Crabs on the beach

Hehe I put my crabbies on the beach to day :-)

Using half the container as a rice dish make the bento soo much easier and I think looks pretty.

The other side has chilli egg and eggplant, gyoza and pork cooked in gyodon style (note the use of mayo on top)

Tomorrows lunch is going to be onigiri XD


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Indochine

So I wanted some indonesiean food at home and went a head and made some. One of my favorite recipes from when I was a child is pork in dark soy and add one of my favorite recipes from today chili eggplant and egg and it's a winning combination.

But I spent too much time cooking so I did not make the bento pretty but rest assured it was damn tasty!



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Daikon and carrot salad

This is actually yesterdays lunch. But I forgot to put it up until now.. Woolies had daikon in like they randomly do so I brought some wondering what to make I found a recipe for daikon and carrot salad. It's pretty easy just chop vegetables and some rice vinager and put in fridge for a day ... Good thing I made it early!



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Tempura bento

So friday I also made a bento for my sister, landrin and myself. I made a favorite in my house, karage chicken~

I think I am getting better at portions, I dd not have any gaps that I had to madly try and think of any thing XD



For today's lunch I kept it very simple cause tempura can be over powering in texture. Sesame rice, salty cucumbers and mixed tempura.

Yesterday at the shop I found cute little sauce containers so I made the tempura dipping sauce to go with lunch~



I am already excited about making tomorrows :-) it's going to have gyoza!

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Hokkien noodles

Menu: vegetable and hokkien noodles, potato salad, sweet apple and egg.

Simple and tast, though if I had a few more minutes I would had done something with the egg.



Left over bento!
Menu: taco sandwich, curry egg, potato salad, brocolli, and sweet apple dumpling sandwiches.


I first tried to make dumpling taco sandwiches but the mince kept spliting the bottom :( Australian bread is not great for pocket sandwiches as I have to be super careful with the crusts as there is only just enough room for the press.

But I am very happy with the apple sandwiches, landrin has been a huge fan of the sweet apples so I have been doing them all week but I wanted to mix it up today :-D

If they are good I might experiment more with sweet sandwiches. The dumpling style is good for low level of filling where the more traditional sandwich press is better for higher level of fillings.

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Teady bear

Being a Sunday yesterday I had more time to work on my bento. Since I had not done a face bento in a while I just had to make a teady bear bento, and yes landrin has one too!


Menu: mini chicken drumsticks, potato salad, salad, teady bear rice and simmered sweet apple.

The teady bear was hard and he did not come out as cute as the book but I think he's pretty awesome for my first go. I was ment to make a egg mesh but ended up just making an omlette, though I now see how I can make a mesh and might try it another day this week just to see if I can. Since the patty was too thick I cut it in half to make the face and the rest is thanks to food dye and cheese.

The eyes and face are the hardest as I don't have a nori punch, though I think I shall get one when I am in japan in 6 weeks XD I have my shopping list ready~

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Somen noodles

Easter is over, back to making my lunch. But there is always room for left over Easter eggs.


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