{"id":917,"date":"2010-12-01T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=917"},"modified":"2014-07-30T17:31:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T17:31:06","slug":"japanese-boxed-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-boxed-lunches\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Boxed Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will never forget my first Japanese Bent\u014d (\u5f01<\/strong>\u5f53<\/strong>). A bent\u014d is a packed meal in a container, and depending on the bent\u014d, different items are placed in the container.<\/p>\n

kyarakut\u0101 bent\u014d (\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc<\/strong>\u5f01<\/strong>\u5f53<\/strong>), which is shortened to Kyaraben (\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9<\/strong>\u5f01<\/strong>) is a type of \u201ccharacter bento\u201d. The bent\u014ds in this category are cute, and made to look like adorable animals or anime figures. These bent\u014ds are often made by those who want to surprise their significant other by showing how much time and thought was put into preparing these boxed lunches.<\/p>\n

Hinomaru bent\u014d (\u65e5<\/strong>\u306e<\/strong>\u4e38\u5f01<\/strong>\u5f53<\/strong>) is a simple rice and umeboshi lunch box. Umeboshi (\u6885\u5e72<\/strong>) is a pickled plum that is very nutritious and somewhat sour and salty tasting. The red umeboshi is placed on a flat bed of rice, which looks like a Japanese flag. Hinomaru is the name for a Japanese flag, hence, that\u2019s where the name hinomaru bento comes from.<\/p>\n

Makunouchi bent\u014d (\u5e55<\/strong>\u306e<\/strong>\u5185\u5f01<\/strong>\u5f53<\/strong>) is a type of bent\u014d with white rice, a strip of salmon (or other fish, meat items), umeboshi or other pickled items, rolled egg and perhaps some veggies like carrots and spinach. These bent\u014ds are very filling and can be sold in convenience stores, train stations and even in restaurants.<\/p>\n

Sushizume (\u9ba8\u8a70<\/strong>\u3081<\/strong>) means \u201cpacked sushi\u201d in Japanese. This type of bent\u014d will often have some kind of sushi rolls (like a cucumber\/avocado roll), tuna\/salmon (fish) rolls, couple of sashimi pieces (like octopus), and some soy sauce\/wasabi (or other condiments) in a special corner. Other items may include slightly seared but raw mackerel, and yellowtail fish.<\/p>\n

Noriben (\u6d77\u82d4\u5f01<\/strong>) is basically a seaweed and white rice lunch box. Sometimes in addition to the seaweed, there may be two fried eggs on top of the rice, or two fried chicken\/fish strips. The seaweed is crisp and usually cut into rectangular strips. The strips are consumed with the rice. It\u2019s a modest meal with little fanfare, but it\u2019s healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I will never forget my first Japanese Bent\u014d (\u5f01\u5f53). A bent\u014d is a packed meal in a container, and depending on the bent\u014d, different items are placed in the container. kyarakut\u0101 bent\u014d (\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u5f01\u5f53), which is shortened to Kyaraben (\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u5f01) is a type of \u201ccharacter bento\u201d. The bent\u014ds in this category are cute, and made to…<\/p>\n

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