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LA CARMINA ON FASHION TELEVISION: GOTHIC DARK GLAMOUR EXHIBIT, NEW CUTE FOOD BLOG.


gothic dark glamour exhibit at FIT in NYC. Fashion TV video of museum opening

Reader Marcus spotted me on Fashion Television! This is from the Gothic: Dark Glamour exhibit opening at FIT last August. You can see me twirling around at the beginning of this video. Above is a blurry out-take of the outfit I wore; you can read my review of the museum show here.

Cute cupcakes and latte art, nintendo Super mario cupcakes with cute faces

I’m pleased that you like my new “cute food” blog! Here are some of the adorable eatables that readers have already shared with me. To see more (and submit your own photos), click here.

cute hello kitty jet airplane food, hello kitty cafe in Taiwan cake

The top left photo is from a Hello Kitty theme restaurant in Taiwan, while the top right one is from the Hello Kitty theme jet! There’s a Pokemon Jet too. I wonder… what will the Japanese “theme-ify” next?

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57 Comments

  1. Laura
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

    Ahhh Cute Yummy Time FTW :'D
    I dig the Mario cupcakes.

  2. seed
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

    TOTORO!!!!!! *kawaiiii* ^-^!

  3. Cheyanne
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 10:10 pm | Permalink

    Ooh, I can't wait to find that book. Will be nice for making lunches for university *o*/

  4. Laura
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 3:13 am | Permalink

    Ahhh Cute Yummy Time FTW :’D
    I dig the Mario cupcakes.

  5. Anonymous
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 4:25 am | Permalink

    TOTORO!!!!!! *kawaiiii* ^-^!

  6. Cheyanne
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 6:10 am | Permalink

    Ooh, I can’t wait to find that book. Will be nice for making lunches for university *o*/

  7. Eemi
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 12:46 pm | Permalink

    yumy yumy…….mmmmmmm………. so cute…=)

  8. Eemi
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    yumy yumy…….mmmmmmm………. so cute…=)

  9. Maleva
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 5:06 pm | Permalink

    wonderful video congratulations you this flaring one
    =^.~=

  10. lacarmina
    Posted February 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm | Permalink

    Glad you like it! I've posted many more cute items on http://cuteyummytime.wordpress.com/

  11. Maleva
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 1:06 am | Permalink

    wonderful video congratulations you this flaring one
    =^.~=

  12. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 7:46 pm | Permalink

    From 2005 to 2008, Taiwan's Eva Air even had two Hello Kitty jets! Flyers got Kitty boarding pass, Kitty luggage tag, etc. They even had Hello Kitty toilet paper onboard. XD

    The deal expired last October though…

    Related articles on the official Sanrio Taiwan blog:
    http://blog.sanriotown.com/tw/?s=%E9%95%B7%E6%A

    Click on the titles for images.

    If your browser shows garbled text, adjust the browser character encoding setting to “Unicode (UTF-8).” (I use Firefox. You can find the function under “View” on the browser menu.)

    More Kitty Jet images (Kitty food, Kitty hostess apron, Kitty handsoap, Kitty Jet model plane, Kitty ice cream, Kitty salt and pepper packets, Kitty toothpick packet, etc. etc.)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/richy/sets/1432653/
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fannyjiang/10234108
    http://travel.esdlife.com/whathot/chi/articles….

    Hello Kitty merchandise designed specifically for the Kitty Jet is still on sale at Eva's online shop (in Chinese):
    https://mall.evaair.com/shop_kitty.aspx?pn=4

  13. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 8:10 pm | Permalink

    Something wrong with Disqus… My last comment disappeard. Q_Q

    Inside the Hello Kitty restaurant:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yaoyoungcor/8234756

    If you use Firefox, your browser should automatically adjust the text encoding to “Unicode (UTF-8)” when you visit this link and the links to follow. If it shows garbled text, go to “View,” then “Charcater Encoding,” and select “Unicode (UTF-8).” I don't know where to find this function on IE.

    From 2005 to 2008, Taiwan's Eva Air even had two Hello Kitty jets. Passengers got Kitty boarding pass, Kitty luggage tags and Kitty everything. The hotesses wore Kitty aprons (they didn't seem to have male stewards onboard) and there's even a Kitty boarding area.

    The deal expired last October though.

    Inside the Kitty Jet:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fannyjiang/10234108
    http://flickr.com/photos/richy/sets/1432653/

    And more images of the Kitty restaurant:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yaoyoungcor/8234756

  14. lacarmina
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

    Oh my gosh, these are amazing!
    Have you seen the Hello Kitty Love Hotel?? http://www.kittyhell.com/2007/01/18/hello-kitty
    The blog Hello Kitty Hell is pretty hilarious.

    Ahh, Disqus put your last comment in Spam… maybe because it contained too many links? Hope it doesn't happen again.

  15. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    Got it :)

    I've heard of the Kitty hotel in Taiwan, but I don't think it could be better than the one (ones?) in Japan. There are also a Hello KItty love hotel (um, you know the kind they have in Japan…?) and Kitty Suites in some hotel(s?) in Taiwan.

    Hello Kitty cattage:
    http://www.hk007.com/viewthread.php?tid=220000

    Hello Kitty suite in a 5-star hotel:
    http://clplayer.pixnet.net/album/set/13387376

    official hotel suite page in English:
    http://www.grand-hilai.com.tw/english/room_04.htm

    I can't believe I'm posting and Googling Kitty things…. I've been allergic to Kitty since.. I dunno, 5??? LOL.

  16. lacarmina
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    Oh wow, I'm going to post some of the food photos on my other blog. Let me know if you find other cute food pics!

  17. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 9:06 pm | Permalink

    If you want Kitty food and Kitty food product pictures… Gawd, I can sit here all day just posting links!

    Links to Hello Kitty merch pictures (including food, of course) on two popular Taiwanese blog sites:
    http://tw.info.search.yahoo.com/search/wretch?p

    http://www.pixnet.net/sa/hello+kitty+

    Hello Kitty mahjong set:
    http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=yumi022

    Have fun in Kitty Hell ; )

  18. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

    Ugh. My bad. You did mention Kitty love hotel.

    I've been up for four hours without eating anything and have been feeling dizzy. Time to hunt for food….

  19. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 9:28 pm | Permalink

    Hello Kitty theme room in a Taiwanese love hotel:
    http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=karohot

    This is the hotel's offical album.

    No SM equipment in room. I think the front desk might find you some if you ask. LOL.

  20. nign
    Posted February 28, 2009 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

    kawaii bento pics… took me no time to find these.

    I faintly recall having seen most of them elsewhere, so you probably have too.

    All pages are in Traditional Chinese.

    http://w.kusos.com/37675.htm

    http://www.baby-kingdom.com/?uid-81633-action-v

    http://haha0512.pixnet.net/blog/post/22214827

    panda cake
    http://www.travel-web.com.tw/Show/images/News/6
    looks like bean-shaped sponge cake dipped in chocolate on both ends.
    should be very portable.

  21. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 3:46 am | Permalink

    From 2005 to 2008, Taiwan’s Eva Air even had two Hello Kitty jets! Flyers got Kitty boarding pass, Kitty luggage tag, etc. They even had Hello Kitty toilet paper onboard. XD

    The deal expired last October though…

    Related articles on the official Sanrio Taiwan blog:
    http://blog.sanriotown.com/tw/?s=%E9%95%B7%E6%A6%AE

    Click on the titles for images.

    If your browser shows garbled text, adjust the browser character encoding setting to “Unicode (UTF-8).” (I use Firefox. You can find the function under “View” on the browser menu.)

    More Kitty Jet images (Kitty food, Kitty hostess apron, Kitty handsoap, Kitty Jet model plane, Kitty ice cream, Kitty salt and pepper packets, Kitty toothpick packet, etc. etc.)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/richy/sets/1432653/
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fannyjiang/10234108
    http://travel.esdlife.com/whathot/chi/articles.php?id=1096

    Hello Kitty merchandise designed specifically for the Kitty Jet is still on sale at Eva’s online shop (in Chinese):
    https://mall.evaair.com/shop_kitty.aspx?pn=4

  22. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 4:10 am | Permalink

    Something wrong with Disqus… My last comment disappeard. Q_Q

    Inside the Hello Kitty restaurant:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yaoyoungcor/8234756

    If you use Firefox, your browser should automatically adjust the text encoding to “Unicode (UTF-8)” when you visit this link and the links to follow. If it shows garbled text, go to “View,” then “Charcater Encoding,” and select “Unicode (UTF-8).” I don’t know where to find this function on IE.

    From 2005 to 2008, Taiwan’s Eva Air even had two Hello Kitty jets. Passengers got Kitty boarding pass, Kitty luggage tags and Kitty everything. The hotesses wore Kitty aprons (they didn’t seem to have male stewards onboard) and there were even Kitty boarding areas at several airports.

    The deal expired last October though.

    Inside the Kitty Jet:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fannyjiang/10234108
    http://flickr.com/photos/richy/sets/1432653/

    And more images of the Kitty restaurant:
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yaoyoungcor/8234756

  23. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 12:05 am | Permalink

    You probably have seen this?

    Hello Kitty bento-making tool sets:
    http://item.rakuten.co.jp/thrive/kh_7set/
    http://www.rakuten.co.jp/honest/325532/1819894/

  24. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 12:09 am | Permalink

    Will Disqus think I'm spamming if I post within short intervals? Mmmmm….

    I think this one is ingenious:
    http://item.rakuten.co.jp/smilezakka/20007/
    making boiled eggs with cute yoke shapes

    kawaii bento-making tools on Rakuten:
    http://esearch.asahicom.rakuten.co.jp/rms/sd/es

    Rakuten now ships internationally.
    http://event.rakuten.co.jp/borderless/index_en….

  25. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 12:14 am | Permalink

    Asahi News has a semi-regular bento feature that showcases reader submissions. It occasionally features kawaii bentos.
    http://www.asahi.com/food/obento/index.html

    Other major newspapers don't seem to have similar columns.

    My bet is if you send in a submission and emphasizing that you're of non-Japanese heritage, was raised aboard and simply a fan of Japanese kawaii bentos, they'll be dying to publish you. ; )

  26. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 5:28 am | Permalink

    Hello Kitty theme room in a Taiwanese love hotel:
    http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=karohotel&book=4

    This is the hotel’s official album.

    No SM equipment in room. I think the front desk might find you some if you ask. LOL.

  27. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 8:05 am | Permalink

    You probably have seen this?

    Hello Kitty bento-making tool sets:
    http://item.rakuten.co.jp/thrive/kh_7set/
    http://www.rakuten.co.jp/honest/325532/1819894/#1402675

  28. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 4:58 am | Permalink

    This will save you a lot of time scouting and gives you more time ogling at kawaii things I suppose!

    Excite! Japan's Woman portal has a hand-picked Today's Kawaii mini portal, linking to all things the editors find super kawaii posted by users on its blogging site, and all are neatly organized by category:
    http://woman.excite.co.jp/life/kawaii/

    And kawaii bentos of course…
    http://woman.excite.co.jp/life/kawaii/tag/%82%A

  29. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    This will save you a lot of time scouting and gives you more time ogling at kawaii things I suppose ;)

    Excite! Japan’s Woman portal has a hand-picked Today’s Kawaii mini portal, linking to things users posted on its blogging site that the editors find super kawaii, and all are neatly organized by category:
    http://woman.excite.co.jp/life/kawaii/

    And kawaii bentos of course…
    http://woman.excite.co.jp/life/kawaii/tag/%82%A8%95%D9%93%96

    • lacarmina
      Posted March 1, 2009 at 9:59 pm | Permalink

      Oh WOW, this is so helpful.Thanks – I’ll put them up!

      • nign
        Posted March 2, 2009 at 1:41 am | Permalink

        You’re welcome. ;)

        I was just raking my brain to see what places for kawaii things I’ve cOme across and repressed the horrible, horrible memory…..

        Your blog has become my Kawaii Overload PTSD therapy session. XD

  30. 1000_
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

    goth lolita is so cool

  31. lacarmina
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 1:59 pm | Permalink

    Oh WOW, this is so helpful.Thanks – I'll put them up!

  32. 1000_
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    goth lolita is so cool

  33. nign
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    You're welcome. ;)

    I was just raking my brain to see what places for kawaii things I've cOme across and repressed the horrible, horrible memory…..

    Your blog has become my Kawaii Overload PTSD therapy session. XD

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    i love such well decorated food. It just increase my appetite ..lol

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    i love such well decorated food. It just increase my appetite ..lol

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