bento 148 – hello kitty clelebrates halloween

yeah, hello kitty in her lion suit celebrates halloween. this was my simple dinner bento of fried rice, edamame, carrots, tomatoes and kiwi. this is how i did it.  i missed out the mini flower plunger. used carrot, cheese, fish ball, and nori (seaweed). ‘edamame’ green spider with musical notes punch-out nori as legs. my beloved hk in [...]

bento 138 – lion and animal shaped pasta

bear cutter series no 9 – lion. k requested for cheese sandwich the night before. she loves her cheese. i think she wouldnt mind cheese sammies five days in row! added cute fish cakes bought from nearby ‘wet’ market. another successful story,  i’ve managed to persuade s to take some pasta in tomato sauce!! i spotted this animals shaped pasta [...]

bento 123 – ‘charaben’ buns and mooncakes

i still have mini buns so we had another round ham and cheese buns this morning. the lion shaped cheese was cut with a winnie the pooh cutter. i added some chicken sausages bought from ntuc. they are round and short, just what i needed to make cute 3d bear like alice’s, i thought with joy. but as [...]

bento 113 – chicken, elephant and lion sandwich

it’s back to morning bento business as usual. s agreed to egg/butter sandwich. i was a little ‘slow’ even after i cheated some 15-20 minutes of extra Zzz… =) i cant decide what charaben until after a few looks at the bento gadgets tool box. finally decided on an elephant and bird, simply because they need little nori detailing, and [...]

bento 102 – last bento-able pics from t-shirt series

this is the last character from my favourite bento t-shirt, a lion. i made a few similar ones in previous posts.  (tagged ‘ lion’ )  and here is the edible one, after all the sandwich bentos, i cooked the usual sweet sauce + sesame oil noodle for s. a change he very much welcome! =) used the fish cutters to cut [...]

bento 84 – an elephant hears 2 lions roar!

I am so disappointed with yesterday’s ‘lion’, I just had to try it again today. I made 2 to make up yesterday’s lack of creativity! =) Well, here is the improved version, with better proportion and detail. I used two types of ham (chicken and pork). For a change, I bought chocolate chip bread. the [...]

bento 83 – lion? plus another hello kitty and bff bunny!

this is supposedly a lion, made from fish cake and sausage (lion face). i think it looks more like an alien in helmet, no? ;P haha.. anyway, i should have turn over the fish cake so that the mane shows a different colour. maybe a smaller body or bigger head would make the ‘lion’ head [...]

bento 75 – panda and lion sandwich

   prepared nutella and cheese bread for my gal. i asked her if this combination is tasty. she said she didnt taste any nutella, only cheese.. huh!?  i cut the panda eyes and ears free hand. cut little squares first in order to get the same size.  then cut the corners to make round shape.    s’s is ham and [...]