My take on the classic bento!
Barbecue chicken sausages, medium grain Japanese rice, umeko.
Edamame, katsu shrimp, tamagoyaki, cabbage&carrot tsukemono.
This was my bento contest leftover bento. Gah, the tagging system seems a bit messed up…. my Japanese tags turn into random suggestions like “#contactvalve”.
Pasta, pesto, parsley, corn with butter, blueberries, mint, honey.
Creamy tuna pasta mix, sprouts, tomato, shrimp, cocktail sauce.
Here’s my entry for this year’s Bento&Co contest, the theme was pasta. Didn’t make it in the finalists.
Spinach fusilli, carrot, snap peas, polenta, cheese, nori, shrimp, fresh chickpeas, baby zucchini, corn, green onion, butter.
Watercress, homemade curry croquette, tomato stuffed with pasta&parsley&tuna, alfalfa sprouts, quail egg, carrot, nori, carrot, leaf-shaped pasta, naturally dyed lotus root, blueberries, mint, honey, edible flowers.
Pork&veg potstickers, cabbage, alfalfa sprouts, oil&vinegar, edible flower, carrot, bell pepper.
Haigamai rice, black sesame, pickled plum.
Strawberries, lettuce, croutons, olive oil & vinegar, spicy mango chicken meatballs, squash pasta with cilantro stems.
Chicken&ancho chili&hominy stew, seasoned rice, cilantro.
Cantaloupe, lettuce, cucumber, ginger dressing.
Vinegared rice, salmon sashimi, lemon, carrot, cucumber, egg.
Edamame, carrot and gobo kinpira, carrot, lettuce, broccoli.
White organic Japanese medium grain rice, umeboshi, kaiware, pink Himalayan salt, curried scrambled egg, wasabi furikake, tomato, edamame.
Soba, green onion, broccoli, toasted sesame seeds, panko shrimp.
Greek yogurt, blueberries, tomatoes, daikon sprouts, tamagoyaki with spinach.
Rice, chashu pork, green onion, shishito pepper, mineral salt.
Cabbage & carrot pickle, tomato, edamame, cucumber, daikon sprouts.