The Greatest Food Culture Site Ever*
Music producer Jonathan Dagan, a.k.a. j.viewz, recently visited the produce section, and then recreated Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” with fruits and vegetables.
After first hooking up strawberries, grapes, eggplant, carrots and mushrooms to his keyboard and turntable — Dagan is able to reproduce the sounds of the electronica classic.
Check it out below, and then go ahead and stream Blue Lines for the remainder of the day. You’re welcome.
[link, via Lost At E Minor]
If you enjoy dim sum, and don’t mind it staring back at you, there’s now a Hello Kitty Restaurant.
The adorable cartoon character can be found on various forms of the Chinese cuisine, at a new restaurant in Hong Kong. Although, Hello Kitty was founded in Japan, resto owner Man Kwong says, “Hello Kitty is more popular in Hong Kong than in [her native] Japan.”
See more fun Kitty-themed dishes below and over at the restaurant’s website.
[link, via Distracify]
As long as we’re still using streets, there will be tire-destroying potholes. Too bad, the means still used to fix large holes in the street results in unattractive patchworks.
Treats in the Streets is a fun project by Chicago-based mosaic artist, Jim Bachor. He pretties-up these unfortunate-looking road-fixes by installing ice cream-themed mosaics in them.
Most of the works can be found throughout Chicago. Check out Bachor’s Instagram to help keep track of the exact location of the ice cream mosaics. Just look out for potholes that don’t have ice cream in them.
[link, via Junk Culture]
If you’re looking for jewelry to complement your food-themed couture, artist Katarzyna Korporowicz has just the thing.
Koko With Love is a line of miniature food sculptures, that not only looks exactly like the real thing, but also acts as functional jewelry. See more of Korporowicz’s work here.
[link, via Lost At E Minor]
Following a centuries-old candy-making tradition called Amezaiku, Shinri Tezuka creates hyperrealistic sculptures of fish, frogs and other aquatic life.
The lollies are made by hand with sugar syrup, starch, and organic coloring — so they’re as edible as they are fun to look at. Check out more of Tezuka’s work here.
[link, via Spoon & Tamago]