{"id":10981,"date":"2020-04-02T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=10981"},"modified":"2020-04-02T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:44:59","slug":"b-is-for-bento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/b-is-for-bento\/","title":{"rendered":"B is for Bento"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Bento (\u5f01\u5f53), organised packed lunch, typically with rice<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems a bit silly to pack a boxed lunch at a time when nobody&#8217;s supposed to be leaving the house! But nothing&#8217;s stopping me from eating it here at home.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never assembled a proper bento before, it always seemed too daunting and I&#8217;m usually in a rush on work days and rarely have the foresight to prepare it the night before. But now that I&#8217;ve got all the free time in the world, it seemed like a good opportunity to use this cute bento box that Kansai Gal sent me a while back. And yes, those are indeed Darth Vader Lightsaber chopsticks, because why not?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10981 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-300x259.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-600x518.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-850x733.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-1536x1325.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2-174x150.jpg 174w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-850x569.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bento-4.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>One container has rice, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Furikake\">furikake<\/a>, and poached chicken. The other has a nice selection of fresh veggies; tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and baby spinach underneath it all. I tried to cut the radishes into roses and the carrots into sakura, but I&#8217;m not sure how well I succeeded. The awkward vegetable cutting aside, it was way easier and more fun to assemble than I&#8217;d expected, if I&#8217;m being honest.<\/p>\n<p>Would I do this again, once I&#8217;m back at work when all this craziness is over? Definitely. Will I bother trying to be cutesy and cut my vegetables into wonky flowers? 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But nothing&#8217;s stopping me from eating it here at home. 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