My Bento # 4 - Soy Sauce Chicken, Leek & Green Bell Pepper

Cooked Rice top with Shredded Nori

Serve 1

1 bowl of Cooked Rice
2 tablespoon of Shredded Nori (the one I use is Korean )

Stir fried Green Bell Pepper

Serve 1

1/2 Green Bell Pepper
1 teaspoon Chicken Powder
1 teaspoon Oil

1. Wash and drain the green bell pepper. Remove the stem and seeds. Cut it into 4 parts then julienne.
2. Heat the pan with oil, stir fry the green bell pepper, sprinkle chicken powder evenly on top, stir fry it until fregrant.





Stir fry Leek

Serve 1

1/3 Leek (only use the White part)
1/2 teaspoon Chicken Powder
1 teaspoon Oil

1. Wash and drain the leek. Cut it into 1 1/2" length.
2. Heat the pan with oil, stir fry the leek with sprinkle the chicken powder until soften.

Soy Sauce Chicken

Serve 1

1/3 Boneless Chicken Thigh
1/2 teaspoonOil

  Marinade:
  2 teaspoon Soy Sauce
  1 teaspoon Sake
  1 teaspoon Brown Sugar

1. Wash and dry the chicken thigh. Cut it into bite sized pieces. Marinade it overnight.
2. Heat the pan with oil, cook each side of the chicken for 5 minutes until done.

Garnish with a small red chilli pepper slices

My Bento # 3 - Baby Choi Sum, Shiitake Mushroom and grilled Salmon

Stir fried Fresh Shiitake Mushroom

Serve 1

2 pcs Fresh Shiitake mushroom
1 samll Red Chilli Pepper slices
1 teaspoon Oil
1/2 teaspoon Chicken Powder
1 1/2 teaspoon Water

1. Remove the stem. Wash and drain the fresh shiitake mushroom.
2. Heat the small frying pan with oil, stir fry the mushroom with red chilli pepper, chicken powder and water until done.

Stir fried Baby Choi Sum

Serve 1

7 handfuls of Baby Choi Sum
1 teaspoon Chicken Powder
1 teaspoon Oil

1. Remove the small flowers of choi sum. Wash and drain.
2. Heat the wok with oil, stir fry the choi sum until soften.

Grilled Salmon Cubes

Serve 1

2/3 fillet Salmon
1 teaspoon Oil

  Marinade:
  1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
  1 teaspoon Sake
  1 teaspoon Mirin
  2 slices Lemon

1. Wash and dry the salmon. Cut it into 1" thick. Marinade the salmon overnight.
2. Heat the oil in a pan, grilled the salmon until done.





Arrange:

Add cooked rice to the bento box. Add toasted black and white sesame seeds. Add baby choi sum and shiitake mushroom. Add salmon with lemon peel for garnish. 

My Bento # 2 - Shrimp, Cucumber and Red Onion Bento

Serve 1

Ingredients:

50 gram Chinese Rice-flour Noodles
80 gram Cooked Shrimps
1/3 Cucumber
1/4 Red Onion
1/4 Small Red Chilli Pepper
2 Tablespoon Peanuts
Chinese Parsely for garnish

Dressing:

1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 Tablespoon Oil
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Minced Garlic
1 Diced Small Red Chilli

Method:

1. Cook the Chinese Rice-flour noodles in a pot of boiling water for 3 minutes, then drain and set aside.
2. Julienne the cucumber. Set aside.
3. Slice the red onion. Stir fry with a pinch of salt for 1 minutes. Set aside.
4. Roughly chop the peanuts. Set aside.
5. Slice the red chilli pepper. Stir fry then mix it with the noodles.
6. When all the ingredients are cooled, put the noodles in the bento box first, then put the shrimps, cucumber and red onion on top of it. Then, sprinkle the peanuts. Garnish with Chinese parsely.
7. Combine all the dressing ingredients. Put it in a small bottle and add it into the bento evenly then serve.

Chinese Rice-flour Noodles

My bento # 1 - Edo Bento

Hello hello this is my Edo bento #1 on May 25, 2012.

This wooden bento box called Edo which I bought it from bento specialist "Bentoandco". Company website:  http://www.en.bentoandco.com/

This genuine wooden box is beautifully crafted, made of the wood from harigiri (kaloponax) tree called "zen" in Japan. It is handmade by a skilled artisan in Aizu, Fukushima prefecture where is well known of its skilled wood crafters.

The content in the Edo bento boxes are :

~ Rice with white and black sesame seeds
~ Cherry tomatoes
~ Stir fried broccoli with garlic

~ Bacon and long green bean rolls
~ Stir fried Polish and Continental sausages with cucumber
~ Tamagoyaki (Japanese egg rolls)
~ Pan fried salmon

My Bento Gear 我的便當工具 (II)

Baran ~ it is a small piece of plastic or silicon which is placed in a bento box to keep certain food seperate from each other and add some colourful elements. 這些 Baran 通常是用來作食物間之間隔, 或將便當帶來色彩, 質地是薄膠片或矽膠.

The kawai baran on left hand side called "Animal Baran" which have 4 little animals : pigs, monkey, panda and bear with a smiling faces. 放在左面的可愛 baran 叫 "動物 Baran", 由4隻微笑的豬仔、馬騮仔、熊貓仔和熊人仔笑住組成.

The green baran on right hand side called " Lettuce & Leaf" which allows me to add a touch of different degree of fresh green colour to bento box. 放在右面綠油油的 baran 叫 "生菜樹葉 Baran", 我可以放這些不同程度的綠色落便當盒中, 增加清新氣色.

Winna Meijin ~ Japanese "Winna Meijin" means "Race Winner". It is a set of food cutters for sausages in 2 rabbits or 2 tortoises shape. 日文 "Winna Meijin" 即是 "比賽冠軍". 這是一套4隻形狀不同的兔子和烏龜的香腸專用的膠 cutters.



ABC Cutters ~ It is a set of "26 Letters" and a "Star" and a "&" sign food cutters. It assists to write cute and funny messages on bento or cake. It can cut cheese slices, ham, steamed carrot and cucumber slices. 這套 "ABC Cutters" 由 26 個英文大楷字母、1個星星和1個&符號所組成. 它們可以用來寫得意有趣的信息於便當中或蛋糕上. 它們可以用來切芝士片、火腿、熟紅蘿蔔片及青瓜片等.

Nico Nico Panchi ~ It is a popular nori seaweed cutters in Japanese bento world. It consists of 3 different style smiling faces. It used a lot in making cutie bento. 這是一套3款不同哈哈笑造型的紫菜 cutters, 它們通常在日本用來作趣緻便當裝飾.

These are my bento boxes in different shape and volume. Aren't they beautiful? 這些就是我的便當盒, 它們各有不同的形狀和容量. 它們是否很漂亮呢?

I can bring my bento box outside by using the beautiful Japanese Furoshiki (wraping cloth)/ bento bag!! 用了風呂敷/便當袋就可以帶着便當出街了!!