BF said he thought today's bento was 'particularly tasty' so I consider that a success.
There was some leftover stuffed porkloin (it was a huge cut of meat) from yesterday's bento, so we had repeats today. To add a little more protein to the bento, I made a rolled omelette with three eggs, chives, chicken broth and a little soy sauce and sugar and included a few slices in each bento.
In the top right we have soba noodles. I was really surprised at how yummy these were, I thought they would be plain. Buried underneath them is a small container of dipping broth (a sharp, salty combination of chicken broth, soy sauce and mirin). I couldn't figure out how to twirl them around chopsticks to make a nest, so instead I just laid them in the silicone muffin cup by hand. It only took a couple of seconds.
For veggies there is a mixture of corn and red pepper (leftover from fajitas last night ), asparagus, broccoli, sugar snaps and fried plantain butterflies. I learned a new way to cut carrots yesterday, so I included a few of those to practice my cutting skills.
There are blueberries, strawberries and persimmon bites for fruit. Dessert is some homemade baklava. I made a batch last week and froze it.
BF was taking the pictures this morning and he's more creative than me when it comes to that stuff, so here's another shot of the bento. Ooh, angles! Fancy!
4 comments:
Coconut onigiri? Is that like the Thai coconut sticky rice?
Man, that is one tasty looking bento. Now I'm hungry!
Yup! They're made with coconut sticky rice. I posted a recipe here if you want to see how to make them!
Thanks! I loooooooove coconut rice, I didn't even think of making it into onigiri! I usually get it with papaya at my nearby Thai place.
what a beautiful and colorful lunch!
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