My journey into bento lunch boxes
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16 Mar 2009I know that the bittergourd is not everyone’s idea of a favourite vegetable but I like it! This bento was prepared in the morning with a quick sitrfry of thinly sliced bittergourd with egg and bonito flakes . I was surprised at how quick it was to prepare!
I served it on a bed of hot [...]
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16 Feb 2009I call this my East meets West bento lunch because the steamed herbal chicken and blanched greens is very eastern whilst the tomato based pasta shells are very western! The steamed herbal chicken was made the night before and merely heated up in the morning, and the green vegetables blanched in hot water with a [...]
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26 Nov 2008This one was made partially of leftovers. The braised mushrooms and vegetables have been featured in a previous bento lunch and so is the roast chicken. However, this time, I decided to shred the chicken pieces up and mix in some Japanese salad dressing which added a tangy salty twist to the chicken which was [...]
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24 Nov 2008This was a simple lunch box of hot white rice with stir fried pork strips and shitake mushrooms on a bed of coral lettuce and garnished with some cherry tomatoes. Because the rice looked rather bare, I scattered some sliced seaweed on top of it which had wilted by the time lunch time came around. [...]