Top layer: sake grilled shiitake, pickled daikon, miso marinated grilled chicken
Bottom layer: rice with wakame (not visible) and steamed broccoli
Not bad, huh? I was stuffed by the end of it!
Recipes after the jump.
Showing posts with label bento boxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bento boxes. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bento #2 and #3
Okay, I'm not going to lie. I think I used the wrong recipe for number two. The karaage (Japanese friend chicken) was oishiikunai. Not delicious at all. So I'm not going to bother posting that disaster. This bring us to bento #3:
Not bad, huh? I was stuffed by the end of it!
Recipes after the jump.
Not bad, huh? I was stuffed by the end of it!
Recipes after the jump.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
My first bento!
It's been almost four years since I left Japan. In that final flurry of packing, I left behind my bento box.
That (along with a plastic kiwi knife-spoon) is one of the things I regret leaving behind the most! But, check out what arrived in the mail yesterday:
But, as I was cranky about my messy kitchen, I let it sit on the couch in the kitchen (yes, we have a couch in the kitchen. It's really more like a settee) until after I'd washed up and started on dinner.
My husband couldn't take the suspense, and look what he pulled out:
Oh, I just can't tell you how much I love it! Two layers of pure bento goodness. I foresee greatness in my lunching future!
I agonized over what to make for my first lunch. I know, I know, if I was a good bentoer, I'd do it in the morning, but I like my sleep and I usually throw things together in five minutes.
In the end, I chose to make Bento no.53 from Just Hungry. And set it up in my box. And then ate it.
And then packed round two for tomorrow's lunch.
Why did no one tell me about the pure deliciousness that are king oyster mushrooms? Oh, lord save me now!
That (along with a plastic kiwi knife-spoon) is one of the things I regret leaving behind the most! But, check out what arrived in the mail yesterday:
Ooh! A box! With Japanese tape!
But, as I was cranky about my messy kitchen, I let it sit on the couch in the kitchen (yes, we have a couch in the kitchen. It's really more like a settee) until after I'd washed up and started on dinner.
My husband couldn't take the suspense, and look what he pulled out:
Oh, I just can't tell you how much I love it! Two layers of pure bento goodness. I foresee greatness in my lunching future!
I agonized over what to make for my first lunch. I know, I know, if I was a good bentoer, I'd do it in the morning, but I like my sleep and I usually throw things together in five minutes.
In the end, I chose to make Bento no.53 from Just Hungry. And set it up in my box. And then ate it.
And then packed round two for tomorrow's lunch.
Ta dah!
Le Menu
white rice topped with umeboshi
carrot kinpira
blanched greens with mirin, shoyu & sesame oil
blanched bean sprouts with sansho & salt
sesame beef
king oyster mushrooms braised in butter, mirin and shoyu
Why did no one tell me about the pure deliciousness that are king oyster mushrooms? Oh, lord save me now!
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Cupcake Update!
I went with Martha Stewart's brain cupcakes and, while I thought they were delicious, the alleged Swiss Meringue frosting had TWO POUNDS of butter in it. Two pounds! Sweet Jesus!
Really, it was a light (consistency) buttercream frosting. The recipe said it made enough for 28 cupcakes... but based on my leftovers, I'd say it frosts more like 36-40. I had more than two cups leftover.
Still. Delicious. My students told me it was too buttery though.
Whatever. They're a bunch of 13 year olds. What do they know except grocery store frosting?
Onward to my latest excitement - I've finally ordered bento boxes for my husband and I. Of all the things I really wish I'd brought from Japan, my steel panda bento box is one of the things I miss the most. That and my pig bowl. Oh! And my kiwi knife-spoon (it came with a package of golden kiwis). See the picture? That's exactly what it looked like.
I miss it.
Anyway, since we bring our lunches to work everyday, I've been meaning to buy us bento boxes for ages. I just couldn't commit to a design though. That, and the ones I've seen in Toronto go for 30$ for something I KNOW could be bought at a hyaku-en shop.
I went with Martha Stewart's brain cupcakes and, while I thought they were delicious, the alleged Swiss Meringue frosting had TWO POUNDS of butter in it. Two pounds! Sweet Jesus!
Really, it was a light (consistency) buttercream frosting. The recipe said it made enough for 28 cupcakes... but based on my leftovers, I'd say it frosts more like 36-40. I had more than two cups leftover.
Still. Delicious. My students told me it was too buttery though.
Whatever. They're a bunch of 13 year olds. What do they know except grocery store frosting?Onward to my latest excitement - I've finally ordered bento boxes for my husband and I. Of all the things I really wish I'd brought from Japan, my steel panda bento box is one of the things I miss the most. That and my pig bowl. Oh! And my kiwi knife-spoon (it came with a package of golden kiwis). See the picture? That's exactly what it looked like.
I miss it.
Anyway, since we bring our lunches to work everyday, I've been meaning to buy us bento boxes for ages. I just couldn't commit to a design though. That, and the ones I've seen in Toronto go for 30$ for something I KNOW could be bought at a hyaku-en shop.
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