Maybe I should have titled this lunch box “Fall Rainfall Sushi Bento”!
It was not raining this morning, it wa pouring!
Which meant I had to wait for the but in the driving rain, board a stuffy bus and find out two hours later that the skies had suddenly cleaned!
Oh well, a bento is here to provide you comfort and make you forget about the little “niggles” of life!

The Missus kept things very simple (and tasty):
She made two kinds of rolls with nori/seawwed:
one contained cheese and “okaka”/Bonito/Katsuo powder, the other avocado.
She placed both on some lettuce.

One more type of sushi with “inarizushi wrapped in sweet aburaage todfu pouches.
Some stuffed olives, tomatoes and sweet tamagoyaki/Japanese omelette for dessert.

Siimple, fulfilling and tasty!LOL

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The cooler days finally coming onto us, The Missus is introducing some more meat in her bentos, although she still keeps them full of vegetables and fruit.
Once again she used of the three lacquered boxes of our “Mampa” lunch box exclusively made by a single craftsman in Ikawa/Shizuoka Prefecture.
This time the smaller box conatained the rice whereas the larger one conatined the garnish.

After having steamed the rice with konbu/seaweed and finely chopped carrots (on top), she mixed the lot and sprinkled it wit roasted black sesame seeds. Beautiful deep oroange colour. Back in France we call such a colour “tango”, also the name of beer added with grenadine, or the name of my Rugby Club back home!

She inserted the”T”-shaped separator to prevent ingredients to mix up. THis the most common technique in Japan and make for very versatile use of difference spaces. It certainly helps with the design!

She prepared rolls by first spreading thin a chicken breast between sheets of cellophane paper.
She filled the chicken roll with bacon and cheese before sautee it in sauce. Once cooled she cut slices and put them in the box with lettuce, boiled brocoli and pieces of walnut.

The salad consited of sliced yamaimo/yam, Konbu/seaweed from the steamed rice, sweet pimento, the whole seasoned with ponzu and roasted sesame seeds.
Grapefruit wedges for desert!

Tasty and colourful!

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The Missus was finally able to use our new set of lacquered bento boxes!
These bento boxes are called “Ikawa Menpa” and are made exclusively made with materials coming from the forests of Ikawa in the Northern part of Shizuoka Prefecture!

They come into two main styles (I will write a more extensive article soon!), unlacquered and lacquered pine wood.
They have been designated as Prefectural Cullture Asset by the Shizuoka Prefecture Government.
Mr. Mochizuki (I’ll have to check the pronunciation of his first name as it is impossibly long!) is the only crsftsman making them . He is the fifth generation of a lineage of artists dating back to 1830!

The present 3-box set (The Missus used only two this time) even comes with is own bag and partitions!

Now today’s main dish consists of plain sushi rice that the Missus steameda with chopped parsley, cheese and French herbs and Olive Oil Bouillon (see below).
She made two layers of them with cold roast beef atop both. She put the fishing touch with some sliced green olives stuffed with pimento.

Here is the French Knorr Bouillon.
It contains EV olive oil, oreganao, laurel, garlic and onion)

The side dish contains a salad of pink potatoes (not sweet potaoes) and chestnuts with dressing and lettuce leaves, and mint from the verandah, Pickled Mizu Nasu/Water Eggplants which can be eaten raw, Shizuoka-grown Ameera Rubbins Pearl tomatoes, salad of gobo/burdock root, pimeto and cucumber, and a boiled egg seasoned with black roasted sesame seeds.

Dessert? The tomatoes! LOL

Beautiful food in a beautiful vessel!

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