Sunday, February 08, 2009

Torture of another type!

YaY! Finally I found some time to play after I almost killed myself preparing for the research progress presentation...
Anyway..we entered this sweets heaven-like shop. Everything looks so yummy, so sweet..
Enjoy the pictures!


All kinds of sweets and cookies!


Noodles too!


Any food you can think of!


Any sweets you dream of!


Some sweets-land locals..



But!!!..

...BUT!!...But!!!!....

Take a deep breathe!

.....but!

...it's all plastic!! XD


*Update 1: Where?
A famous street called kappabashidori (合羽橋通り) full of shops for selling plastic food and other restaurant essentials. It is located between Ueno and Asakusa stations.
Kappabashi on Wikipedia

*Update 2: Why plastic food?


There are 2 main reasons.

1) Almost all restaurants here have very realistic plastic models for the food they offer. They usually place these in a glass box on the entrance. So these plastic foods are mainly bought by restaurant owners.
This way, when u go to a restaurant, you can see how the dish would look like before you actually order it.

2) Some of these plastic foods have magnets on the back. You can use these as kitchen decorations..on the fridge for example.

See these google image search results:
Japan plastic food

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

OOOOooooooooh Amani oooooooh
I couldn't believe when i saw the pics :X:X:X
sabtni sadmeeh
coz of the amazing seen and all fresh colorful fruits and sweets
they just really look like a dream or tail ,
like the story of the boy and girl who went alone in the woods , and the old women found them and rest the boy to eat him :-/

it just looks amazing
really
but poor you
:(
you saw all of these delicious food , and u cant even taste it

Really like the post soooo much:D :D

rua said...

eeeeeeeeeeeeh !!!!

demo it looks so real , wow , I bet u enjoyed your time ^-^

I cant believe it T-T

momiji said...

Why to make such a things?!

Anonymous said...

momijisan, gooood quueestion!!

K-s

YzN said...

for a while I thought that was a piece of heaven !
but well...I gotta continue dreaming

Amani AbuQdais أماني أبوقديس said...

eNAS san
I thought of the same story while I was inside! :)

Rua san
I enjoyed some hunger over plastic food :p

K-s
お久しぶりです!^^
店に入ってからの気持ちが先生によく伝わったみたいですね^^;

YzN san
No other choice^^;

Momiji san
Again, good question!
There are 2 main reasons.

1) Almost all restaurants here have very realistic plastic models for the food they offer. They usually place these in a glass box on the entrance. So these plastic foods are mainly bought by restaurant owners.
This way, when u go to a restaurant, you can see how the dish would look like before you actually order it.

2) Some of these plastic foods have magnets on the back. You can use these as kitchen decorations..on the fridge for example.

See these google image search results:
Japan plastic food

Saemon 左衛門 said...

There is a very similar place to this one in Osaka next to the Houzenji temple..

Around there I ate omuraisu

totemo yummikatta desu.

Amani AbuQdais أماني أبوقديس said...

yumikatta!www I can't beat this XD

Unknown said...

OMG
i was waiting for ur words "it was very oishi "
>.<

it looks sooo real

Biraru said...

naniiiiiiiiiii ??
I spent maybe 15 minutes watching the pics & dreaming.. then all of them were just plastic !! >_<"

日本にあったら必ず合羽橋通りを見に行く

Amani AbuQdais أماني أبوقديس said...

Imo chan
well it was oishii to see ^^;

Biraru san
You have problem with plastic?! =p
ぜひ行ってみてください~

Saemon 左衛門 said...

I have been eating plastic for more than 10 years and I can assure you that it tastes good.

Believe me, it is much better than wood or stainless steel.