A Puzzling Need

This morning, I decided that my life would be more complete if I had a Rubik's cube. Not just any cube (I have two standard issue rainbow coloured cubes), it has to be a pastel one(j). Failing which, I'd settle for a platinum Bedlam cube (UK).

Teeny, Tiny Slices of Life

Beautifully detailed creations to rival Re-Ment. Above, from Kimie Okumura. Below, Blog Noir, an amazing blog dedicated to clay miniatures. Wow.. just wow!



In case you want to try a hand at creating miniature furniture or flowers, there's a also tutorial at this site.

Heart-Shaped Yolk, Anyone?

Dear Internet people,
How does this thing work?

Dreamland egg mould From Obentou.

Update: The answer at Bentosupply.

Say Cheese-cake Again!

Today, I'm going cheesecake-crazy. I'm dedicating this entry to Fanny of Foodbeam - Your email made me very happy today and I believe you'll love these beauties. :):):)

Everyone sitting comfortably? Good, then we'll begin.
(All websites are in Japanese)




Handsome-looking rectangular cheesecake from Anniversaire. If I have to fight for this, I'll grab the ends first. I ♥ cheesecake crust.

A perfectly-sized-slice-for-me chocolate cheesecake from Nissen. Though I love to eat them, I like to have small servings at a time. This looks like the perfect size to me. I'll have 5 slices, please. Ooops!


Stripey crust cheesecake from Potager. Ah, reminds me of circus tents -- fun!


File these under "interesting". 55cm-long cheesecake and zunda(edamame paste) cheesecake with edamame beans from Enfan.


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Be Juicy, Kids!

Cute illustration (if the auto-translation is to be believed, it's drawn by kids) for kids' fruit juice packaging from Be Juicy! (jp)

All Kinds of Sweet

Sweet, sweet sugar in various pretty forms from Can À Suc (fr).

Re-Ment ♥ - It's No Secret

Re-ment (Reform The Entertainment) is a Japanese company that manufactures Puchi Petites -- scaled miniatures of everyday items. If you're into dolls, Re-ment miniature replicas would be a great addition to your dolly's world:

Speaking of dolls, I saw a woman carrying a Volks Super Dollfie (a 1:6 scale ball-jointed doll) in her arms at a bookstore the other day. She treated it like it was her baby, talking and fussing over it. It was... weird. But even if dolls aren't your thing, there's no reason why you can't appreciate the realistic-looking collectibles:


Rement products are not expensive, most selling at 200-400 yen (around USD3), but they are sold in a series of mystery boxes ala trading cards so you may need to buy a few boxes from the same series before you could get the item you want (though it is possible to buy single unboxed items at a higher price). I didn't know this prior to my trip to Tokyo so when I insisted to a salesgirl there that I wanted item no. 9 on the box she was all "Secret! Secret! All SECRET!!!"

Mr Moffles

What's a moffle maker? Mochi (or muah chee) is glutinous rice pounded to a paste and formed into shapes. A moffle is a mochi waffle. A moffle maker makes moffles.

It's Always Greener

I know for a fact that I enjoy green tea neat as a drink but don't really fancy having it in cakes or biscuits, but somehow, I am yearning for these wonderful looking goods from Daisan(jp):



My theory is if you put Japanese characters around large, bright photos of a product , it will confuse your brain into thinking that it looks and tastes more delicious than anything you've ever tried before.

Dreamy Desserts

I will blissfully believe that something bought from a convenience store can look like this:


To be honest, the actual products - panna cotta, green tea and latte pudding - from here(jp) look quite good too. Mmmm...

Airdeje

I love the uncommon colour combination of grey and red for a kid's room, from Airdeje(fr).

Slip On Something Pretty

Check out the Moroccan-inspired collection, such as the sweet Madame Roba fleur babouche(flower slippers) at Paris-Morocco(jp).

Cotton On to This

Organic cotton line of clothes for babies at Couprio(jp).

Dance Steps

The yummy ballerina flats from French ballet shoes company Repetto(fr) make me wanna dance.

Pretty Wallflower

I am totally enamoured by the website as much as I am by the pretty decals from Mimi'lou(fr).

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Now THIS is a Lovely Room

Romantic Princess collection at Seikatsuzacca.com(j).
Warning: Pink-addicts, this website might waste about 50 minutes of your life.

Cheese(Cake) Sticks

Here we go again! Cheesecake from Hanokuni(j)

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Love *Sweets* Love

Yay, I'm in love with...Q-Pot Valentine Collection!(j)
Happy Valentine's Day!

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Quiet Beauty

Charmingly beautiful 3D illustrations, reminiscent of painted wooden dolls, from Seiko Ohmori.

Matcha Madness

Matcha is the powdered green tea used in the Japanese tea ceremony. It also used to flavour and dye food. It lends a toxic green colour to the exquisite goods here(j) and I love it!