Bento Grass
Original photo from: Sugarcharms What are those green plastic cut-outs in bento boxes for? This is one question that I never got to ask when I was in Japan, thinking that the answer was fairly obvious – as food decoration. But one American visitor to Japan did, and apparently there’s more to this “bento grass” (haran or baran) than meets the eye: They are indeed intended to add color, an essential part of food...
Bring the bento on!
All food and culinary enthusiasts would find this interesting: Photo from Wikipedia.org The Japan Foundation, Manila and the Shangri-La Plaza Mall invite Filipino culinary talents to showcase home-grown Filipino ingredients and products and prepare intricate and artistic bento (lunchboxes) by joining the 1st National Bento Competition. The National Bento Competition is open to Filipinos aged 16 and above who can illustrate the fusion...