▁the ▁practice . ▁The ▁king ▁also ▁requested ▁that ▁fruit ▁car ving ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁primary ▁school ▁curr icul um . ▁Th ailand ▁fruit ▁car ving ▁features ▁flowers , ▁birds ▁and ▁fl oral ▁patterns . ▁ ▁Japan ▁The ▁Japanese ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁presentation ▁of ▁a ▁d ish ▁and ▁how ▁the ▁plate ▁a est het ically ▁appe als ▁to ▁others . ▁F ruit ▁car ving ▁in ▁Japan ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁M uk im ono . ▁M uk im ono ▁began ▁in ▁ancient ▁Japan ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁make ▁d ishes ▁more ▁appe aling ▁since ▁the ▁food ▁was ▁placed ▁and ▁served ▁on ▁an ▁ung laz ed ▁pot tery ▁plate , ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁rough ▁look ▁to ▁it . ▁Che fs ▁would ▁cover ▁the ▁plate ▁in ▁leaves ▁and ▁would ▁fol d ▁them ▁into ▁different ▁designs ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁d ish ▁look ▁better . ▁This ▁technique ▁eventually ▁turned ▁into ▁car ving ▁fruit ▁that ▁would ▁also ▁be ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁pl ates ▁to ▁enh ance ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁d ish . ▁At ▁first , ▁when ▁this ▁technique ▁came ▁out , ▁vend ors ▁on ▁the ▁streets ▁would ▁add ▁car ved ▁fruit ▁to ▁their ▁food ▁when ▁customers ▁made ▁a ▁special ▁request , ▁but ▁now ▁it ▁is ▁very ▁common ▁for ▁all ▁Japanese ▁d ishes ▁to ▁feature ▁car ved ▁f ruits . ▁F ruit ▁car ving ▁and ▁g arn ishing ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁significant ▁part ▁of ▁Japanese ▁chef ▁training . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁The ▁art ▁of ▁fruit ▁car ving ▁uses ▁many ▁different ▁▁ ▁tools , ▁ ▁usually