making of wax food samples

Kappabashi is the famous kitchen town where we can buy regular kitchen appliance, tableware, dishs and they also sell products for professional use products and food samples.

In Japan, some restauratns display food samples maded from wax near the entrance, so that we may know visually what kind of food they have. Those food sample were made by craftworker of small sample factories. I wrote about those craftmen when I picked "making a food sample competition" in TV Champion post.　Today　I found some manufacturing movies. They are interesting, please check them out.

Making wax Tempra
Making wax crape
Making wax melon soda

I I have to say, food samples are old fashioned and very nice restaurants don't use them. (Even though the samples are excellent, wax is wax. I can't think it looks delicious.) So sooner or later, food sample displays will disappear. Maybe small key chain stuff will be retired as a Kappabashi souvenir.

Anyway some will notice I am getting tired and my post is getting shorter everyday. I am okay, but there is nothing good to write. But we have a proverb "Perseverance leads to skill." gambarimasu!!

Comments

this is really good. i liked watching the movies =)

[Marco Bresciani]

Ah ah... :-) I had a friend who did such work. Here in Europe we have some cooking magazines but we don't use to show foods in restaurants. Cooking magazines use real food but cooked with special care so that it will appear very nice as if it is plastic (or wax) made.