bento 187 – just use cute picks!

finally, a rice bento for my firstborn who are not thrill with cute charaben anymore. in the box – egg fried rice, seaweed chicken and tomato popcorn chicken.  i can’t resist not poking a few cute picks on it. lol !  

bento 175 and more

this post is about two weeks overdue, sorry about that!  my poor blog has been a bit neglected lately.  i am still making bentos for the kids though not as many as before. i am not stressing myself to daily bento but as and when time permits, or when i have some inspirations to make one.  here [...]

bento 170 – moo moo and ..black eyes

this week’s  speedy bentos were prepared with mini buns as main course. this was my main ‘ingredient’. mini bread/burger buns from gardenia. ta dah! it became a cow ( well, that’s what i had in mind while removing the crust).  some of you probably see an oink oink here. =) added nori and egg sheet for face details, [...]

bento 166 – crabby and mouse

gong xi fa cai to all who are celebrating the lunar chinese new year!  i am still in a chinese new year mood… and just remembered that valentine’s day is just around the corner. time to make those lovey dovey heart shaped bentos. i know my little gal will like this theme. my apologies for the lack of postings recently. i [...]

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 150 – mummies rice balls

coming sunday is halloween.  last few days to make halloween-theme bentos!  =)   for those who like me are not familiar with halloween celebration, click here to find out more. this was my first rice ball/onigiri. mummy onigiri mixed with hard boiled egg. k’s, a girlie version. included one girl ‘ghost’ bread egg onigiri, also my first [...]

bento 139 – pokemon eevee and hello kitty

s made a special charaben bento request. he wanted an aura pokemon called lucario! hmnn… this will probably need hours considering the colour and details involved! yes, if it is on a weekend, as a special project that we can do together. definitely not something i would want to attempt in the wee morning. =P he chose [...]

bento 135 – bear cutter series no 6 and charlie

i am almost half way through this bear cutter series.  here is animal nos 6 – panda. one of the easiest to make too. just add nori facial details and it is done. s asked for noodle this morning.  i added egg as a side dish. cooked the egg white and yolk separately so i can use [...]

bento 134 – hello kitty and twin sister, mimi bento

m (my colleague), asked me to prepare a hello kitty bento for her niece who is celebrating her birthday today.  i am always in ‘ready mode’ to spread some, and more bento love!  like me, her niece is also a big hello kitty fan, i hope she will be pleasantly surprised and all smiles after receiving/eating [...]

bento 126 – it’s a sunny day sammies

my gal loved the mini heart sealed sandwiches i prepared the day before.  since she was going on an excursion and wanted something easy and quick to eat, i prepared the same again. added egg this time.   used the same silicon moulds to cook the egg. s had the same snacks. looking at the photo [...]