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If someone were to utter the words “broccoli fish” to you, you’d probably have all sorts of horrid images appearing in your mind.

However, that isn’t the case at all. Instead of some monster from the deep sea, or some vile recipe, a broccoli fish is actually a beautiful food carving made by Japanese artist Gaku.

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He is a food artist – literally – but not in the conventional chef way. He is known for his take on the traditional craft of Thai fruit carving. But he is also a master of the Japanese technique called mukimono, which involves carving images into the skins of fruits and vegetables or carving them into these beautiful shapes and images.

One of his vegetable carvings that have really caught the attention of the internet was the fish he carved out of a stalk of broccoli:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXYrDNoF-V_/

The broccoli fish took Gaku roughly three hours to create, but it is nothing short of stunning! Not only is it intricately designed with the scales and all, but it is also made to look like it’s frozen in the middle of leaping out of water.

It is incredible to think that this was once a regular stalk of broccoli! But Gaku managed to turn it into pure art. We seriously cannot get over the magnificence of it all – absolutely stunning for sure. This is one person who can get away with playing with his food.

Check out some of his other incredible carvings below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSb-Kq_lqug/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWabpsrFLsi/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CT6SRFMlRxN/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8c56oFsoq/

https://www.instagram.com/p/COQLC6Hlbat/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPkkxbJF8JK/

What do you think of his work? Have you ever attempted to create art with food? Let us know!