#summer bento

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.6.2022 the kimchee was such a treat, but strangely it was ....warm.

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.5.2022 green bitter melon is an acquire taste but I love it. Also featuring: breadfruit!

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.4.2022 Loofah squash and eggplant and corn off the cob...

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.3.2022 Wanton soup today!! and two types of bitter melon, oh my!

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.2.2022 today’s menu has tempeh and okra and squash. And some juicy Asian pears.

[linghuxcourtyard]

8.1.2022 typical summer veggies: loofah squash, bamboo shoots, bitter melon...

[redowlkitchen]

The Well Loved Standard Bento Summer Break Bento #1

This is the first bento in my 30 days of bento cookbook. It's also the bento I'll be making for lunch on Tuesday.

Mini hamburgers

Broccoli

Cherry tomato

Carrot kinpura

Omelet

Noriben (seaweed bento/seaweed rice)

This lunch should be pretty easy to make, but it'll be an experiment for my taste buds. As this bento title suggests, noriben is a pretty standard bento choice in Japan. It's easy (rice, nori, and a bit of soy sauce) and pretty traditional as Japanese flavors go. Back when I was first beginning to make bentos, I made a noriben and hated it. I like everything that's in it, but there was something about the soggy nori that I just couldn't take. However, that was years ago and I'm willing to try it again. After living in Japan for a collective year and a half now, my taste preferences have expanded so I think there's a chance I'll like it now.

I'll report back with a picture of my bento later!

[tokyonyben]

生姜焼き弁! Mama made one for herself and said it was fine eaten cold, but I like my ginger pork nuked to a pleasing warmth. Cool summer bentos are fine, but you gotta pick your moments. The weather is still trying to decide if it's summer or still rainy season here... which is a good thing.  Keeps it from being too much one or the other.

"nuked to a pleasing warmth" = half decent band name?