Bento Lunch Menu 1 Japanese Cooking 101 [Video]

Bento is a portable packed meal, usually eaten for lunch in Japan.  You can buy bento at bento shops, convenience stores, grocery stores, train station shops – pretty much anywhere there.  However, as we always say, the home-made kind is the best!  And it’s not hard to make at all.

If you know you need to bring lunch the next day, just think ahead.  Leave some food from dinner aside, and even prepare vegetables before you go to bed.  It is busy in the morning for everyone, so keep the Bento making to a minimum in the morning.

For example, if you have Kabocha no Nimono and Beef Shigureni for dinner, they can become the main dishes for tomorrow’s Bento.  Blanch some broccoli pieces at night and keep in the fridge, and set the timer for the rice cooker.  In the morning, you’re practically done. Make Tamagoyaki, then pack it with Steamed Rice, a few tomatoes, and …