U.S.-CHICAGO-SWEETS AND SNACKS EXPO

U.S.-CHICAGO-SWEETS AND SNACKS EXPO

(230523) -- CHICAGO, May 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor puts some toppings on an ice cream dish for a visitor at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago, the United States, on May 23, 2023. The 2023 Sweets and Snacks Expo is held at McCormick Place in Chicago from May 22 to May 25. (Photo by Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua)

Prize-winning pizza with Hokkaido lamb, watercress toppings

Prize-winning pizza with Hokkaido lamb, watercress toppings

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2015, shows the pizza topped with lamb from Hokkaido and watercress. The pizza won the grand prix at the Japan local-food-pizza championship in Tokyo organized by JC Comsa Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Monjayaki" pan-fried batter

"Monjayaki" pan-fried batter

Photo taken on March 12, 2018, shows "monjayaki" served at a restaurant in Tsukishima in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. Monjayaki is a flour-based batter topped with shredded cabbage and other ingredients that customers cook by themselves on a hot plate and eat right off the plate. The monjayaki in the photo also contains spicy "mentai" cod roe, "mochi" rice cake and cheese as toppings. Tsukishima is famous for its many monjayaki restaurants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sushi-resembling diapers prove popular as baby gift in Japan

Sushi-resembling diapers prove popular as baby gift in Japan

Noriyuki Monda, an employee of Wire Mama, a childcare information magazine publisher in Tokushima, shows an assortment of sushi-resembling diapers with baby soaps and bibs used as colorful "toppings" to resemble squid and shrimp, in the western Japanese city on Sept. 4, 2017. Taking a hint from the western practice of giving a "diaper cake" as a baby shower gift, Monda developed a "diaper sushi," which has been a big hit since the company started its sale in 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo