bento 170 – hello kitty and more

i have not made any hello kitty lately. this will be my first for year 2011. a simple bento for me! =) update: added this to shannon’s what’s for lunch post. these were the bento gadgets i used to make HK. my kids’s sammies with condensed milk, steamed chicken nuggets and mini taiwan sausages. note:  both kids complaint [...]

bento 160 – penguin is feeling cold

It’s another Christmas theme bento. Little penguin onigiri complete with scarf and ear muffler! Oh… how i wish that we can go to a country with snow for Christmas. I want to make a snow ‘penguin’! ;P A simple charaben, rice balls with nori and other red details cut from a cherry tomato. Linked this [...]

bento 159 – korilakkuma

my apologies for the lack of post and visit, my bento friends.  i have been busy trawling the internet for vintage stuff. i am still having ‘high fever’ caused by the ‘vintage virus’! anyone out there has the prescription/cure? let’s talk bento. singapore school holiday begins today! hence i would not be making snack bento for the kids till [...]

bento 157 – soon it’ll be…

soon… it’ll be christmas day!  i was humming this while walking home this evening.  Jesus birthday… a special day for me too ;) let me start the ball rolling and share with you my first 2010 very  early christmas bento albeit a simple one. in the dinner box, snowman rice onigiri,  potato, pumpkin, buttercup vegetable and teriyaki chicken. snowman’s hat is [...]

Bento 153 – little ghosts spooked by freaky teddy

this is probably my last 2010 halloween bento post. =) miss teddy bear was so freaky looking that it frightened the three little ghosts! teddy onigiri was made with long grain rice mixed with a little dark sweet sauce and sesame oil. teddy cheeks and tongue were crab meat stick. other facial details and little [...]

bento 152 – jack’o lantern and creepy pets

i am so into making halloween bento. here is another one.   the terrified half sausage kitty was being chased by a ‘body-less’ dog, whilst sweet potato jack o lantern and his friends, the sweet potato flower and mouth-less carrot monster cheered on. hehe… buried below these ‘critters’ were yong tau foo, ikan bilis sambal, tau kwa fried with minced [...]

Bento 151 – mr Frankenstein and friends

this is my fourth halloween bento, a lunch bento prepared with yesterday’s dinner dishes =) . a frankenstein onigiri, made with rice mix with chopped edamame. side dishes were dark- sauce potato with minced meat, vegetables saute with fish cakes and oyster-sauce chicken, steamed cocktail chicken sausage, and cherry tomatoes. all facial details cut from nori [...]

bento 149 – mr bear inari sushi

i was on leave yesterday, home baby-sitting full-time as in-laws are away. kids and i had instant noodles for late breakfast and went to the mall in the afternoon. they wanted mcdonald’s for lunch. i am so glad that s loves reading rick riordan’s fiction story books. he’s completed the percy jackson series (5 thick books!) and we just bought a new one today – [...]

bento 146 – a pink ribbon and an elephant

october is the ‘pink ribbon’ month! kudos to so many bento bloggers and friends who participated in bento blog’s pink october bento theme to raise awareness of breast cancer.  i was so inspired by all the lovely bentos and posts that i want to participate in the event too. this is my simple pink ribbon bento prepared [...]

bento 142 – a halloween bento

i was in the mood to make a halloween themed bento this evening.  my first! bento was from tonight’s dinner – potato with minced meat, veg in oyster sauce and teriyaki chicken. used three ingredients for charaben stuff – carrot, cheese and nori. i wanted to do a cat (fishball) in costume but abandoned the idea because i was too lazy to cook. [...]