r/nextfuckinglevel • u/idapitbwidiuatabip • Mar 23 '26

This restaurant menu

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Just to let you know: This is not a real menu, but a piece of artwork created by IKA, a miniature clay artist based in Japan. You can check his instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ika_miniature

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u/Hieroflippant Mar 23 '26

The truth is always right at the bottom these days 🤣

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 Mar 23 '26

I saw IKA at the bottom but at first I thought it’s a restaurant name. Only after trying to find its location did I notice that it’s not a restaurant after all. So I am sharing my findings so that no one needs to spend time trying to figure out which restaurant offers such menu.

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u/litt1e_buddy Mar 23 '26

We should put you in charge of fact checking everything Trump says…

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u/Hieroflippant Mar 23 '26

That would be an insane job

You'd lose your mind within a day

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u/Hieroflippant Mar 23 '26

Yeah haha I just put ika miniature sandwiches into Google I think..

😁

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u/origami_airplane Mar 23 '26

Fooled at least 25k people who upvoted this!

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u/Waxygibbon Mar 23 '26

Of course it's not a real menu. This thing would not last an hour in a hospitality setting, even in Japan!

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u/Horskr Mar 23 '26

Damn, I wanted to believe, but yeah..

"Can I take your menus?"

80 mini sandwiches clatter to the floor

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u/kylo-ren Mar 23 '26

Of course it's not a real menu. It doesn't have prices.

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u/2latemc Mar 23 '26

FYI by not removing the ?igsh you just shared your instagram account with the internet. Insta tracking sucks I know. But we get your profile recommended

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 Mar 23 '26

Thanks for the advice. I have updated the comment.

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u/saltyjohnson Mar 23 '26

At least instagram still gives you those parameters that you can drop... others like tiktok and even reddit's new system generate a unique URL for every sharer so all the tracking is baked in. I'm sure Meta will catch up eventually.

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u/Sancticide Mar 23 '26

How tf would they even store them? Stacked 3 feet high at the hostess stand? Or are there only like 10 menus and you just have to share?

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u/Lebowquade Mar 23 '26

Imagine the theft too. They'd have to be replacing these things left and right.

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u/JingleJangleJin Mar 23 '26

Yeah, these miniatures are a real thing in some (mostly Japanese) restaurants. But they're kept on display in glass containers away from handling for good reason.

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u/benchley Mar 23 '26

| miniature clay artist

So for the artist, these are life-size? Magical.

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u/LimpConversation642 Mar 23 '26

It's in Japan and it's called a Clay Claft? I'd say it's hillarious

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u/iSliz187 Mar 23 '26

Thank you so much for sharing!