Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

[Liz]

Hatsuhana Restaurant, E 48th, NYC, was the place all the 80's era
fashionista went....when Japanese food was starting to take hold.
The BOX OF DREAMS BENTO was THE thing to eat.

Nine miniature bowls in a classic Japanese lacquer box,
each w/ very fresh raw or cooked sashimi and sushi rice.
Japanese chefs try to please every sense.

Incidentally, if you're in Japan but can't see your way clear to dropping
hundreds of dollars at a high-end Japanese restaurant, these place also
make bentos (sold in dept stores). Good way to taste all that great food.

[miss marmelstein]

Ah, the Bento Box craze! Let’s face it, they’re pretty. There’s a store in Chelsea that does Japanese paper miniatures. I’m a miniature fanatic (I make doll houses) and I go crazy in this store.

[Liz]

There's just no end to Japanese creativity.....miniature shops from paper.

[miss marmelstein]

They are soooo amazing. Gorgeous pix. And they don’t cost a lot either.

[Liz]

I love them all....the vegetable grocer, the bakery....
and the fishmonger looks exactly like the ones in japan.

[Jamestown1630]

Are those from Canon or HP? I have some of them saved, especially like the vegetable market. (I’m also a great miniatures fan, Miss M; it was my favorite thing when I was small. I have two Greenleaf dolls’ house kits that are waiting for my retirement, and I keep buying little things for them - including blue-and-white china ;-)

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/categories/CAT-ST01-0071/top.html

-JT

[Jamestown1630]

My mistake; here’s the site with all the little shops:

http://paperm.jp/craft/dollhouse/

[Liz]

Thanks for the link. So impossibly clever.

My post was from a library fair display.

[Jamestown1630]

They use up a lot of ink! But I like putting them together and seeing the finished product. The HP and Canon crafty websites have lots of nice party sets/favors, etc; and some of the paper models celebrating Japanese holidays are gorgeous:

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/CNT-0011778/index.html