Why Tiny Food Is So Popular In Japan

"Not a tool, but mini tableware," says our co-founder, Amanda Hesser. We certainly wouldn't mind if this cute lil' kangaroo salt cellar were hopping around the table, adding a dash of seasoning to all sorts of dishes.

Its menu offers a wide range of delicacies from Japanese cuisine, such as Oyakudon (親子丼/chicken and scrambled eggs on rice) and Sushi (寿司), to Western choices like Galette and chocolate mousse. Each video has amassed a few million views and hundreds or thousands of likes. The chefs are not much different from regular chefs — they are even fussy in terms of which knife to use. AsThe Atlanticdescribes it, the feeling is akin to a "brain orgasm." And some studies suggest ASMR may relieve some people's symptoms of anxiety and insomnia.

The dollhouse cook makes fish and chipsin another video.First, they deep-fry the breaded fish on the stove. Then they remove it with a spatula and place the cooked fish on a plate with a tissue to absorb the oil. Next, he tosses the french fries in the hot oil before finally preparing an itty-bitty side salad. The“mini culinaire” on Instagram makes traditional Malaysian dishes and classic treats — except very, very small versions. /r/Cooking is a place for the cooks of reddit and those who want to learn how to cook. Alexis Morillo is the News Writer at Delish.com where she covers breaking food news and viral food trends.

Miniature stoves powered by candles or small pieces of wood can be used to cook the food. We brought you some great miniature food inspired by Paris recently but this next video takes it to a whole new level. The company offers a number of hamster-sized kitchen tools to create a fully-functional miniature kitchen mania at home. The complete miniature kitchen set includes real equipment, so one also needs to be careful while using them. Miniature AAA also offers other mini kitchen appliances including knifes, display cases etc. The miniature kitchen unit available in three colors and can be purchased for $149 at Miniature AAA.

Sometimes it only takes less of the ingredient on hand to scale appropriately. For example, using only a few grains of rice for miniature tuna rolls. Other times, like when cooking eggs, it takes a smaller substitution.

Unlike many other cooking channels, JerryPop isn’t trying to make gourmet miniature food. It’s less about making the food look as real as possible as it’s more about the ミニチュア料理 process of making the food. A majority of the food made on JerryPop comes from powdered packets. The powder is usually mixed with water which turns into a gelatin that can be then modeled. The channel focuses less on the actual taste of the food and more on the intriguing process to make these miniature meals.

And, of course, there's very little cooking involved at all when it comes to making tiny sushi. These videos have become so popular, you can find dishes from all over the world from simple scrambled eggs to a complex curry. Since these foods are made with real ingredients, many of them need heat to be edible. However, your grandmother's dollhouse stove wasn't made to actually cook anything. Instead, these miniacs have to build their own tiny sets with functional stoves.

After all, the traditional hearth some of the videos painstakingly re-create is fast disappearing from the country. The irori in the miso-soup video, for example, recalls old-fashioned farmhouses—from which most young people are a few generations removed. There are tons of YouTube channels dedicated to videos of tiny cooking, and now that the trend has circled back to TikTok, it seems the phenomenon won't be slowing down soon, and for that I am oh, so thankful. But why, exactly, are people so obsessed with these impossibly small creations? In Japanese culture, tiny food exemplifies the idea of cuteness, which is widely popular throughout Japanese society. In the U.S., this concept is no doubt also part of its conscious, or subconscious, appeal.

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Tiny chef Wendy Mini City believes showing her face would ruin the illusion of her tiny kitchen. They can last anywhere from three to 20 minutes, but generally you'll find them in the five to 10 area. Yet as short as they are, making them is an incredibly time-consuming endeavor. So next time you're binging miniature cooking shows, just remember that whoever posted it actually went through a painstaking process just for a few minutes of your enjoyment.