I Was Always Told,

not to play with my food as a kid,

 but that can change as you get older, all photographs © Takehiro Kishimoto,

  Japanese chef and food artist Takehiro Kishimoto, shows us how to turn fruits and vegetables into intricately carved sculptures that are literally too beautiful to eat, 

using sharp handheld blades, Kishimoto combines the centuries-old art of Thai fruit carving with the Japanese art of Mukimono to decorate apples, carrots, broccoli, and broad beans with geometric patterns and elaborate designs, we have in fact featured the artist before,

Kishimoto shares videos on his Instagram, where he also writes that he hopes the Thai carving tradition will spread around the world, with more than 284,000 followers watching flowers bloom from stalks and carrots become interlocking chains, I would guess his hopes will come true.