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Kawai fruit tarts

July 29th, 2009 No Comments

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I took this picture of these cute fruit tarts in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.  It was a nice bakery with a lot of Japanese breads and inspired Japanese breads.
I love how they decorated these tarts creating dogs out of whip cream and ornaments with fruits.  The trend toward cute decorations for food is growing [...]

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Vitamin Water in Japan

June 11th, 2009 No Comments

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I was just reading in Excite Japan what looks like and ad for Vitaminwater. The article, or infomercial, says that the long wait is over, the beverage prefer by celebrities is now in Japan.
Japan does not have a need for another drink, especially vitamin water.  In Japan there are already too many of this type [...]

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Ice cream flavors in Japan

February 11th, 2009 No Comments

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Our perception of flavor is very cultural and personal. Japan for example has many flavors that are just weird for the rest of us. Do not think that that I am talking about green tea ice cream.  These are some of the enticing flavors that you may like to try:
Shrimp ice cream.  Yam..
Wasabi ice cream
Crab [...]

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