The Missus has this peculiar habit of teasing me (very) early in the morning by asking me:
-How would you like your rice for your bento today?
-Well,…
-You should have answered at once, since you know I was going to cook rice since last night!
-???…
Then, as I was finishing my coffee:
-How big do you want it?
-Just the usual!
-All right,…
I should have known better, because she did come with a big one!
She steamed the rice with shredded carrots and served it with black sesame seeds and some home-made sweet ginger pickles.
She has just bought a new large tamagoyaki fry pan, so I know she will cook my favourite bento item for some time. A couple of Shizuoka-grown mini-tomatoes were added.
Then she came up with deep-fried renkon/lotus roots, Chicken sasami/breast fillets deep-fried with shiso/perilla leaves dry seaweed.. Some lettuce and lemon finished the lot.
As for the salad (-eat it before the rice!, she ordered):
On lettuce leaves, cucumber, boiled brocoli, Japanese processed cheese, walnuts and strawberries!
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I need more bento and lotus root in my life.
DEar Eric!
Take a Japanese wife?
But I will not be held responsible! LOL
Robert-Gilles
That’s quite a bento-box packing job! I hope your wife is in charge of your luggage when you travel. 🙂 I got a bento box lunch today, too, but it’s not nearly as beautiful as yours. (Shhh, don’t tell my wife.)
Dear sapuche!
Greetings!
Don’t worry, I won’t tell anone!
As I’m always on a bicycle, it’s easy to cary in the front basket!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles
That looks quite a combination for the salad. I think your spouse should patent it.
Dear Lojol!
Not a chance!
LOL
Robert-Gilles
hahaha…the rice inhabits half of the dish. Leaves no room for the other items, who all have to squish together.
Totally agree dear Jenn!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles