Top tier: Umeboshi plum (mmm, I so love these at the moment), and Japanese short grain rice mixed with a few multigrains.
Bottom tier: Pan fried chicken, steamed broccoli stems (don’t let them go to waste!), cherry tomatoes, sauted red peppers with daikon and sesame.
The pan fried chicken was really easy to make, and was lovely and moist. I cut scallops sized chunks from a single chicken breast (this fed two of us) and flattened them out a little with my hand. I dreged them in a little seasoned rice flour and dipped them into a beaten egg. Then time to cook – straight into a hot pan with a dash of olive oil and a few drops of sesame oil (for taste).
Hey Mel. Love the blog. Saw a book at Readings on Lygon St last night called Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes”
Tacky but kinda cool. Worth checking out if you haven’t seen it…
Hey there Anita! Yes, I have heard of that book online, but hadn’t seen it in real life yet. I don’t think I would ever get so creative…well, not at 6.30am in the morning anyway!
It is always a toss up for me which is more enjoyable: The Bento Box Presentation or the goodies to eat. Food as art is expressed in no better forum than the Bento Box. Great blog.