i just ordered some new bento boxes from j-list and one off ebay.
round totoro bento with miso bowl
this is a fairly unique collectors item! i couldn’t resist. also, i pack a miso soup ball on occasion, so with a small container of rice or onigiri, i think this could work great. he doesn’t like donburi, but i do, so it would work great for that as well.
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large rectangular dokodemoissho bento
i hope it’s not too girly for the boy!! it’s a larger size bento in a nice green color, and i like the angles on it.
[edit: he says it's not too girly; he likes it cuz the cat looks stoney, making the bright green color very appropriate.. haha.. furthermore he has ok'ed the use of hello kitty bento accessories in his bentos. i am so glad he is a man who is secure in his masculinity ;D ]
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this looks like a good box for rolled items like sushi pouches, vegetables rolled in beef, or tamagoyaki. i like the dark blue. i’ll need to pack some onigiri or something else in a seperate container for this to be enough food, but i really like the shape.
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more totoro! i couldn’t resist. one is a little more masculine (as in, not pink) so i think it will work great for salads or fruit or other dessert to add to the lunch.
i am a super big naruto fan, and when i was looking for bento boxes on ebay, i saw this and couldn’t resist. the seller also has naruto and sasuke boxes. i didn’t get naruto because it’s a little too bright for the kinds of lunches i pack. i think if i was more into decorative bento, i would totally go for it. that and i really liked the design on the kakashi box.
here’s a sample of an assembled bento in the naruto bento series, thought i’d post it just cuz it’s a good example of how to assemble a bento:
packed in a hurry cuz of the sleater-kinney and quasi at the showbox. looking back i could have arranged his bento waaaay better.
tonight, i made a very mild japanese curry (S&B Golden Curry in Mild flavor). the boy can’t handle spicy foods (but i love them!). my mom used to make this brand and she is also sensitive to spicy foods, so i figured he could handle it. and he liked it. yay!
clockwise from left: kiwi and mandarin oranges (to be removed when re-heated, i mean who likes cold curry.. not me), pork tonkatsu (attempted to draw a heart with tonkatsu sauce but it sort of oozed), chicken curry, pickled radish, and the white stuff is rice.
so apparantly the bento i packed for him yesterday was too much food. if i could go back, i would have only put one piece of salmon and filled the other half of the compartment with rice, and then i would have had less hijiki and put some mandarin or kiwi slices there instead. so now that i have a better sense of his portions, i predict that he will not finish the rice and might leave a little curry.
clockwise from left: chicken curry, ryakko, pickled radish, kiwi and persimmon, pork tonkatsu (fudged the heart.. again)
i apologize for the poor quality. i’m using an apple isight webcam way out of context, so the food looks all bland and yellow when really it’s quite the colorful combo. in actuality, the raddish is very red.
