Fun Japanese food

by Lee on 1/30/2009

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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1 Rosier January 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 January 31, 2009 at 8:29 am

Oh these are GREAT!

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3 LeelaBijou January 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 January 31, 2009 at 9:40 pm

KAWAII!

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5 Stephanie A Thomas February 1, 2009 at 2:43 am

I ate that! It was good.

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6 Yimin February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 1, 2009 at 10:52 pm

It’s so cute! thanks for sharing

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11 Foodfreak February 3, 2009 at 6:20 pm

what a cute idea

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12 Razor February 4, 2009 at 8:04 am

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

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13 Chaz February 5, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Nice! I want some :/

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14 eldritch February 7, 2009 at 10:26 pm

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

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