Bento

By. Ahmadi

About of Bento

Bento is a takeout, normally in a box has of rice, fish,meat and many vegetables.

Bento are used by kids or workers as a packed lunch or by families on day travels, for classespicnics and sports etc. The bento, made at house, is wrapped in a furoshiki.

Bento Style

Bento can be really elaborately arranged in a model .

1.      Character bento or called kyaraben

Kyaraben is usually decorated like anime characters, characters from manga or video game characters. 

2.      Picture bento or called oekakiben

Oekakiben is decorated  like animals, buildings or monuments,  people and object like plants and flowers.

Type of Bento

·         Makunouchi

·         Noriben

·         Sake bentō

·         Shidashi bentō

·         Tori bento

·         Hinomaru bento

·         Tōge no Kamameshi bento

·         Shōkadō bentō

·         Chūka bentō

·         Kamameshi bentō

·         Hokaben

·         Hayaben

·         Ekiben 

Homemade Bento

·         Type 1

Use meat or fish, and prepared ingredients that used in for decades like frozen shumai, fried korokke, etc.

·         Type 2

Also identified as cute bento, character bento or entertaining bento, etc. This variety of bento has garnered the many attention outside of Japan, because bento are so visual.

·         Type 3

Bento that is respects the ingredients. Of the focus is on traditional Japan foods. 

This bento as a fresh vegetables, Organic food,whole grains and any more.

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