Food art so cool you don’t want to eat it, but mmm…pancakes!!!
Food, although mostly delicious, doesn’t always look beautiful. But what if food that was tasty also looked cool? Something as simple as the humble pancake, always delicious, was turned into some pretty wicked art by a few artistic chefs on the Internet. It’s definitely making us impressed and hungry!
There are many ways to create beautiful pancake art, but an easy way is to make normal pancakes outlined in chocolate. For example:
EFF YOU VERY MUCH!
- The cheapest World Cup package being offered by leading travel agency JTB is a ¥685,000 plan that includes a three-night stay in Brazil and tickets to only one game.
- According to a survey by the US-based charity Save the Children, Japan is the worst of all G7 nations in which to be a mother.
- It was revealed that parents in Setagaya-ku have to wait the longest of anyone in the country to get their kids into daycare.
- Sentence of the Week: “A travel agency employee here [in Gifu] is under arrest for allegedly attempting to cover up his failure to properly plan a school trip by faking a letter from a local high school student insinuating suicide if the trip went ahead, police said.” (via Mainichi Japan)
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
- In response to a report on “sleep guidance” issued by the health ministry, Osaka-based IT consulting firm Hugo Co. has asked employees to get some shuteye between 1pm and 4pm.
- Officials at the Consumer Affairs Agency are warning people to be on the lookout for “investment scams capitalizing on the hoopla surrounding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.”
- A Cabinet Office survey of people aged between 13 and 29 in Britain, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and the U.S. has found that Japanese youth rank last in terms of “being confident in themselves” and “possessing positive characteristics.”
- Headline of the Week: “Man on Bike Throws Cup of Urine at Woman in 5th Such Incident Since April” (via Japan Today)
The Next Big Thing?
ネオギャル
Smart Phone
Nabs Molester
Asshole Gets A Thrill
From Burning Down The House
10 things Japan does better than anywhere else
Advertising agency Dentsu recently released the results of its annual Japan Brand Survey, in which it asks people from around the world for their opinion on the country. This year’s study involved 3,600 men and women living in 17 different countries, whose responses were used to compile a list of 10 things they feel Japan does better than anywhere else in the world.
10. Video games
It’s a sign of the times that Japan’s video game makers, who created and for years dominated the modern industry, only barely managed to crack the top 10. Still, even as overseas companies continue to make strides in the arenas of smartphone and social gaming, for some fans there’s just no substitute for a Japanese-made game.
9. Transportation infrastructure
It’s telling that the list was compiled from responses from people who live outside Japan, and not in it. Residents have a number of valid complaints about the country’s narrow roads, expensive expressways, and difficult to find parking. If you’re a traveler though, or anyone else using public transportation in Japan, there’s a lot to be thankful for, as it’s hard to imagine the train and subway network being much more efficient or punctual than it already is (quibbles about service ending shortly after midnight notwithstanding).
No comments:
Post a Comment