You Will Find It Hard To Believe That This Woman’s Photos Of Japanese Hospital Food Are Real
Good food makes everything approximately 2,37 septillion times better. Yes, even giving birth. Recently, Imgurian jenkinsinjapan gave birth in Mito, Japan, and the hospital meals she had were so tasty, she just had to share them online. In the blink of an eye, her post went viral, leaving the entire internet drooling.
“My c-section wasn’t planned so the food I got wasn’t really pre-surgery food. I couldn’t eat most of it anyway!” Turns out, she just got served what most of the patients at the hospital eat on a daily basis. “The meals weren’t specifically for people in labour. I’m not sure pregnancy food restrictions still apply when the baby is on its way out!”
“It was a little privately owned OB-GYN clinic, but the costs were mostly covered by standard insurance! <…> I paid some extra but what I paid was pretty standard for most hospitals in the area.” She claimed that normally mommies have to pay about 30% of the total cost. Scroll down to enjoy the photos of those Insta-perfect meals. And if you need more proof that Japanese hospitals are just a step away from becoming high-class restaurants, read another woman’s testimony here.
Pancakes for breakfast (while I was in labour – my husband ate most of it)
Lunch while in labour
Post C-section recovery food (I had 3-4 meals that were like this, only took a picture of this one)
First proper post-surgery meal
French toast for breakfast
Seafood pasta lunch
Afternoon snack
Evening meal
Japanese-style breakfast
Risotto for lunch
Afternoon snack
Birth celebration meal: starters (with non alcoholic sparkling wine)
Birth celebration meal: main course (steak!)
Birth celebration meal: dessert
Soup for breakfast
Pork for lunch
Afternoon snack
Pasta gratin for the evening meal
Final breakfast!
Looking at the pics, people instantly started drooling
i would totally get pregnant and book tickets to japan just for food... not even ashamed to admit it.
Wow...That food is better than the food at a lot of restaurants I've been to!
I believe if we would make healthcare holistic, i. e. Making people feel healthy and educate them how to be healthy, instead of merely threatening them (however good the medical procedures are), we would win so much. And in the long run even they costs of healthcare would decline.
This is one of those things where you have to be careful not to generalize one person's experience to the entire country. This is an important part of her description, "“It was a little privately owned OB-GYN clinic." Public hospitals offer nice food. I was in the hospital twice when I lived in Japan and I enjoyed the few meals I had (I was there for surgery and often not allowed to eat), but this is much, much more extravagent than typical Japanese hospital food.
finally someone to explain it in context ,... thank you
Load More Replies...And this is in Poland :( posilki_w_...ch_10.jpeg z18510995V...ycznym.jpg http://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/R56ktkpTURBXy85YWU4ZGQ0Y2JlZmIzYzkzNWZkOWY1MzU4NTFjZmM4NC5qcGeSlQLNA8AAwsOVAgDNA8DCww posilki-w-...u-g-R1.jpg
QUESTION: What is their health care like? Is it like Canada, where we don't pay anything? Or more like the USA where you pay for everything on your own?
Extremely good, if not the best in the world - personally. Originally from the UK, I always thought the NHS was absolute c**p and private health was pretty much extortion. Here no matter what walk of life you are from, you will get amazing health care. Everyone needs to pay health insurance here but it is taken out of your salary, then the company/government pays the rest. Starts from about ¥20,000 per month so easily affordable and well worth it. One of the many reasons why I haven't been back to the UK for 5 years.
Load More Replies...There was another thread on BP a few months ago on this very subject: https://www.boredpanda.com/hospital-food-japan-birth/
The pictures of this food make me sick. So sick in fact that i don't expect to recover and will have to spend rest of my life in Japanese hospital.
Wow!! Nutrition is so important to recovery and hospital food is so often just the worst. All countries should learn from this example
When I was in hospital (I live in Australia) I dropped some of the scrambled eggs and I SWEAR they bounced
Bear in mind they try to get you in and out of hospital quickly and it is expensive. Also bear in mind that on average, a Japanese person in full time work pays around $3500 per year towards healthcare from their salaries. What they haven't mentioned is that baby delivery costs range from $4500-$9000 depending on insurance, type of delivery, how long you stay, type of room.
I love the little notes that come with snacks. I'd like to know what is written on them!
They're little descriptions of the food. "Today's afternoon tea: Raw chocolate tart, Caffeineless coffee. From (Something) Clinic." "Today's afternoon tea: Framboise and Peach Mousse, Apple Pie, Tea. From (Something) Clinic." "Today's afternoon tea: Banana flan, Caffeineless coffee. From (Something) Clinic." They do look super cute though. (:
Load More Replies...I have a hard time just getting them to give me food when I'm inpatient. -.-
I think bored panda posted the same, or at least a similar article, a few months ago.
On another note....how do you delete your own comments from BP? Sorry for the double comment, just wanted to fix what autocorrect broke. Lol. Sigh.
Wow!!! When I had my son in the States, all they'd allow me to eat, while in labor, was ice chips. Totally should have had him in Japan!! This looks AMAZING!!
Yeah the ice cubes just didn't give me the energy needed for my 38 hours of labor...
Load More Replies...Went to the same hospital a few years apart for chest pains. Couldn't believe how good the food was. Just incredible! Even noticed my husband always visited a meal times. 😂 Asked the nurse about it and she said the cafeteria was run by a restaurant/catering company as opppsed to the hospital itself. Afraid to go to hospital now that I've moved away. 😬
And here am I paying the 1/3 of my payment to the healthcare system, so everyone else can enjoy free heathcare and I shold be happy if I even got food when I get hospitalized. :/
This shouldn't be a revelation and something unusual. Pregnancy isn't a disease and so giving birth isn't one either. Women should receive good, healthy food in good amount, cause they well deserve it. Meanwhile in my country they get a slice of bread with butter and jam for breakfast, a spoon of potatoes, ugly unseasoned boiled piece of chicken breast and shredded carrot...
Wow, it is so hard to believe this is hospital food. This looks like a proper restaurant food. They must have well trained experienced chefs and staff. If the food is this good, I can only imagine how good their facilities are and how amazing their doctors are. I would love to see pictures of the entire hospital.
I once worked as a dishwasher of a hospital kitchen here in Finland and it was sad to see how much food was left uneaten. The food tasted good but the presentation was probably too unappetising because it was usually the hospital staff that made the portions for the patients.
Imaging how the threat and take care of the patient if they put so much attention and time for a meal.
It all looks horrible! It's apparent artistic, but looking closely, nothing looks appetizing. It wouldn't appease hunger.
i would totally get pregnant and book tickets to japan just for food... not even ashamed to admit it.
Wow...That food is better than the food at a lot of restaurants I've been to!
I believe if we would make healthcare holistic, i. e. Making people feel healthy and educate them how to be healthy, instead of merely threatening them (however good the medical procedures are), we would win so much. And in the long run even they costs of healthcare would decline.
This is one of those things where you have to be careful not to generalize one person's experience to the entire country. This is an important part of her description, "“It was a little privately owned OB-GYN clinic." Public hospitals offer nice food. I was in the hospital twice when I lived in Japan and I enjoyed the few meals I had (I was there for surgery and often not allowed to eat), but this is much, much more extravagent than typical Japanese hospital food.
finally someone to explain it in context ,... thank you
Load More Replies...And this is in Poland :( posilki_w_...ch_10.jpeg z18510995V...ycznym.jpg http://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/R56ktkpTURBXy85YWU4ZGQ0Y2JlZmIzYzkzNWZkOWY1MzU4NTFjZmM4NC5qcGeSlQLNA8AAwsOVAgDNA8DCww posilki-w-...u-g-R1.jpg
QUESTION: What is their health care like? Is it like Canada, where we don't pay anything? Or more like the USA where you pay for everything on your own?
Extremely good, if not the best in the world - personally. Originally from the UK, I always thought the NHS was absolute c**p and private health was pretty much extortion. Here no matter what walk of life you are from, you will get amazing health care. Everyone needs to pay health insurance here but it is taken out of your salary, then the company/government pays the rest. Starts from about ¥20,000 per month so easily affordable and well worth it. One of the many reasons why I haven't been back to the UK for 5 years.
Load More Replies...There was another thread on BP a few months ago on this very subject: https://www.boredpanda.com/hospital-food-japan-birth/
The pictures of this food make me sick. So sick in fact that i don't expect to recover and will have to spend rest of my life in Japanese hospital.
Wow!! Nutrition is so important to recovery and hospital food is so often just the worst. All countries should learn from this example
When I was in hospital (I live in Australia) I dropped some of the scrambled eggs and I SWEAR they bounced
Bear in mind they try to get you in and out of hospital quickly and it is expensive. Also bear in mind that on average, a Japanese person in full time work pays around $3500 per year towards healthcare from their salaries. What they haven't mentioned is that baby delivery costs range from $4500-$9000 depending on insurance, type of delivery, how long you stay, type of room.
I love the little notes that come with snacks. I'd like to know what is written on them!
They're little descriptions of the food. "Today's afternoon tea: Raw chocolate tart, Caffeineless coffee. From (Something) Clinic." "Today's afternoon tea: Framboise and Peach Mousse, Apple Pie, Tea. From (Something) Clinic." "Today's afternoon tea: Banana flan, Caffeineless coffee. From (Something) Clinic." They do look super cute though. (:
Load More Replies...I have a hard time just getting them to give me food when I'm inpatient. -.-
I think bored panda posted the same, or at least a similar article, a few months ago.
On another note....how do you delete your own comments from BP? Sorry for the double comment, just wanted to fix what autocorrect broke. Lol. Sigh.
Wow!!! When I had my son in the States, all they'd allow me to eat, while in labor, was ice chips. Totally should have had him in Japan!! This looks AMAZING!!
Yeah the ice cubes just didn't give me the energy needed for my 38 hours of labor...
Load More Replies...Went to the same hospital a few years apart for chest pains. Couldn't believe how good the food was. Just incredible! Even noticed my husband always visited a meal times. 😂 Asked the nurse about it and she said the cafeteria was run by a restaurant/catering company as opppsed to the hospital itself. Afraid to go to hospital now that I've moved away. 😬
And here am I paying the 1/3 of my payment to the healthcare system, so everyone else can enjoy free heathcare and I shold be happy if I even got food when I get hospitalized. :/
This shouldn't be a revelation and something unusual. Pregnancy isn't a disease and so giving birth isn't one either. Women should receive good, healthy food in good amount, cause they well deserve it. Meanwhile in my country they get a slice of bread with butter and jam for breakfast, a spoon of potatoes, ugly unseasoned boiled piece of chicken breast and shredded carrot...
Wow, it is so hard to believe this is hospital food. This looks like a proper restaurant food. They must have well trained experienced chefs and staff. If the food is this good, I can only imagine how good their facilities are and how amazing their doctors are. I would love to see pictures of the entire hospital.
I once worked as a dishwasher of a hospital kitchen here in Finland and it was sad to see how much food was left uneaten. The food tasted good but the presentation was probably too unappetising because it was usually the hospital staff that made the portions for the patients.
Imaging how the threat and take care of the patient if they put so much attention and time for a meal.
It all looks horrible! It's apparent artistic, but looking closely, nothing looks appetizing. It wouldn't appease hunger.
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