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 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 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 140 – quail eggs

today’s express bentos were all in one “bamboo steamed” – rice, sausages, fish cakes, broccoli, carrots and overnight dinner dishes. also boiled some quail eggs and added fruits of the day , gigantic strawberries and starfuit. this was s’s. mr bunny and bear quail eggs bento. k’s sweetie pie quail eggs bento and mommy’s? … hello [...]

bento 80 – hello kitty mama’s day

here’s a special bento to mark a belated mother’s day 2010. hello kitty (hk) mum and her little gal. hk mummy is wearing a chef hat, holding a bento box for her gal!  this is for all the mothers who lovingly prepare bentos for their kid/s. =) in this bento, boiled fish cake, thin french [...]

bento 45 – fried rice n fish nuggets

Wanted to do a quick sandwich this morning but Sean didn’t want. There was some leftover rice in the rice cooker so fried rice lor! Added an egg, fish nuggets, fish balls and top it off with pork floss! Seasonings used- light soya sauce and sesame oil. Not bad, haha… I ‘taxed’ a few small [...]

bento 36 – pork floss fried rice and mini ba chang

Today’s s menu is fried rice. He specially requested for ‘no’ something in it, I,e no garlic and onions when frying. There’s only a quarter of small bowl of leftover rice, so I used the last piece of bread to compliment his rice snack. Added a milk sweet and a small packet of pillow crackers. [...]

bento 19

I slept early and woke up late, so another day with quick bentos! Simply fried rice with fish cake, Taiwan sausage and egg. I had the same fruits as the day before. I took some of the ‘sambal’ ikan bilis that mama cooked for breakfast.   K didn’t want to bring fried rice to school. As [...]