Yesterday’s bento was a simple sandwich pack as I wa too busy to eat a proper bento in tranquility.
Today’s lunch was definitely of the traditional kind:
I’ll talk about the rice later.
The meat are thin slices of pork oven-cooked in sauce and sprinkled with black sesame seeds. The sauce was typical Japanese soy based and spicy.
The “greens” you can see in the left bottom corner are actually wasabi pickles.
I bought some fresh wasabi leaves and flowers last night and the Missus pickled them immediately. They have a nice hot spicy taste, but not as strong as the root. Scooped little by little with rice,they are simply succulent.
The vegetables were cooked in the oven (3 minutes): renkon (lotus roots, which are just in season), shiitake, three color pimentoes.
The salad is a potato-pepper ham-cucumber-capers combination with a lettuce leaf.
The rice was “shooga maze gohan”/rice steamed with shredded fresh ginger (which are just appearing on the markets!) and later mixed with white sesame seeds. I must admit it is particulary delicious, and I often request it in season!
The extra salad consisted of smoked salmon on a bed of shredded veg and some fresh cress.
No dessert… oh well, the Missus has started that habit of fondling my love handles!
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Hi Robert,
I love that salad…with those smoked salmon..yum yum. I don’t mind just having that for lunch :))
Regards,
Elin
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Dear Elin!
I doubt this would be enough! LOL
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles
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This is the consumate lunch box. I need to create this in Montana for my Get Out and Get Fit lunch ideas!!!! Sheez, you are so inspiring to me. Who wouldn’t want to hike, bike, fish/float the river with something like this (YES, fresh, real ingredients) in their lunch pack!
Thanks,
Merle Loman from FoodBuzz – GetOutGetFit
http://merles-outdoor-dining-ideas.blogspot.com/
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Dear Merle!
Greetings Thank you for visiting and commneting!
The Missus will be pleased! LOL
Lunch packs/bento should be popular with outdoors lovers indeed. The combinations are infinite!
Look at the yearly compilations in PAGES!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles
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Rice with ginger. That’s a new one to me. I may try making some for myself.
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Dear Jenn!
Get fresh ginger roots, I mean real ones, not half dried, and steam them with the rice, konbu and a little soy sauce!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles
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