bento birthdays
As I mentioned in my previous post, I put together a couple bento sets for my niece [starfish] and both of my sister-in-laws. I actually had my camera in hand when starfish opened her gifts, and I was glad because she really liked them!
The nori cutter is from my own humble bento gadget collection. The only reason I didn’t include a nori punch in the gift sets is, well… seaweed [even decorative happy face seaweed] sometimes scares people who aren’t used to Japanese cuisine. But, they are so cute! [A sad side note: all three of my bitty bento cutters have gone MIA. I'm sure they are somewhere tragically obvious. However, until I find them, I will have to hand cut my nori faces.]
In case you want to give the give of bento [to yourself or someone else] I’ve put together a list [with links] of ideas which includes some of my favorite things:
[affordable] bento boxes, travel utensils & bags [jbox]
kids [taining] chopsticks [jbox]
egg shapers & rice molds [daniel's house storefront]
Japanese citrus peeler [daniel's house storefront]
Small cookie [for meat & cheese] cutters [amazon]
cute bento systems [laptop lunches]
vegetable cutters [a fave of mine!] [happy japan]
nori [seaweed] cutters/punches [happy japan]
mini soy sauce bottles [bento crazy]
gel-cool bento boxes [i love obento]
I told Aaron tonight that the Nori was “edible paper” and he ate it. If I told him it was seaweed he’d never have touched it! I love those punches. I have three and they are super cute!
Ooooh, edible paper. I like it! If I don’t find my nori punches soon, I’m going to cry. And then I’m going to buy replacements.