Posted in asian (generic), bento, japanese, rice, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back from vacation with a bento to sweeten my workday tomorrow in a pretty new box!
The upper layer (in front) contains stirfried Japanese broccoli in soy and pad thai sauce, miso flavored tamagoyaki with spinach, breaded tofu and a fishy with chili, vinegar and soy dressing for the tofu (which didn’t get salty enough in [...]
Posted in japanese, tagged gas stove, sukiyaki on June 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I bought a portable gas stove at the Japanese store recently!
It says outdoor use only but I bet none of the Japanese people that are buying things from the store believe that. So I didn’t either.
Mmm, salmon sukiyaki. Just like regular one, minus the meat but plus thinly sliced salmon. (I didn’t have chinese cabbage [...]
Posted in bento, japanese, pasta, tagged bento on June 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Cold noodles with a dressing of sesame oil, mirin, soy, sugar and lemon juice topped with woked veggies, salmon and prawns. It’s a recipe adapted from a restaurant food I had a while ago - and just the right thing for summer!
In the small compartments are more noodles with spring onions topped by a fishy [...]
Posted in bento, fish, japanese, tagged sushi on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Salmon roe and avocado slices on sushi rice (decorated with some spring onion and black sesame), soy fishy on top of wakame salad, a pickled ginger rose, and 2 inarizushi as dessert.
The BF gets the same and some leftover teriyaki salmon (smeared with a miso mixture before baking, which is REALLY delicious!) on a salad [...]
Posted in baking, bento, breakfast, japanese, sushi on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nigiri with salmon roe, tamagoyaki, avocado, enoki mushrooms and fried tofu on sushi rice.
The box held up nicely by the way :) It doesn’t seem to leak anything poisonous and was easy to wash.
The BF gets the same - and since he specifically asked me to buy more sugarpeas, he gets some more of those. [...]
Posted in bento, japanese, mediterranean, tapas, thai on May 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I found a new “bentobox” at IKEA! It’s not specifically made for food, but should take not-too-soggy food OK. It holds 2×380ml, which is a very nice portion size, does not lock tight by itself (so you’ll need a furoshiki) but does have a nice handle on top. Will report on how well the box [...]
Posted in asian (generic), bento, japanese, vegetarian, tagged bento on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Starting at the top: Tamagoyaki, a bottle with spicy soy and vinegar and one with fizz (another bento’er uses them for sauces but I have to eat the fizz first!), 3 inarizushi, 4 dumplings on salad and 3-color bell pepper and sugar snap pea stirfry.
BF gets the same plus half a donut. I ate the [...]
Posted in bento, fish, japanese, rice, tagged bento, fish, rice, salmon, stirfry on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Salmon teriyaki with vegetable stirfry and steamed rice, tomato and pea sprouts decoration.
I make my teriyaki sauce myself with Mirin and Japanese soysauce in about equal amounts, a spoonful of honey (I think orange blossom honey would be phantastic! I have to get me some to try) and fresh crushed garlic and ginger. Instead of [...]
Posted in asian (generic), bento, japanese on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m not very fond of the arrangement in this bento - it has all the contents of Japanese bentos, but the arrangemetn seems cramped and uninspired. Maybe it’s the round muffin cups - they are a little too high and wide for the bento. Maybe I should get some of those rectangular one-time use cups [...]
Posted in bento, japanese, korean, thai, tagged blue food, blue sushi, food colour, maki, onigiri, pad thai, rice, sushi, yakinori on March 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I dyed more eggs yesterday… then the weird idea rode me to make blue sushi rice. Why, I’ll never know.
It became a LOT as well, so the freezer is full of blue riceballs now…
The rolls are wrapped in tiny seasoned nori cut in half, as that was all I had left, and filled with carrot [...]
