Yes that's right, the lunch box.
Oh yeah baby! You know you love it, C'mon!
While some us might have dreadful images of our younger school years, having a bag of crisps and a ham & cheese sandwich with no butter, and with the crust still on, cuz our mum was just to damn politically correct to cut the damn thing off, and a banana, like really, who the hell wants to eat a banana at school... What was I saying? I tend to get off topic.
Anyhows, in Japan the lunch box actually has a life of its own, as many of you might have already seen in your interwebbing moments:
Now, these are kiddy orientated of course, and while I would love to spend 2 hours making my food look like a piece of art, I simply don't have the time. Or talent.
You see, even adults have lunch boxes in Japan, albeit not so fancy and artistic.
But, for the last month or so, I've tried to bring my lunch box, or Bento (べんとう, 弁当) to work whenever possible (That means when I actually bother to cook dinner and make enough for the next day). There are several reasons, one of them being that ever since I've started grad school, my finances have taken a bit of a shaking and eating out everyday was one of the target areas for saving (better to save on food than online shopping, that's my theory), also because I've been trying to eat a little healthier and avoid processed foods.
I must say, it's been a
So, I know you might be curious as to what my bento looks like, so I kindly took a picture of it today.
Don't mind all the pinkness of it, I'm just really into having girly stuff. The fruit is actually half dessert, half afternoon snack. Needless to say I also have a pink bag to carry all this stuff in, but it fits in my hand bag, so I don't get to shock the black suit wearing locals :(
I expect to start my bento world domination soon, please place your orders. Normal colours are also available.
Oh yeah baby! You know you love it, C'mon!
While some us might have dreadful images of our younger school years, having a bag of crisps and a ham & cheese sandwich with no butter, and with the crust still on, cuz our mum was just to damn politically correct to cut the damn thing off, and a banana, like really, who the hell wants to eat a banana at school... What was I saying? I tend to get off topic.
Anyhows, in Japan the lunch box actually has a life of its own, as many of you might have already seen in your interwebbing moments:
Now, these are kiddy orientated of course, and while I would love to spend 2 hours making my food look like a piece of art, I simply don't have the time. Or talent.
You see, even adults have lunch boxes in Japan, albeit not so fancy and artistic.
But, for the last month or so, I've tried to bring my lunch box, or Bento (べんとう, 弁当) to work whenever possible (That means when I actually bother to cook dinner and make enough for the next day). There are several reasons, one of them being that ever since I've started grad school, my finances have taken a bit of a shaking and eating out everyday was one of the target areas for saving (better to save on food than online shopping, that's my theory), also because I've been trying to eat a little healthier and avoid processed foods.
I must say, it's been a
So, I know you might be curious as to what my bento looks like, so I kindly took a picture of it today.
Don't mind all the pinkness of it, I'm just really into having girly stuff. The fruit is actually half dessert, half afternoon snack. Needless to say I also have a pink bag to carry all this stuff in, but it fits in my hand bag, so I don't get to shock the black suit wearing locals :(
I expect to start my bento world domination soon, please place your orders. Normal colours are also available.
Very, very good! What talented girl you are!
ReplyDeleteI was never into bento... Cold food is not my thing!
And, yes, cut on eating out, but never on the basics, pá!
HEYY QUERO UMA BENTO BOXX COR DXI ROSA... PARA QD AS ENCOMENDAS?*
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