Happy food
November 28, 2006
I was in a shopping centre in Silom - the main business/hooker/gay area of town - recently when I came across (figuratively speaking, of course) this wonderful little thing outside a seafood noodle restaurant. I don’t think it’s going too far to say that those little guys, especially the crab, look waaaaaaay too happy to be food!
November 29, 2006 at 1:36 am
I agree. In Buenos Aires, the full sized stuffed bulls outside the steakhouses at least sport a wry expression. They’re not gleefully becoming your dinner. Dr Nostrum
November 29, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Well, other cultures certainly are weird when it comes to food (see recent chicken ass controversy)! I’d like to say wrong, but that might be construed as being a bit racist.
In Korea, in one BBQ pork restaurant, they used to have pictures of live piglets playing together. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I like to think that one was saying something like:
“Look at these little guys, look how cute they are. That one right there - isn’t he adorable? You’re going to eat him.”
November 29, 2006 at 10:13 pm
I remember a place in Sinchon called “Sexy Pig” and had sexy cartoons pigs cavorting on a grill on the sign. We took pictures of it every time we walked past because it never stops being funny! Sexy pigs, good lord.