#53: onsen bento
For bentochallenge, theme was "vacation".
Since I just recently have been to the sunny Miami, my first idea was to make some sort of beach scene, with palm trees and sea and so on. But after a long and tiring working day, I remembered how relaxing it was to go to an onsen, Japanese sauna/bath - particulary the one in Kurama! (Oh, that was really lovely... Sitting in the hot water, surrounded by the forest mountains while it snows and look at the sky at dawn... So beautifull!!! It was in the top 5 of my must-have experiences in Japan. ^^ )
So... Here we go, an onsen-ish bento:
Brown rice, nori "bath" & "eyes", boiled egg white "face", microwave-steamed savoy cabbage "towel", surimi "mouth" & "sake tray with bottle and cups".
Microwave-steamed vegetables (savoy cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts), rest of the boiled egg, salad (brown rice, surimi, Japanese mayonaise, salt, shichimi togarashi), pan-roasted red bell peppers with white sesame seeds, homemade pickled mini-eggplant slices.
Looks like I'm in the Japan nostalgia mood lately... ^^°
Since I just recently have been to the sunny Miami, my first idea was to make some sort of beach scene, with palm trees and sea and so on. But after a long and tiring working day, I remembered how relaxing it was to go to an onsen, Japanese sauna/bath - particulary the one in Kurama! (Oh, that was really lovely... Sitting in the hot water, surrounded by the forest mountains while it snows and look at the sky at dawn... So beautifull!!! It was in the top 5 of my must-have experiences in Japan. ^^ )
So... Here we go, an onsen-ish bento:
Brown rice, nori "bath" & "eyes", boiled egg white "face", microwave-steamed savoy cabbage "towel", surimi "mouth" & "sake tray with bottle and cups".
Microwave-steamed vegetables (savoy cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts), rest of the boiled egg, salad (brown rice, surimi, Japanese mayonaise, salt, shichimi togarashi), pan-roasted red bell peppers with white sesame seeds, homemade pickled mini-eggplant slices.
Looks like I'm in the Japan nostalgia mood lately... ^^°