I made a lot of shepherd's pie, and it was good, so I decided to take it for lunch today! It didn't transfer into the container beautifully, but that's okay, I know it will taste good either way.

In the top tier of this bento, I included some diced fruit salad, some sour cream, a small cheese, fruit snacks and a mini kitkat bar.

This is a new bento box I bought the other day, it is microwave safe so I was excited to try it out.

As you can tell its Hello Kitty, which I love. She's just so cute. Anyways, I packed it all up and it has this really handy handle that clips onto the side on the containers which serves not only to make it easy to transport, but also clips the containers together!

Well, that's all for now,

Until next time, Happy Munching!

Cool as a Cucumber

Today I used a bento with fixed dividers. I mainly chose this box because it had a big enough space to hold my sandwich, and a solid divider that would allow "wet" food not to spill or spread onto other foods. Inside as a cucumber sandwich, a mandarin, a few pieces of beef pepperoni and swiss cheese, an individually wrapped mochi and on the other side is glazed carrots and pistachios. You may also notice I included a cute little pick shaped like a panda bear (this was given to me as a gift for my birthday, its part of a set of adorable animal picks).

Though cute, the downside of this box is that the lid does not have a very tight seal. Consequently, I had to be very careful to carry it upright or else risk the glaze from the carrots leaking all over the other foods, and possibly all over the bag. I just avoided putting the bento in my bag and carried it in the bento bag, it worked out just fine. :)

And here's the cute little bag that I packed it up in!  Well that's all for today, until next time, happy munching!

Birthday Celebration!

Hello Everyone!

Today it is my birthday! To celebrate I went to a teppanyaki place with some friends and family! For those of you who do not know what teppanyaki is, it is a form of Japanese cuisine. The word teppan means iron plate, and yaki (in this case) is used to mean grilled, so teppanyaki is a method of preparing food that involves those items being cooked on a large heated iron surface. This is usually done in front of the patrons of the restaurant and is a combination of entertainment and eating. It was very exciting and delicious. I took a little picture to show you how it looks. Here the chef is cooking some chicken and vegetables! (and shrimp?)

In this picture the chef is flambéing the shrimp! It is quite an amazing thing to see the flame is enormous and very warm! Its a show stopper.

If you happen to be wondering what I ate while I was there, we started with a small shabu shabu soup (this is what they call it but it is the broth not the table top cooking shabu shabu), and a salad, then the show began with yaki shrimp, an assortment of vegetables, rice (everyone gets these items with their meal) and I had a delicious New York steak! It was so amazing! This place is definitely one of my favourites! 

Also, my fiance made me this awesome cake for my birthday in the shape of one of my favorite icons, Hello Kitty!! It turned out great! Here's a little picture of it before we put in the candle and cut it up!

It was delicious!! Thank you to everyone for making my birthday special again this year! I really appreciate it and I had a great time, and I hope you did, too!!

Back to School Bento

Hello Everyone!
It is the beginning of a new semester and here is my first bento of the new year!

I chose this adorable festive red Hello Kitty Bento set. It has a matching drawstring bag that helps keep all my bento stuff together.

Here is the above view of the closed 2 tier plastic bento box held closed with a black band.

The 1st tier, In this tier I strained some fruits that were in a light syrup, and placed them inside their own division, and next to that in a separate section is a small cheese, some cashews, some salami cut into quarters, and a lychee coconut jelly.

In the lower tier,which can be viewed in this picture, contains a rice stir-fry with green beans, shitake mushrooms and some seasoning on the rice.

Well thats all about this bento! I hope you are enjoying the new year! 

Unitl next time! Happy Munching!