As you can see from previous entries in our Bento Lunch series, 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.We have Steamed Rice, Beef Roll Up with Vegetables, Tamagoyaki and Kabocha Saladin our Bento box this time. You could get Beef Roll Up prepared the night before, and it’s best to pan-fry the meat in the morning. Tamagoyaki doesn’t take long to make in …