Fun Japanese food

by Lee on 1/30/2009

in Food and Drink

With kawaii being Japan’s all-conquering king — converting anything and everything to the cute and cuddly — it’s perhaps not surprising to now see food getting the, erm, ‘fun’ treatment.

And, in this particular case, not only does it add a certain perkiness to the product, but it also perfectly explains what animal one will be eating.

cute Japanese food

But somewhat forced cynicism aside, as cute goes, they do, it has to be said, have a certain something.

cute Japanese food

Although there again, next week’s supposed special of spotted dick could be a very different story altogether.

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{ 14 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Rosier 1/31/2009 at 5:49 am

Gotta love these! They are indeed ‘kawaii’, no matter how overused that word is.

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2 Yoli 1/31/2009 at 8:29 am

Oh these are GREAT!

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3 LeelaBijou 1/31/2009 at 9:21 am

Wow, very cool!

Btw, it´s the first time I stop by your blog and it´s awesome! I love it. :)

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4 Teabie 1/31/2009 at 9:40 pm

KAWAII!

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5 Stephanie A Thomas 2/1/2009 at 2:43 am

I ate that! It was good.

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6 Yimin 2/1/2009 at 4:08 am

I’m loving these buns that I dun tink i’ll bear to take a bite!
Are these hot buns or cold pastries by the way?
anyone? =)

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7 K 2/1/2009 at 7:57 am

These are just too cute! Uwaaa I want one ~ どうもかわいい~^-^

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8 Lee 2/1/2009 at 9:36 am

They are nikuman or butaman Yimin, although either way it’s essentially the same thing.

There’s an explanation here

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9 Cris Gotangcco 2/1/2009 at 9:44 am

Domo arigato! I think… those things are almost too cute to eat. The comment about the next menu is hillarious.

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10 Dorela 2/1/2009 at 10:52 pm

It’s so cute! thanks for sharing

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11 Foodfreak 2/3/2009 at 6:20 pm

what a cute idea

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12 Razor 2/4/2009 at 8:04 am

Food always gets extra points for being cute AND tasty, IMO. =D

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13 Chaz 2/5/2009 at 7:43 pm

Nice! I want some :/

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14 eldritch 2/7/2009 at 10:26 pm

Pigs probably don’t make kawaii look-alikes when they eat Japanese children

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