food

Fantastic Figurines!

by modes4u January 13, 2017

If you’ve been thinking about how to decorate any space at home, we just might have what you’re looking for, as we recently received some adorable new Decole figurines! They’re food themed and seriously cute. Why not check out some of the other kawaii figurines we have on hand too?

Fantastic Figurines!

black and red board box with food figurine from Japan

teapot with tea cups figurine from Japan

black bento box with food figurine from Japan

gold color chicken figurine from Japan

chicken with a bowl of food figurine from Japan

black bowl with mushroom and food figurine from Japan

black bowl with food and cat figurine from Japan

grey cat with purple chair drink figurine from Japan

black cat bag of baguette bread figurine from Japan

sitting cream bear with ice cream figurine Japan

kneeling cream bear with a drink figurine Japan

kneeling black and cream penguin with bottle figurine Japan

sitting black and cream penguin with watermelon slice figurine Japan

cute brown basket with cat and drink figure picnic animals from Japan

January 13, 2017 0 comment

Kawaii Erasers from Japan

by modes4u August 31, 2016

We’ve been busy adding lots of kawaii erasers to our store, just in time for the new school year! These include super cute animal erasers with all sorts of adorable creatures. We also have pretty fairy tale erasers, and funny food erasers. Which of our latest erasers is your favorite?

cute hamster seed pet eraser 3pcs from Japan

cute black cat pencil end eraser from Japan

cute green bear pencil end eraser from Japan

cute light blue bear sailor lighthouse eraser from Japan

cute light yellow alpaca flower dot scented eraser from Japan

cute swan rabbit bear star eraser from Japan

cute peach scented square eraser 4pcs from Japan

cute strawberry scented square eraser 4pcs from Japan

cute chocolate scented square eraser 4pcs from Japan

cute scented clay lollipop eraser from Japan

cute animal as sushi eraser 3pcs from Japan

cute scented clay donut eraser from Japan

cute blue fairy mermaid fairy tale eraser from Japan

cute light blue ice queen fairy tale scented eraser from Japan

cute yellow mermaid fairy tale scented eraser from Japan

cute pink Rapunzel fairy tale scented eraser from Japan

cute turquoise cinderella fairy tale scented eraser from Japan

cute pink Alice in Wonderland eraser from Japan

August 31, 2016 0 comment

First Hello Kitty Dim Sum Restaurant opens in Hong Kong

by modes4u April 28, 2015

You all know there are Hello Kitty inspired cafes, but you will be surprised to hear you can now feast on amazingly cute looking dumplings, steamed buns and Chinese pastries in the world’s first Hello Kitty Dim Sum Restaurant in Hong Kong. We found many pictures on L.A. times online and culture blogs, showing that just like the little white cat, the traditional Southern Chinese dish has become increasingly popular around the world in recent years. In particular in Hong Kong the original dim sum houses are a weekly ritual family meal, usually taken on weekend mornings. For Hello Kitty fans and lovers of Asian cuisine alike, there could hardly be a better way to spend a Sunday morning than a table of delicious steamed buns and tea with friends and family. The only challenge remaining is, the food nearly looks too cute to eat.

The first Hello Kitty Dim Sum restaurant opened in Hong Kong. picture from L.A. Times online

Deliciously cute. These Hello Kitty Steam buns. picture from kotaku.com

You can choose of a big variety of cute dishes. picture from L.A. Times online

Flavors of Asia. Hello Kitty blends amazingly well in. picture from ink361.com

Hello Kitty waffle pink bow squishy charm

Hello Kitty brown donut squishy charm for cellphone or bag

April 28, 2015 1 comment

Super kawaii Mameshiba food

by modes4u February 18, 2014

If you want to prepare food in the shape of characters, Mameshiba is the way to go. Mameshiba are a hybrid of beans and dogs and very popular characters in Japan. Their bean shape is quite easy and can be made with different food. We found a couple of great examples on different blogs:

Super cute Mameshiba bento by Hana Mama Obento

By coloring rice balls you can easily make different Mameshiba characters like Cooking Gallery did

Super cute Mameshiba Curry rice dish by naohaha’s obento

We found these adoarable Mameshiba macarons on the blog kawaii eats

Mameshiba Dango pudding posted by hirorin0120 on SnapDish

Pretty elaborate: Mameshiba coffee art by Nowtoo on onotakumode.com

Mameshiba pancakes uploaded by rirunon on SnapDish

Super kawaii Mameshiba cake spotted on the blog Purapea

February 18, 2014 2 comments

Beautiful Lantern Carnival for Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong

by modes4u September 25, 2013

We just celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival here in Hong Kong, a wonderful harvest festival with lots of beautiful lantern installations all around the city. In Victoria Park there is a Lantern Wonderland every year which is really huge and impressive. But we also spotted beautiful lanterns at the harbour front of Tsim Sha Tsui. The theme of the little exhibition was ‘Home Sweet home’ and depicted typical situations of family life in Hong Kong like having a BBQ, eating Dim Sum, reading out to the children etc.

The lantern exhibition at Victoria Park revolved around the topic of food in Hong Kong. There were lots of funny lanterns depicting the favourite snacks and dishes of Hong Kongers, but also other themes could be found like a little animal love zoo or the ‘Rising Moon’, which was the centerpiece of this year’s exhibition. It was 10 meters high and made from 7,000 recycled plastic bottles lit with LED lights

Lanterns at Victoria Harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui showing rubber ducks and people having a bath

A family having a typical Chinese BBQ

A super big lantern wishing good fortune at the Lantern Wonderland in Victoria Park

Beautiful lanterns everywhere

Lanterns depicting fish balls – a super popular street food snack in Hong Kong

A popular snack: Egg waffles in a paper bag

Lots of lantern people gathered around a Chinese Hot Pot

The white lanterns are the famous buns of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Polar Bear Lanterns

A funny lion and elephant

Capricorn lanterns

A lantern girl holding a lantern for the Mid-Autumn festival

kawaii popcorn bear lantern

the Rising Moon which is made from recycled plastic bottles

The exhibition area is huge, there are pretty lights and lanterns everywhere

September 25, 2013 3 comments

Cute Hello Kitty Cup Noodles

by modes4u January 29, 2012

Every now and then you see cute Hello Kitty food in the supermarkets of Hong Kong if there are special promotions or holidays. Then you’ll find Hello Kitty sweets, cookies or even whole food series like pasta or sauces. But now we discovered the little cat on an item that couldn’t be more typical for Hong Kong: Cup Noodles. Instant Noodles are sooo common and popular in Asia, every supermarket has large shelves with lots of different flavours and brands, every convenience store holds at least a small selection of instant noodles. And now we found cute Hello Kitty Noodles with soy sauce flavour. Do you think the noodles will be shaped like Hello Kitty? If we get some we’ll let you know.

what a nice sight in the instant noodle shelf of the supermarket

cute Hello Kitty instant noodles

this one has soy sauce flavour

January 29, 2012 0 comment

Meeting with Re-Ment distributor

by modes4u April 15, 2010

The official Hong Kong distributor of Re-Ment visited us at our office today because we are very interested in selling Re-Ment products in our shop. If you don’t know who or what Re-Ment is: Re-Ment is a famous Japanese company making miniature sets of food, licensed characters, animals and more. They would fit perfectly into our collection and we are sure our customer will love them as well. Of course we plan to order from Re-Ment directly in the future (we usually order directly from the manufacturers without any middlemen involved), but for now, we want to test the market and order smaller quantities first. Below you can see some of my favorite Re-Ment sets: