Bento for Tyre

Tyre's really getting sick of food at his cafeteria and i have been making him lunches to bring to work... It started with sandwiches only.. then burgers.. then fried rice... and lately, i have been trying to get more professional and experimental.. wanting to do those japanese style bentos.

So , i borrowed this bento book from Cousin - "The Just Benton CookBook" Its a fantastic book filled with lots of colorful pictures and lots of easy to prepare receipes with variations!!! I LOVE it!Last week, we went to Jusco HKD12 shop to get some lunch boxes for Tyre. Had made japanese curry for him for lunch which he re-heated in the microwave oven for 1.5 minutes.. after he's finished and wanted to bring back the lunch box, the top was a bit deformed. Scary!!! Imagine all the toxic stuff he may be eating from the 'melted' box. It was "made in japan" and "microwave safe" supossedly but that doesnt stop it from deforming. So... no more cheap boxes... i got a new one from proper shop which he shd be able to reuse without fear of 'chemical' poisoning. Its a two tiered box.. very japanese style! :P

And here's my first atempt at recreating a receipe from the book. Sukiyaki pork with onions and fried rice. The beancurd skin roll is bought from the store, merely to fill up the empty section. Had made mayo potato salad too but put it seperately in another casing. Looks good eh? Would be better without the carrots and peas but i needed to 'color' the food , else it will all be brownish and boring. And here's it.. wrapped and ready to go!!
I am already thinking of what to prepare for him tomorrow.. think it will be the braised pork which Cousin prepared, with japanese omelette and pickled vegetables! Yumz!!!

I wonder how long my new found interest will last !?!? :D