Bento box お弁当

[Sara@JKI]

I love bringing lunch box to work... I have been slacking off with bringing my lunch box to work for a while, and now I'm trying to get back to routine of doing so. But next time I start bringing my lunch to work, I'm planning to take it to a next level.

Here's some inspiring lunch boxes :)

http://blog-imgs-32.fc2.com/j/a/m/jamkoko/hello-kitty-bento.jpg

http://blog-imgs-32.fc2.com/j/a/m/jamkoko/6a00d83423542153ef00e54f5fdeca8834-800wi.jpg

http://osupakebiyori.up.seesaa.net/image/doubutuen-obento.jpg

http://blog-imgs-32.fc2.com/j/a/m/jamkoko/bento_1.jpg

http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20100716/14/chi-mama-333/c5/68/j/o0378055510642091022.jpg

http://charaben-mania.com/cache2/img/399.jpg

http://blog-imgs-32.fc2.com/j/a/m/jamkoko/Picture13.png

http://blog-imgs-21-origin.fc2.com/c/u/t/cuteobento/IMGP7241-1.jpg

When I pull off some cool designs, I will share them here too.

[DwarvenChef]

My daughter is facinated with Bento box as well. I got her a couple simple books on it for her so she can play with it once in a while :p

[bieniek]

My sister got into bento few years back.
Now she does that everyday with those funny heart-shaped eggs and overdecorated stuff :)

I think it looks sweet though

[Cutty Sharp]

Hi Sara - I like my bentos, but those are just too cute for me! I'd never bring one to work. What would the guys say? :O

Actually, ... I think you should make bentos like these for Jon. A big knife man like him would love them, I think.

[SameGuy]

OK, you wouldn't do cutesy, but...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjbs8cmmk1r38jp8o1_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbwmqvxI81r38jp8o1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsgmjOumC1r38jp8o1_500.jpg

[ecchef]

Arrrgh!:doublebanghead: I have to deal with kawaii every day.

[Cutty Sharp]

Arrrgh!:doublebanghead: I have to deal with kawaii every day.

Must be terrible! Thank heavens kawaii hasn't invaded the world of knives and knife design. Yet.

[Mr.Magnus]

my mother never let me play with my food :(

[Lawrence]

That's funny stuff, reminded me of the Hoka Hoka Bento I use to visit when I was in Japan..

[GlassEye]

Must be terrible! Thank heavens kawaii hasn't invaded the world of knives and knife design. Yet.

I am thinking Hello Kitty engraved yanagiba with pink dyed wood for the handle.

[apicius9]

I am thinking Hello Kitty engraved yanagiba with pink dyed wood for the handle.

Haha, that's on my list ;) I actually already bought a few Hello Kitty buttons for endcaps and had planned to laquer the handles pink, maybe have Mike airbrush Hello Kitty motives on it - just didn't get to it yet with the order book overflowing...

Stefan

[Sara@JKI]

See, everyone loves kawaii bento! I should come up with an idea to incorporate a knife design with a touch of kawaii-ness for Jon's lunch box.... :hungry:

[Cutty Sharp]

I am thinking Hello Kitty engraved yanagiba with pink dyed wood for the handle.

Love the pink handle idea, but I'm thinking a better choice for kawaii no bocho would be a white ceramic blade - yes, the Hello Kitty brand - with pink burl handle of some sort. Kawaii-so.

[Sara@JKI]

how about a handle that looks like a red ribbon? that matches hello kitty theme.

[steeley]

FINALLY a place to talk about Hello Kitty .
I think Jon should carry the full line .
http://i.imgur.com/eOZTy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sa7ln.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MA2Qm.jpg

Then we could meet up at the Hello Kitty Cafe
http://i.imgur.com/Rh3vw.jpg

Oh Hello Kitty .

[Taz575]

I can mold up pink handles and stuff! Already did one so far!

[Cutty Sharp]

FINALLY a place to talk about Hello Kitty .
I think Jon should carry the full line.
http://i.imgur.com/MA2Qm.jpg

Haha - brilliant! However, the photo above is sacrilege, you do realise!

That's not Hello Kitty at all. It's more like Goodbye Kitty.

[Sara@JKI]

this kitty has a "serious" know though!
http://gotouchi-kitty.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/15/943j.jpg

and these kitties have more macho look.
http://design.style4.info/wp-content/uploads/moz-screenshot-121.png

[steeley]

http://i.imgur.com/NINOZ.jpg

[Sara@JKI]

steeley! i can't see the image :( repost repost!

[Customfan]

I have a soft spot for Bento... Thank you for posting Sara!

Those are works of art for sure! Reminds me of a trip I made from Tokyo to Kyoto in the Shinkansen a few years ago with a box of bento on my lap while admiring the scenery! :happymug:

[Cutty Sharp]

I like bento, but after one I usually yearn for something spicy or with a bit more flavour. My wife is Indonesian and won't eat them - too bland for her!

Bentos also remind me of work and not being able to get home for lunch.

[Sara@JKI]

I loooove obento..... I used to eat very little when I was little, and I was always one of the last kids to finish lunch at school (school provides lunch for kids in public schools in Japan as opposed to "bring your own"). But on Saturdays and for events or school trips, we brought lunch boxes from home, and at these times I could finish the whole thing. My favorite obento food were nikujyaga, sosages, hams, tamagoyaki, onigiri with umeboshi or salmon, asparagus, and strawberries.

You know what my favorite "obento" is? Osechi. I know osechi is not exactly obento, but similar enough :) Can't wait to be in Japan for new year's day!
http://smokeace.jp/oishiiteian/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9B%E3%81%A1.jpg

http://www.oisixjoho.com/oseti/img/2_syotikubai.jpg

[Lucretia]

Am I the only one who gets a mad urge to pick all their tiny little eyes off?

[Cutty Sharp]

Am I the only one who gets a mad urge to pick all their tiny little eyes off?

Whose eyes? Bento eaters?

[Sara@JKI]

Am I the only one who gets a mad urge to pick all their tiny little eyes off?

yeah, whose eyes? hello kitty's??

[Wagstaff]

I'm highly disturbed by this thread. Thanks.

[steeley]

Not Hello Kitty's.
http://i.imgur.com/vKOuel.jpg

[Lucretia]

Hello Kitty and the little bears and bunnies would be the first to go...

[steeley]

WARNING :
The Threat Level is : FORT 1, REPEAT, FORT 1

http://i.imgur.com/WWJmi.jpg

[add]

Hello Kitty and the little bears and bunnies would be the first to go...

...and fittingly.

[Crothcipt]

WARNING :
The Threat Level is : FORT 1, REPEAT, FORT 1

http://i.imgur.com/WWJmi.jpg

+1000

[Sara@JKI]

:( nooooo

[steeley]

Threat Level has been raised too :

LEVEL 2 : TIN FOIL HAT

ALL CITIZENS

http://i.imgur.com/33shk.jpg

This citizen is your example .

stay tune for more updates!

[Lucretia]

Better hide under the covers where no one can find you!



9371

[steeley]

THREAT LEVEL 3:

3: PACK YOUR KNIVES AND EVADE .
http://i.imgur.com/4ZveB.jpg

THIS MAN IS DOING IT RIGHT.

[steeley]

THREAT LEVEL 4

4: PICK UP YOUR LARGEST KNIFE AND GO GANGSTER ON THE THREAT !
This is last level we announce SAVE YOURSELF.
http://i.imgur.com/SArv9.jpg

THIS WOMEN IS A EXAMPLE .

[steeley]

This has been a TEST ........ THIS HAS BEEN A TEST.
If this had been a real knife emergency you would be directed to your nearest knife shelter .

[Cutty Sharp]

A dog in a pillow fort ... a toddler doing dangerous things with tin foil ... a cat's derrière ... and then rather candid photos of Jon & Sara doing some kind of private knife dance ... :bigeek:

Im lost. The thread started with cute bento, and then suddenly:


Am I the only one who gets a mad urge to pick all their tiny little eyes off?

Maybe cute bento make people go nuts.

[Salty dog]

I wanted to decapitate but held my tongue.

[ecchef]

Maybe cute bento make people go nuts.

Ain't no maybes about it. :viking:

[Sara@JKI]

.... I'm bringing "boring" obento to work tomorrow :) ! At least it will be really tasty, and no one will pick "eyes" out of my obento then (because my boring obento wouldn't have any characters in them as a part of design)

:sofa:

[dragonlord]

@steely - can't see any of the images mate