Bento box

My next cooking class was quite exciting as we were making a bento. Bento = lunch box of Japanese food that has about 5 different things in it. It is nicely separated in containers and is very popular for lunch...Here is the bento we made. Now we didn't put it in the traditional box b/c everything would not fit, but did use a traditional Japanese plate and plated as if it were in a box.

clockwise, we have a scrambled egg with smoked pork and chinese leeks; ground pork with onions baked in wonton wraps; rice mixed with smoked pork, green sprouts, and chestnuts; white rice; bell pepper rounds filled with ground pork and topped with a tomato ketchup sauce; seaweed salad with bamboo and white seaweed?. In the middle is the baked spring roll filled with pork, bean sprouts and chinese leeks. Off to the left is dessert in wonton/phyllo squares filled with custard. The custard was the easiest thing to make because we have custard powder and just added milk to it!!

All in all, it was quite a tasty meal except for the seaweed salad. It tasted funny and always feels somewhat slimy in my mouth. The bell pepper things with the sauce were really, really good even though I was hesitate about it. And over here, the bell peppers at local grocery stores are that small around, so it makes it easier to fill. I will definitely try to make this again in the near future, but not anytime soon. Yummy yummy in my tummy!