MINI SUSHI

miniature sushi cones: so realistic you want to pop them in your mouth!

no, no, no...you can't eat them with a toothpick! It's fake food!

Here's some teeny tiny sushi cones for Bebe's dollhouse. The dolls are "Asian"--well, at least the PLAN toy company thinks they look Asian ( I personally think their hair-styles suck!)--and they have been hankering for some sushi...so along with their Pierre Herme Desserts, they're having some appetizing sushi.

I don't read Japanese so I have no idea what some of the fillings are inside the cones, but from the looks of some, there are fish eggs, fish, veggies, tamago and other such usual goodies. All I can tell is that one has a bamboo theme; another a flower blossom theme (spring?) and from my crappy understanding of asian characters, the other one has something to do with trees (a summer theme?)

This sushi set was one of those "surprise" sets. The salesgirl told me she couldn't guarantee which set I would get inside the box. There was one set with nigiri sushi, another had crab and another had rolls. I actually wanted the set pictured on the box (the nigiri sushi on the wooden tray) but I guess I'm not wholly disappointed with this set. They're quite cute. The sushi set was much cheaper than the Pierre Herme box I bought. This one clocked in at $8.49 CDN



For that price, I could have gotten 3 real-sized, edible sushi cones at my local Japanese restaurant. Ah well, like I said: the dolls have to eat! And BTW, I didn't buy anymore fake food nor do I intend to buy more fake food because now the dollhouse larder is full. They've got hand-made (by me!) FIMO fruits, veggies, hot dogs and burgers along with a fridge full of beverages. I just needed to make sure they had sushi and dessert. I mean, that's all one really needs to eat well in my books.

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FOOD FOR THE EYES

Miniature Fake Food: Pierre Herme's Collection of desserts! Mmmm. It's cute, but so not edible (a good thing if you're watching your waistline!) ;p

a birthday cake complete with macarons! so cute! lookit that slice of cake and the hand-painted detail!

I found another way to distract myself from eating too many sweets, now that I've told the whole friggin' world I'm going low-carb:)

I'm thinking the public scrutiny would force me to stay on track! ;p

So far, white refined stuff hasn't passed these lips. For someone obsessed with all things baked, I have found a few things to do to keep me occupied. Of course, one of them is marking :( but I also found cute food substitutes in the form of "fake food".


On the weekend, we had found an intriguing little store in the Asian mall, Aberdeen Centre (in Richmond). The store was full of all sorts of miniature fake food. I hadn't realized people actually bought this stuff. I mean, what can you do with it other than display it somewhere; only to have it catch dust as other chachkes do?
I hate dust-collectors, but I was so curious. I took a closer look and thought that it would be so cool to stock my daughter's dollhouse with some of these fake foods. They were exactly the right size. Her wooden Colonial-style doll house by PLAN is really neat and we were able to even buy a set of Asian family dolls to live in it. I made some FIMO food, but we certainly didn't have any of the cool stuff that this store had. I have no idea what you'd do with this fake mini food other than use it in a doll house. I guess there must be a lot of people out there collecting this type of mini food? The store had all the various sets on display: a barbeque set, complete with tiny ketchup, burgers, shish kebabs; a Japanese sushi set complete with nigiri, cones and sashimi; grocery store staples, junk food and practically any kind of food you can think of! Even Pierre Herme's pastries! I was so excited when I saw the collection there complete with macarons and everything!

I had to have it.

So, for the exorbitant price of $12.99, I purchased a set that included a mini little pastry box, a mini Pierre Herme shopping bag and an array of desserts complete with the display stands. You even get a wrapped individual little "chiclet"-type piece of chewing gum in the box. I suppose that explains the target market!

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