How to Make a Bento!

I attempted my first ultra cute! bento box yesterday. I used quail eggs and kurobuta sausages, fashioning their eyes with roasted seaweed cut with a craft paper puncher. The green beans are seasoned with grounded sesame seeds, sugar and soy sauce (goma ae).

It took an amazingly tedious 45 minutes to finish what you see above (plus two rice balls):

I brought it to work today and was the envy of the office. Then I scarfed it down. Don't know if I'll ever do it again, but if I do it means I must really, really like the person I'm giving it to. ^^

Here are more cute bento lunches I found on flickr. I commend their efforts to please their boyfriends.




By the way, this will be tomorrow's 'leftovers' lunch: