Hi Everyone! My name is Sara, I live in the U.S., and I just started making bento 6 months ago.
Ok, so what is bento? Bento, like most awesome things, is from Japan. Although it originated in China, it is more commonly associated with Japan. Bento literally means (in Japanese) "a nicely packed meal in a box". There are many different types of bento, such as Kyaraben, or character bento, where you make a bento starring a popular character (like Tom and Jerry, Pikachu, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty, etc.), Chuka Bento, with Chinese food, Kamameshi Bento, served at railway stations, and Shidashi Bento, the kind you get at a restaurant ("Bento" at wikipedia.org). Awesome, right? (in case you don't know the answer to that question its yes) This blog is about making Kyaraben.
People all over the world use stuff like leftover pizza, chicken nuggets, pasta, noodles, rice, wraps, etc. for bento. Really you can use whatever you have that's edible. You can also use traditional Japanese food like Onigiri and Sushi. For those of you that don't live in Japan, you can buy Nori (roasted seaweed) and sticky rice from an oriental grocery store and make Onigiri and Sushi. Onigiri is harder than it looks though - molding sticky rice is not easy. For some reason they call Onigiri in Pokemon jelly donuts. Nori is also really useful for making Kyaraben faces.
A Kyaraben (Photo Credit: Lucky Sundae at http://reyskakes.tumblr.com/)
So that's about it for now. I am going to post more about what you need, and the process of making bento. Thanks for following! ; )
Ok, so what is bento? Bento, like most awesome things, is from Japan. Although it originated in China, it is more commonly associated with Japan. Bento literally means (in Japanese) "a nicely packed meal in a box". There are many different types of bento, such as Kyaraben, or character bento, where you make a bento starring a popular character (like Tom and Jerry, Pikachu, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty, etc.), Chuka Bento, with Chinese food, Kamameshi Bento, served at railway stations, and Shidashi Bento, the kind you get at a restaurant ("Bento" at wikipedia.org). Awesome, right? (in case you don't know the answer to that question its yes) This blog is about making Kyaraben.
People all over the world use stuff like leftover pizza, chicken nuggets, pasta, noodles, rice, wraps, etc. for bento. Really you can use whatever you have that's edible. You can also use traditional Japanese food like Onigiri and Sushi. For those of you that don't live in Japan, you can buy Nori (roasted seaweed) and sticky rice from an oriental grocery store and make Onigiri and Sushi. Onigiri is harder than it looks though - molding sticky rice is not easy. For some reason they call Onigiri in Pokemon jelly donuts. Nori is also really useful for making Kyaraben faces.
A Kyaraben (Photo Credit: Lucky Sundae at http://reyskakes.tumblr.com/)
So that's about it for now. I am going to post more about what you need, and the process of making bento. Thanks for following! ; )
love it.. nice
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