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Get Ready for New Year's Now by Pre-Ordering a Sumptuous Pokeball Feast
posted on by Bamboo Dong
It may feel a little too early to start planning for the end of the year, but not if you want to reserve a traditional Japanese New Year osechi feast, packaged in a Pokeball juubako.
Packaged meal company Kenkosansai's two-tiered Pokeball is packed with delectable bites, many of which are traditional foods with symbolic meanings.
- chicken vegetable rolls
- salmon sashimi rose
- pineapple stars
- mochi kinchaku (rice cake-stuffed tofu)
- heart-shaped carrots
- chestnut paste
- chestnut compote
- demi-glace hamburger
- tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette)
- imitation crab kamaboko (fish paste) and cheese roll
- salmon roe
- crab claws
- candied baby peaches
- sakura-shaped radish
Layer 2:
- Red and white kamaboko
- datemaki (sweet rolled omelette)
- seaweed-wrapped pork rolls
- simmered shrimp
- black soybeans
- plum mochi
- herring roe
- kumquat compote
- shredded kintoki ninjin carrots
- dried sardines
- pine needles
- strawberry daifuku
Each meal costs 13,500 yen (about US$126), and will be delivered frozen to most Japanese households or businesses. It is ready to eat after thawing.
[Via Hachima Kikou]