Foreign Friday

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Plastic Food Restaurant Menu
Misawa, Japan
Autumn 1979

Practically every restaurant in Japan had a display of plastic foods which represented their entire menu. Surprisingly, the displays accurately depicted the food. 

You can see how the fake food is made on this site. If you are interested, make sure you click on the "next" button at the bottom of that page for more information.

Comments

  1. Tracy BatchelderOctober 21, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    I've been to restaurants here that have fake desserts to represent their dessert menu, but I've never seen a whole menu in fake food. This restaurant in the photo seemed to have a very large selection. It was interesting to learn how the fake food was made.

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  2. SissySeesOctober 21, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Interesting. I'm not so sure how tempting/inspiring I find the fake food, but I do understand the concept.

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  3. Changes in the windOctober 21, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    That was fasinating..love learning new things.

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  4. BevOctober 21, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    I wondered about that when I was there.. I don't think I realized it was plastic food though! How interesting.

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  5. KatherineOctober 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    I've seen plastic food in restaurants in the US but never knew how they made it. Thanks for a really interesting post Nancy!!

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  6. hakuchoOctober 21, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    That's sooo interesting :)

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