consider the craftsmanship of their gizmos to the same degree that they would value the creation of a plastic piece of steak, or even origami. Do they consider their phones for that matter, to be on the same plane as a handcrafted piece of furniture?

Do they appreciate or value the construction of say an iPhone or Windows Phone or Android device the same way they would value a Fujitsu product?

By: Alyse

Alyse — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:44:47 +0000

While I was in Japan, I was amazed at the detail in the plastic foods, but I never gave it much more thought than, “They must really want people to buy their food.”

The bit you said about food presentation is SO true that it’s insane!!! Even in a simple convenience store, all the fruits are packed, perfectly anged and stacked. And the onigiri and other items are always presented and packaged to perfection!