We bought this at a Japanese shop in NYC when we were there back in October:
It’s a candy food kit that looks like a ‘hamburger steak’ (ie. hamburger patty) and egg lunch when made. We’ve made various candy food items in the past, but this one was so unusual we had to get it. It even includes green beans!
The instructions were daunting, since no English version exists. This was a job for the translator! Unlike similar kits they didn’t provide all the necessary equipment (such as measuring spoons) and I was very surprised to see preparation required milk and microwaving and even over an hour of waiting!
This first piece made was the egg, which is peach and orange flavoured. The yolk and white were made separately, and then the entire thing had to set in the fridge for an entire hour. I was only 75% sure I had followed the instructions correctly, so this was a long wait.
While the egg was setting I made the (melon flavoured) beans, which required a special mold. You can see here that the liquid appeared to spread between the molds to make a film, but when we removed them (much later) the beans separated immediately from the flash. They wiggled around like fishing lures, but on the plate (see below) looked just like actual beans.
The steak was the most in-depth portion, requiring milk and mixing and microwaving and a duration of resting before adding the liquid demi-glacé. Once completed it was astonishingly realistic, and looked much more like a meat patty than a chocolate cake.
It was time to assemble the entire dish:
Look at it! It’s amazing. Even in person it looked incredibly realistic, and not just a microwave chocolate cake with gummy egg and beans. Here’s a close up:
It was very sweet, but the cake was chewy and delicious and the fruit tastes were pleasant. Eating the egg was surreal because it looked so much like a real egg – and even felt like one when you cut it with a spoon – but just tasted of fruit jelly 🙂
This was an incredible kit. It worked perfectly and looked even better than we expected. It’s no wonder my reaction so closely mirrored the guy on the box:
I just read the blog. That kit is amazing. How do they do such great kits ?
To think also, one could eat it. Just amazing.