O-bento - japanese boxed lunches

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Ok, so I'm a little nerdy, but I was watching anime the other day (Blood+), and they showed two of the characters eating out of a lunch box. They called it bento, which made me curious enough to check out the meaning. I found a bunch of info, and I've fallen head over heels in love with it!

"Japanese moms often pack bento lunches for their husbands and children, and it is almost a contest in some circles to see who can pack the cutest lunch for their kid."

My favorite sites out of this is a japanese blog and it perfectly illustrates that description above (I have no idea what her blog says, but the pictures speak for themselves!):

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kasumin_yor...Y/gallery.html

and

http://www.e-obento.com/mainichi-Frame-set.htm

I think it's so gorgeous, and being a lover of all things Japanese, I'm so eager to try this out myself. Maybe not crazy ones like that, but more sane looking ones like these:

http://mmmbento.livejournal.com/

I had to share the love!

 
Hehe, yes they're cute. I used to made obento for my niece; she specially loved the ochaken character for her obento lol

 
omg!! .. LoL ... how adorable!! yumm .. it even looks good .. but i probably wouldn't eat it ... it's too cute LoL

 
I love bento but I have never seen such creativity before. Those are great. That would be so cool to have a lunch that looked like that.

 
That is so cute and the food looks yummy, but I wouldn't want to destroy the beautiful "art"!

 
Originally Posted by mehrunissa being a lover of all things Japanese, I'm so eager to try this out myself. Maybe not crazy ones like that, but more sane looking ones like these:http://mmmbento.livejournal.com/

I had to share the love!


yes, the ingrediaents look better in these too!

 
Mmmm.... so cute and yummy-looking
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Originally Posted by Skydancer Mmmm.... so cute and yummy-looking
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Lol I know those bento are cute lol but the only bento that looks yummy to me is Gyouza one. The rest are just blah, believe me taste of those Obento is not what you think on how it looks. To me, the best bento are the homemade ones.
 
Originally Posted by Leony Lol I know those bento are cute lol but the only bento that looks yummy to me is Gyouza one. The rest are just blah, believe me taste of those Obento is not what you think on how it looks. To me, the best bento are the homemade ones. I thought all of the ones in the links were home-made? I can't read japanese, so I can't be sure, but I know the mmmbento livejournal are home-made. Her bento's don't always contain traditional japanese food, but I think she loves the idea behind the bento and packs whatever food tickles her fancy. I think it's pretty cool though! I want a cute bento box for my lunch I take to work!
 

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