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 158 – moo or baa…

this bento was prepared for a dear friend over the weekend. a cow charaben for J as i know she likes (or used to like) moo moo stuff, but she saw a lamb here. what did you see? in any case, this shall be a lamb that moos… =P in the main bento box, japanese rice onigiri (not exactly a rice ball, [...]

bento 155 – snoopy onigiri … and more

hello! i am back…. and i have so much to write! =) first thing first, thank you all for the sweet comments you left in the previous post. my apologies for the late reply. we went back to kl during the long weekend holiday. in a blink of an eye, we are back to the normal [...]

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 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 130 – hello kitty onigiri

this was my bento prepared and eaten 2 weeks ago. i was too lazy to post earlier since the kids were away, on holiday in their grand parents home.  i took this opportunity to watch  tv and just do nothing… hehe… in this bento – oyster mushroom chicken, stir fried tau kua with anchovies and spinach. the hello kitty bento box is a [...]

bento 108 – furry bear onigiri and miss bunny pork floss sandwich

i was undecided what to cook for s this morning. ended with another onigiri today, er 2 actually. made 2  furry bear onigiris : rice topped with pork floss.  i steamed food using a bamboo steamer that sit snugly on a wok filled with water.  this morning i cooked the hard boil egg  in the wok. aha! steamed and boiled [...]

bento 107 – boy onigiri and snow princess

i made a boy onigiri for the first time! i steamed left over rice and made it into a rice ball with a round mold. am quite happy with the result. =) in this bento - steamed seaweed chicken , a slice of apple (made into a bunny, which s grumbled yet again!) and boy onigiri topped with pork [...]