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Have you seen restaurant food samples that do not spoil? They are fake foods or food models made from plastic and other inedible things.  Restaurants, cafes, fine diners and food courts use realistic fake food to attract customers and entice them to try the real food. You may find fake beer and ramen that are carefully crafted to resemble the real food. 

The replica ramen will have its sauce glace akin to the real ramen. Making such fake food samples is a million dollar industry in Japan. The makers use shellac, wax, urethane rubber, glue, model magic, acrylic varnish, sawdust, newspaper, plaster of paris, glitter and white acrylic caulk to make replica food models. 

For faster faux food making, others order a ready to make fake food kits such as the Do it yourself beer kit and ramen.

The food modeller will also use tools such as spackle, industrial sponge, icing spatula and scissors to refine their craft. If you happen to visit one of the Japanese food courts or restaurants, make sure that you select the real ramen and treat the faux foods as models, otherwise, you'll be chewing a bunch of newspaper and shellac paint. Restaurants use faux food to show the customers what they should expect, on the other, these food models may not be accurate representations if they are exaggerated.

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