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Non-bento #33: Okamiden gomoku-sushi

March 7, 2011 bento

I’ve always wanted to make Okami themed food, and since Okamiden’s release is only a week away, I thought it’s the best time for it. Okamiden is a DS game which is a sequel to the PS2 game Okami. It’s an action adventure game with a unique art style. The main character Amaterasu fights with yokai to bring peace back to the world.

Bento #80: Santa Totoro!

December 31, 2010 bento

It’s a little late but with all the blizzard stuff going on, and going up to Boston for a couple of days to hang out with Derek’s sister’s family, I finally found the time to post this. Bento #80: Santa Totoro! Created and eaten on: 12/25/2010 I can’t believe it’s been a year since I made Bento #31: Totoro snowman last year but it was [...]

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Bento #79: Costume Quest

October 25, 2010 bento

A few days ago, my boyfriend downloaded a new XBLA (also available for PS3 network) game called Costume Quest. I watched him play a little bit, then I decided not to watch any further, because the game looked so darn cute and fun that I wanted to play it later by myself. He loved the game, and wrote a review on his blog. When he [...]

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Bento #78: Peep and the Big Wide World

October 11, 2010 american

10/10/10 was my boyfriend’s birthday! I gave him the blu-ray of Dr. Horrible’s sing-along blog, the last DVD box set of Dragon Ball, and I made him very special plushes. (see the photos of them at the bottom of this page) In the morning we went to see “Let Me In” which we really liked. Even though it was a horror movie, we thought it [...]

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Bento #77: the Moomins

July 21, 2010 anime

I almost forgot to blog about the Moomins! This was another bento I made for the Dream Bento Contest! Bento #77: the Moomins Created and eaten on: 7/6/2010

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Bento #76: The Lorax

July 10, 2010 american

Have you checked out the results for the Dream Bento Contest at EpiCute and My Food Looks Funny yet? It wasn’t easy by any means, but it was a lot of fun. I initially picked the Lorax by Dr. Seuss but after I got an extension for the deadline, I decided do the Moomins as well. I’m usually against taking requests for bento, but that’s [...]

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Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu

February 23, 2010 anime

I actually wanted to make this bento on Valentine’s day, but Valentine’s day being on Sunday, and we because had to go to IKEA, I couldn’t make bento on the 14th. It didn’t feel like it was appropriate to make this one after Valentine’s day, but oh what the heck. No man would mind a bento filled with heart shapes, right? Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu [...]

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Bento #72: Setsubun Totoro

February 3, 2010 bento

Today, February 3rd, is the day of Setsubun in Japan. It’s the day to drive away evil spirits, which means to throw roasted soybeans at Oni (evil creature/ogres from Japanese myths). In almost all kindergartens and schools, students make an Oni mask for Setsubun, so that kids can take the mask home, have someone wear it, and throw soybeans at them. “Roasted soybeans are thrown [...]

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Bento #70: Babar

January 27, 2010 american

I usually sleep in on Saturday morning. When I get up, I watch “qubo.” Qubo is programming for kids. We don’t have cable TV, so there’s not much choice, but I do like a couple of shows that are on qubo on Saturday morning. This one is a favorite of ours. Bento #70: Babar Created and eaten on: 1/23/2010

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Bento #68: MGS4

December 6, 2009 bento

I can’t believe it’s already December! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I’d post what I did for Thanksgiving later, but I think I’ll post a kyaraben I made the other day first since I blogged recently. Bento #68: MGS4 Created and eaten on: 12/4/2009

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How to make Emil

October 15, 2009 characters

[How to make Emil from Where the Wild Things Are] – mashed yam – seaweed – sliced cheese – radish or white-ish sliced cheese or kamaboko (fish cake), or even left over hard boiled egg white from mashed potato. In other words, you can use any white food! – cupcake cup (I used foil cupcake cups, but if you need to microwave your food, use [...]

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bento #65: Where the Wild Things Are #2

October 8, 2009 american

I still had Inarizushi skins from when I made the Little Big Planet bento, and I was thinking of how I can use it. I’ve already used them to make Totoro & Neko bus, Laputa robot, and Meat with a bone before, so I wanted to make something different. My friend sent me a link to a wonderful website called “Terrible Yellow Eyes” the other [...]

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bento #64: Gardening Mama

October 7, 2009 bento

As a big fan of Cooking Mama, I couldn’t resist making this bento after getting Mama’s new game. Bento #63: Gardening Mama Created and eaten on: 10/3/2009

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bento #63: Little Big Planet

October 1, 2009 bento

The price of the PS3 went down about a month ago, and Dell.com was having a sale so my boyfriend finally caved and bought a PS3 slim! There aren’t that many PS3 games we wanted to play but we were going to buy it eventually. Besides, in the mean time we can use it as a blu-ray player. (My latop also plays blu-ray and has [...]

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bento #60: Domo-kun

August 4, 2009 anime

I was going to do a how-to on this and did a photo shoot on Sunday night, but it was getting late, and I was very sleepy & sloppy… The croquettes didn’t look very good in the photos, so I decided to re-shoot some stuff again. I’ll post a how-to sometimes this week. But since I had already made them, I decided to use them [...]

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bento #59: Meta Knight

July 30, 2009 bento

I finally decided to make this after making two Kirbys in a row. Bento #59: Meta Knight Created and eaten on 7/29/2009

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bento #58: Sitting Totoro

July 14, 2009 bento

Since my previous bento was a big failure, I needed to make something I’m more comfortable with. And nothing makes me feel better than this guy. Bento #58: Totoro sitting on a tree Created and eaten on : 7/14/2009

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bento #57: Metroid Prime 3

July 11, 2009 bento

My boyfriend has been playing old games he had, and he recently beat this game. Bento #57: Metroid Prime 3 Created and eaten on: 7/10/2009

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bento #56: Moving day Totoro

July 2, 2009 bento

Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, my company has been in the process of moving for the past week, and because of this we had July 1st off. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make bento until next week, so I decided to try making a “stay-home” bento. When I decided to make a bento to eat at home, I realized something. [...]

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bento #55: LocoRoco

June 18, 2009 bento

I woke up a bit too late for a kyaraben, but a bit too early for a regular bento this morning. I sat down, started up my laptop, checking my email, and just stared at my sketchbook. I had drawn the sketch for a bento, but I hadn’t figured out how I’d put meat in it. I went to the kitchen to get orange juice, [...]

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how to freeze carrot flowers

June 16, 2009 basics

I had to get to work really early today, so no bento blog. >_< But instead, I’m going to show you how to make bento making less hectic in a busy morning. I’ve done “how to make vegetable flowers” before, but it’s a time consuming process, especially in the morning. I used to buy baby carrots, because I didn’t have to cut it into a [...]

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bento #54: Super Mario Galaxy bento

June 13, 2009 bento

We beat this game long time ago, but we still haven’t found all stars yet, so we’ve been playing it recently. Bento #54: Super Mario Galaxy bento Created and eaten on: 6/10/2009

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bento #52: Rainy day Totoro

June 4, 2009 bento

I wasn’t planning on making a bento this morning. I didn’t do any drawing the night before and I woke up late. (the time I usually wake up when I don’t make bento) I looked outside and it was raining. Again. So I decided to make a bento to cheer my boyfriend (and me) up. Bento #52: Rainy Day Totoro Created and eaten on: 6/4/2009

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bento #43: Castle Crashers

April 11, 2009 bento

I worked on the sketch for this bento for about 2 weeks, but I just couldn’t draw it. I thought about not doing this and moving on, but I just hate giving up, and my boyfriend and I love this game so much. After failing to make it about twice, I made Totoro Parade bento to keep me motivated, and finally I made it. Bento [...]

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bento #42: Totoro parade

April 4, 2009 bento

I had been working on a sketch of a kyaraben for a week, but it just didn’t look like it’d work out, and I was feeling pretty bummed. (I can’t tell you what it is yet! I hope I can make it next week.) You know what always makes me feel better? Totoro! Bento#41: Totoro parade bento Created and eaten on: 4/4/2009

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non-bento #9: Battlestar Galactica themed dinner part 1

March 20, 2009 bento

EDIT: Looking for BSG bento? See “bento#34: Battlestar Galactica bento!” So I couldn’t post the pictures before the Battlestar Galactica final episode aired, but I’ll do a quick post about this dinner anyway. (I copied and pasted most text from my earlier post.) Non-bento #9-a: Eye of Jupiter cake made out of rice Created and eaten on: 3/19/2009

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bento #39: Mechazawa of Cromartie High School

February 26, 2009 anime

My gods! My blog has finally caught up with my current bento!! I was wondering when it’d happen when I started the blog about 3 months ago. It’s sooner than I thought.. probably due to lack of bento-ing the past month or two. I’d like to keep my bento blog 3 times a week with a how-to on Sunday, but I’m only human. So if [...]

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bento #38 Paya-tan from Dai Mahou Touge

February 24, 2009 anime

“Dai Mahou Touge” aka Magical Witch Punie-chan is an anime show made by and for super anime nerds, yet even if you aren’t an anime nerd, you’ll still enjoy it. My boyfriend likes this show so much that he even did a review of this show. His favorite character in this show is Paya-tan. He looks like a cute mascot from any magical girl anime shows, but [...]

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bento #37: Headcrabs from Half-Life

February 21, 2009 bento

My boyfriend has been playing a lot of older games lately. He was telling me that there were some games he never actually finished, and wants to finish them before he bought any new games. One of the games happened to have cute fleshy bug looking creatures a.k.a headcrabs. Bento #37: Headcrabs from Half-Life Created and eaten on:2/3/2009

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bento #36: Penny Arcade robot

February 19, 2009 bento

If you’re a gamer, you must’ve heard of a site called Penny Arcade. This webcomic focuses on video games and gaming culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. Gamers love them because hey’re known to be very honest and blunt about video games and other game reviews. They got so big that every year they have their own convention, called Penny Arcade Expo, [...]

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bento #34: Battlestar Galactica

February 7, 2009 american

I knew exactly what I was going to make this day. I had to make this on this day, no matter what. Bento #34: Battlestar Galactica Created and eaten on: 01/16/2009

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bento #33: Calvin and Hobbes

February 5, 2009 american

EDIT: I just realized that this bento was featured on reddit, and getting a lot of traffic to this page from different sites. I noticed that one editor in particular praising my bento on their site said that the potato salad “is probably spoiled.” I usually ignore any negative comments, especially if it’s someone else’s page, but this is a bit different. Not just assuming [...]

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bento #32: Where the Wild Things Are – right side

January 31, 2009 american

After Christmas, I wanted to make one more bento before the year was over, but my boyfriend and I were already on holiday vacation. I was thinking of making a bento to eat at home, but my boyfriend had to go see his family for a couple of days, so I decided to make a bento for him to eat on the bus. Since I [...]

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bento #31: Totoro snowman

January 29, 2009 bento

After I posted how to make a Wall-E sandwich on December 21, I started getting a lot of traffic to my blog, my flickr and my boyfriend’s flickr. At the time, I was still writing about my older bento on my blog and using my flickr to post pictures for my blog, so I decided to make a bento for people who were visiting my [...]

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bento #30: Raving Rabbid bento #2

January 27, 2009 bento

I felt defeated after making my Moyashimon bento. I wanted to make a kyaraben, but I was feeling lazy (as usual)… So I started thinking of what I could make with what I had in the fridge with a minimal amount of effort. Bento#30: Raving Rabbid bento #2 Created and eaten on: 12/16/2008

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bento #28: Toon Link

January 22, 2009 bento

I think I’ve mentioned on my blog before, but I don’t like making human characters for my bento. One of the reasons is I think it’s a bit creepy to eat human characters. I know many people will say “And it’s not creepy to eat Totoro???”, but it’s just something about human characters that weird me out a bit. Also another reason (the main reason) [...]

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bento #27: Wall-E

January 20, 2009 american

When the trailer for “Wall-E” came out, my boyfriend was really excited about it. I’ve watched many different kinds of teasers, but all I thought “Okay… So, it’s Johnny Five in CG.” Even thought it’s by Pixar, I really didn’t expect anything at all. Bento #27: Wall-E bento Created and eaten on: 12/04/2008

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How to make an egg chicken

January 4, 2009 characters

Today’s how-to is something very basic you can make with a boiled egg. It’s so easy that I don’t even know if I need to do a how-to on this, but this definitely is the simplest & easiest way to turn an ordinary egg into a cute chicken in under 3 minutes! I made this for my very first kyaraben-ish bento, and Farm bento. But I [...]

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bento #23: Cooking Mama

January 3, 2009 bento

While I was making the Professor Layton, Portal and Bioshock bentos, I came up with more video game themed bento. One of them in particular seemed just so perfect for kyaraben. It was a game about cooking! Bento#23: Cooking Mama Created and eaten on: 11/14/2008

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bento #22: Farm bento left side

December 30, 2008 bento

This is the second part of my “Farm bento.” I’m going to write about the left side of the bento. Bento #22: Farm bento left side Created and eaten on: 11/09/2008

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bento #22: Farm bento right side

December 27, 2008 original

Whenever I make bento for my boyfriend, he’d show it to his friends at work and upload the pictures of bento on his flickr account and show it to other friends. One day, a friend of my boyfriend told him about a lunch box contest. I wasn’t that interested in the prizes, since they were a heavy duty lunch box and a rice cooker (I [...]

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bento #20: Portal

December 23, 2008 bento

After Professor Layton, I was still in the mood for making game bento. I had many ideas for game bento, but they weren’t “finalized” yet… But I couldn’t sit on them forever, so I decided to try what I’d been wanting to make for a very long time. Bento #20: Portal Created and eaten on: 11/06/2008

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bento #19: Professor Layton

December 20, 2008 bento

My boyfriend loves puzzle games. Simple one like Tetris, Picross, Meteos, Sudoku, etc… So there’s no surprise that he likes Professor Layton. I, on the other hand, am not that good at puzzle games. So I found out about Professor Layton (before the U.S. release) I just checked out the official Japanese site, and that was it. Even after it came out in the U.S., [...]

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bento #17: Laputa robot

December 16, 2008 bento

I’ve mentioned repeatedly in my blog that my boyfriend and I are big fans of Studio Ghibli films. And “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” is of course one of our favorite titles. I’d always wanted to do a Laputa bento, but there aren’t that many “creatures” in Laputa… except… Bento#17: Laputa robot with Fox Squirrel Created and eaten on: 10/27/2008

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How to make a Japanese snowman

December 14, 2008 characters

Maybe this isn’t really a “how-to”, but since it’s winter and all, I thought I’d do this anyway. I made a snowman very similar to this for Katamari bento. (I used fake sausage instead of carrot for its hat) [Japanese snowman, a.k.a. Yuki Daruma] – two quail eggs – seaweed – baby carrot (you can also use normal carrot or sausage) – uncooked pasta – [...]

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bento #15-L: Super Smash Bros Brawl Yoshi & Kirby

December 9, 2008 bento

After having so much fun making the Katamari Damacy bento, I wanted to make more video game themed bento. (yeah, I’m simple like that) I made a list of video game characters my boyfriend liked first, and looked at each character to see which ones could be made out of food. I knew that he LOVED Yoshi from Super Mario World when he was young (and still [...]

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bento #14: Katamari Damacy

December 6, 2008 bento

Since I started making bento most my bento have been Studio Ghibli themed, and I wanted to make something different. My boyfriend and I love video games. We each own a PS2, an Xbox 360, a Wii, and a DS lite. So I decided to make a video game themed kyaraben for a change. I looked at his video game collection and found a game we both [...]

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bento #12: Spirited Away

December 2, 2008 bento

My boyfriend has the “Ootori-sama” (Duck God?) plush keychain from Spirited Away on his bag, so I always wanted to make a bento with Ootori-sama. I looked around my boyfriend’s room, trying to find anything that would go with Ootori-sama, and I noticed that hippo looking thing (Bou-nezumi) and the black bird (Hae-dori) from Spirited Away on his desk… that was enough for me to [...]

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How to make vegetable flowers

November 30, 2008 bento

Flat vegetable flowers are great for dressing up your bento to finish up. Put them on broccoli, on rice, on sandwiches, etc… anywhere you want. It adds a nice finishing touch and will definitely cutify your bento. Carrot flower: – Carrrot – Cheese for #2 (optional)

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bento #10: The Path to Totoro’s Forest

November 29, 2008 bento

When I made my first Totoro bento, I used bonito flakes for his gray body color, but it didn’t look quite right.　So I thought, “What food is gray?” The first food that came to my mind was konnyaku. I searched the web for “Totoro made out of konnyaku”, but to my surprise I couldn’t find anyone using konnyaku for Totoro… so of course, I had [...]

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bento #3: Happy Bee & GIR

November 15, 2008 bento

I have been a big fan of Invader ZIM, and I used to make plushes of the characters. I took a look at character images online, and decided to make the Happy Bee (a.k.a. Death Bee) because it looked pretty easy to make. Bento #3: Happy Bee and GIR (from Invader ZIM) Created and eaten on: 9/22/2008

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