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Interesting ceramic dish, in which "Itsukushima" Shinto Shrine art appears, when filled with soy sauce. (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 month ago by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/foodporn@lemmy.world
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This has been featured around the Innernet recently, so why not here? Personally, my biggest skepticism is that I suspect it actually needs a mix of dark soy sauce and a much lighter sauce that floats on top?

I dunno though, maybe the 'trenches' are so deep that it works with simple soy sauce? Pretty dang clever, either way.

In the spirit of Starship Troopers, if you'd like to know more:
https://www.boredpanda.com/dishes-sauce-images-appear-3d-print-japanese-redestu/

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I got this one and a couple others like it in Tokyo.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I like this one better.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So it really just works with nothing but soy sauce..?

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Yes. I'm not sure why this is hard to understand. The deeper areas are darker because they hold more sauce.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Sorry. Didn't realize I had to be a major genius. /s

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Deeper areas are darker? Oh yeah, then explain why a flat swimming pool has dark patterns on the bottom! Checkmate, translucency believers. /s

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A flat swimming pool wouldn't hold any water, you're thinking of a parking lot

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear, parking lot is now full of soy sauce

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How can you tell? Did a shrine or cat appear?

[–] SourGumGum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or a shrine to a cat?

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Redundant. All shrines are for cats.

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[–] Pupschism@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Soy sauce would work like an ink. Here's a picture of watercolour inks, each column is one ink, with each row representing how much ink is soaked in.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you recommend which is tastiest?

[–] Pupschism@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Unburnt kikkoman

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[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nothing suspicious about it, dark but not fully opaque fluids like soy sauce start out light but get darker as it gets deeper

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like water, I guess?

Looks so clear and 'pure,' but then when you fill the pool up..?

[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly so, except that soy sauce needs a lot less to show the effect!

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

GOOD point.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing suspicious about it

Bullshit.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got these (and the chopstick holders) as a wedding gift from a friend in Japan, we either used kikoman low sodium or the soy sauce that was included with the sushi

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[–] null@lemmy.org 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now clean it.

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 13 points 1 month ago

I have 2 of these, one with a cat and the other with a fish. They wash off super easy. It’s just soy sauce.

[–] 33550336@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I just wanted to write that it must be hard to wash.

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Gorgeous as a piece of art, mildly infuriating to be served this in a restaraunt... I want to dip in the sauce and be able to get to it.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean... you still can?
Also, this would be some high-end place no doubt, so you could basically ask for and receive whatever type of dish to fulfill your heart's content, I should think.

(killer avatar, btw)

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Bring me a pitcher of your finest soy sauce my good man”

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

"Tell you hwat-- bring me a pig on a stick, and fry 'em up good!"

"And bring the lady something for a dollar-and-a-half!"

The Love God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-SJ71VAJ4

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

(killer avatar, btw)

Thanks! Self-killer to be precise. It's an interesting read leading up to that work: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-final-shocking-self-portrait-of-richard-gerstl

you could basically ask for and receive whatever type of dish to fulfill your heart’s content

For sure, I just hate the waste. You can never get to the dip inside the grooves and if you're in a nice place you're not pouring out of it onto your dish... I mean you can but etiquette and all lol

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean you can but etiquette and all lol

GAIJIN-SMASH! :D

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah I can get behind this!! 😂

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I bet with an absorbent food like rice balls you could pick up most of the sauce.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think we tend to use too much soy sauce anyway so this might be a sneaky way to make you use less?

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

If the itamae didn't want me submerging my nigiri in soy sauce, he would have made it more buoyant.

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[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

That is cool as fuck.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, I'd recommend tamari instead. I don't think it's as traditional for sushi, but it's less salty and richer. It seems less likely to overpower the fish rather than complement it.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Ponzu ftw

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Ooh, clever!

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