Japanese Mom Of 3 Is Incredibly Skilled At Preparing Beautiful Meals For Her Kids (30 New Pics)
InterviewIf you haven't had breakfast, lunch, or dinner yet, we advise you to get a snack before you delve into this article because Bored Panda is back with Etoni Mama! This Japanese woman became a master at turning food into works of art that are almost too cute to be eaten.
Etoni Mama started creating dishes with fun and playful details to make it look more appetizing for her 3 lucky children (a 13-year-old, 11-year-old, and 9-year-old daughter). The woman revealed that the food she makes for her kids should not only look good but be delicious as well, and watching these photos we are sure that her creations tick all the boxes.
Has your mouth started watering yet? Have a look at these delicious works of art. If these images won't quench your hunger, check out the previous article featuring Etoni Mama's cute meals by clicking here.
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If it's something she enjoys doing, how is this any different from painting a picture or sculpting? You wouldn't say Michaelangelo had too much time on his hands. She is creating beautiful art, it is something she enjoys doing, and other people can share in the beauty of it. Just because it won't last doesn't mean she shouldn't do it.
Load More Replies...Etoni Mama revealed to Bored Panda that she used to work for a big company for about 20 years, but she found it difficult to raise children while working full-time, so she got a qualification as a childcare worker. Now she is a part-time nursery teacher.
"I started making artsy food in order to interest my second daughter, who has an unbalanced diet, and that was the reason I started making such dishes."
Etoni Mama has mastered the art of kyaraben (character bento), which is the practice of decorating food to look like popular personas, animals, people and plants. In her creations, one can find Woody from Toy Story, Minions, Nemo and many more well-known and lovable characters.
The mad chicken from Moana! [Edit: As informed by my fellow pandas in the comment section below, that mad chicken is called Hei Hei]
To our surprise, Etoni Mama spends around one hour making and decorating one meal. This proves the incredible skills and experience Etoni has gained through the years preparing food for her children. The woman admitted that if she is not that busy with other activities she can spend more time improving the appearance of her meals.
yummy and cute! Just are they gender nuetral as to not put undue pressure on kids lol
The details are astounding! She catches the character in each dish to such a degree that not only are they instantly recognizable, they also capture the feelings, the spirits of each one!
I'm thinking breakfast would be pretty cold by the time she got done doing all that.
Etoni finds inspiration just by looking at the ingredients. She comes up with a character for her meals depending on what kind of products she has. From the little mermaid to Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story, the woman can craft pretty much any character. However, the taste of the food still remains the most important thing.
Those are criminally adorable. I'm curious to know what fruit or vegetable that is.
Doesn't matter how incredible these meals look, Etoni shared that her children are already used to them. Sometimes they don't even spare some critique if they don't like something about the dishes.
Etoni revealed that her goal is to make kids eat a lot, even when they are grown-ups. We could only wonder what she will be preparing for her grandkids!
Etoni's love for this interesting craft has resulted in her not only sharing playful and delicious creations with her kids but also with other people. Right now, she has 180,000 followers on Instagram who cannot hide their appreciation and admiration of Etoni's skills.
The woman has also released a cooking book in which she shares her knowledge on how to make ordinary meals look playful and more appetizing. A real life-saver for other parents!
This is how i recognised her work haha. I've falled her for a while. Absolutely love her creativity and talent
She also said it usually takes her about an hour. She's probably done it enough shes really fast. Ive spent an hour making a meal.
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Who has time to cook like this for their kids? Some of these creations look like they would take hours and hours to pull off.
This is wonderful! Let haters hate, you do you, and who you are is amazing!
Awwww thank you for this! I read it in his timid little voice. <3
Load More Replies...NO ONES...VAIN LIKE GASTON, CAUSES PAIN LIKE GASTON, FALLS TO HIS DEATH IN THE RAIN LIKE GASTON!
No one's slick as Gaston, no one's quick as Gaston, no one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston! For there's no man in town half as manly!
Load More Replies...Not to mention the fact that the guys in the background are praising their dead friends heads.
Load More Replies...These are taiyaki, a fish shaped cake that is commonly sold in Japan (and Korea). They are often filled with bean-paste.
I've always found Pinocchio to be slightly terrifying in general.
Load More Replies...Haha. Like this is still incredible, but for real ...when big hero 6 is your "phone it in" meal...most parents just open a box of Mac and cheese and call it a day.
After looking at all of these I am a very VERY hungry caterpillar.
Load More Replies...Are these crab ragoons? I love crab ragoons but who is the character?
Creative use of agar-agar (vegetarian gelatin substitute) for Mama Coco's hair.
They may have used a X-Acto knife which are commonly used extremely precise cutting
Load More Replies...At first, I thought it was a photoshop thing, those wee little hands!
How does she get the wonton wrapper to get so wrinkly? Steam? Or is it not a won ton wrapper...?
I would think steam, and maybe not filling the it as full as normal so there's extra wrapper to wrinkle up like that?
Load More Replies...That boiled egg is my idea of being cooked to perfection...solid whites and creamy but not quite runny yolk..runny yolks are great with fried eggs but boiled...yummy 😋 I can never quite catch it at this perfect stage it seems. Always just a little more cooked it seems!
Seriously impressive but wondering if some of the food gets cold while decorating.
Thought the same --- Kids: "Mama can we have hot food?" Mom: "We have hot food at home!" Hot food at home: (see above).
Load More Replies...She definitely needs to consider a career in food design and/or styling because she has incredible talent.
And then there's me who's like "here's your Lunchable , I got the good one with Oreos " lmfao
So no one's gonna talk about how the kids are gonna be traumatized having to eat their favorite movie characters? 🤣
Thoase look incredible but I do wonder where she finds the time. I consider it success if I manage to fix something else but cereal.
I upvote this, and add I think it's awesome she finds time to do something she is obviously passionate about. We all need that, and everyone is different. ...I personally use my "me" time doing anything other than cooking or cleaning, but it takes all types. :)
Load More Replies...For the kids? No. For social media fame. Very talented, but let's be honest.
She does do those for her kids because they were picky, her social media fame is just a plus. Not everything is a conspiracy to get likes...
Load More Replies...gorgeous... but kids would take twice more time to eat it while it takes you twice more time to prepare it
Why would it take twice the time to eat these?
Load More Replies...Seriously impressive but wondering if some of the food gets cold while decorating.
Thought the same --- Kids: "Mama can we have hot food?" Mom: "We have hot food at home!" Hot food at home: (see above).
Load More Replies...She definitely needs to consider a career in food design and/or styling because she has incredible talent.
And then there's me who's like "here's your Lunchable , I got the good one with Oreos " lmfao
So no one's gonna talk about how the kids are gonna be traumatized having to eat their favorite movie characters? 🤣
Thoase look incredible but I do wonder where she finds the time. I consider it success if I manage to fix something else but cereal.
I upvote this, and add I think it's awesome she finds time to do something she is obviously passionate about. We all need that, and everyone is different. ...I personally use my "me" time doing anything other than cooking or cleaning, but it takes all types. :)
Load More Replies...For the kids? No. For social media fame. Very talented, but let's be honest.
She does do those for her kids because they were picky, her social media fame is just a plus. Not everything is a conspiracy to get likes...
Load More Replies...gorgeous... but kids would take twice more time to eat it while it takes you twice more time to prepare it
Why would it take twice the time to eat these?
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