Great For Bento: Collapsible Chopsticks!

Today a parcel I ordered from amazon arrived,
It was two sets of bento cutlery!

Each set is comprised of a tiny, but sufficiently sharp fork, a tiny, probably not sufficient spoon, two collapsible chopsticks and a little case to carry them in.

The case looks like the thin cases you can get for reading glasses and has a clip on so you can carry them on your belt or in a shirt pocket!

The spoon and fork are made of stainless steel but feel a little thin and I'm not sure how well they would hold up against continual use.

The chopsticks, that are made of two pieces that screw into each other, feel like some odd hybrid somewhere between plastic and metal, and they are extremely light which may sound like a bonus but it makes them seem a little fiddly to use.

I will use them for a week and then I will do a review :)

My new tamagoyaki triple pan :)

I made an order on Casabento for a Tamagoyaki Triple Pan.

It came today and it looks soo good! I know it will make making tamagoyaki a lot easier and if I fancy a fry up I can do it all in one pan!!

Expect a lot more tamagoyaki in my bento from today!

I will be posting a review about this piece of kit as soon as I've used it :)

New Black rabbit traditional bento

I ordered this bento off eBay about 8 days ago, although it seemed sooo much longer!

It's such a great little box, it's slightly scratched and buffed in places but I think that adds to the character of the box. Plus it was made in, I think it said, the 70s so I don't expect it to be gleaming. It did say in the description it was scratched so it's not like I wasn't warned :)

It's a two tiered, black box with a traditional usagi (rabbit) and moon motif. In Japan there is a story that on the moon there lives a rabbit making mochi ( sweet rice cake), so rabbits and moons are often featured together in Japanese culture. Just like Sailor Moon, her name in Japanese is usagi tsukino, which translates as Rabbit child of the moon... I think.

The bottom layer is 250 ml and the too layer is 200ml so it's a nice little box :)
And the seal feels pretty water tight!

New mini star cutters

Today while in TKMaxx I found these little cutters and I've been wanting a tiny star for a long time!!

This set of three cost £2.49. The smallest star is about 1.5cm!! Cute!

New paperchase bento box

Today while out in Hull city centre I found this great little box in Paperchase which in Hull is inside House of Frasier.

It's 600ml with a moveable and removable divider, it also has a little layer that fits on top which can hold a fork and spoon ( included ) and some chopsticks ( not included ).

The lid snaps shut and as far as I can tell is prett water tight! The box cost £6.75 which when compared to some boxes is pretty good!!!

New bento picks!

So with it being Halloween next month shops have started stocking in the usual Halloween fare, skulls to hang from the sealing etc.

And while browsing in a shop in Hull alled Discout UK, we were originally looking for wallpaper paste and paint brushes, I found these little Halloween "cocktail sticks" but in my mind that read "bento picks".

I haven't been making bento for long so it will be my first Halloween bento this year and I hope you will enjoy it :)

New Tefal 8-in-1 rice cooker!

Since I saw this beast of a machine in Makro I knew I had to have one!

Here is the Tefal 8-in-1 rice cooker on their own site.

In Makro this machine was £39.99 excluding VAT, even so it came to about £47 which is a lot less than the £69.99 / £79.99 I've seen elsewhere.

I will be doing a review on this as soon as I've tested all of its features, which include:

• White rice
• Brown rice
• Quick rice
• Grains
• Slow cooking
• Oatmeal porridge
• Steaming
• Deserts and cakes

That's right, a rice cooker than can also cook a great Victoria sponge!

Another Aladdin bento box

A few weeks ago I went to a local cash and carry called Makro ( I haven't been for ages but Meeko found his card so we could finally go!), it has changed a lot in the 10 or so years since I last went, but the prices were still amazing! Huge amounts of food for next to nothing, which will be great for if my bento catering business gets started :)

While there I found some Aladdin bento boxes, the pink one I bought was only £7.50 instead of the £20 on Amazon. The green and other colours were £10.50, not sure why the price difference for colour, maybe pink doesn't sell as well.

It is a two tier and equals 0.95l with the bottom tier being 600ml and the top being 350ml.

More egg mould!

Hello ^.^

After I made this video which shows all the stuff I bought from Casabento they held a great offer that with my next order I would receive a free gift.

I didn't really need anything at the moment so I just bought more egg moulds, mainly because my egg moulds are a little on the feminine side and even though Meeko doesn't mind I thought I'd get some more boyish ones for him :)

Hello kitty bento box

I had seen this Hello Kitty “sandwhich” box in tesco a few times but I didn’t want to pay £4 for a box the same dimensions as one I paid £1 for just because it had kitty’s face on it. But then today it had been reduced to £2.34 and I knew if I didn’t buy it I would moan about it for ages.
It has a 600ml capacity.
And as its marketed as a sandwich box it makes me a little sad that kids are missing out on what could be inside if their parents packed a healthy diverse bento lunch.
( the pen is for size reference )

Bear shaped pasta!

While shopping in TKMaxx I found some adorable little pasta shapes, there were three different types :

* space themed pasta with little aliens, spaceships and planets.

* animal themed pasta with lions, elephants etc.

* bear shaped pasta which is just bears in different colours.

I bought the bear ones because I want to make a bear themed bento.

The pasta was £1.29 for a 250g bag. I am going to buy the other themed pasta soon :)

Casabento free box!!!

casabento are currently holding an amazing offer!

If you make an order with them and then make a video of what you bought, you can receive a free bento box with your next order!

The box is a red urara onigiri bento box with a small rabbit motif.

For more details check out this page.

Here is my video if you want to check out what you need to do :)

Pink butterfly bun cases

A few weeks back I took an unexpected trip, with the partner's family, into Matalan in Hull. We went in so his mother could swap something she had purchased, so I decided to have a look at the kitchen and home stuff. There I was found these little pink butterfly bento cups. They were £2 or part of a "2 for £3" deal. So I bought these and a new can opener.

( sorry they're a bit out of shape in the pic)

Super Discount Hello Kitty Bento Box

So while browsing in Matalan I didn't just find some bento cups, I found, what may be one of my favourite finds yet, a hello kitty shaped bento box! While that itself warrants a purchase, the fact this 450ml bento box goes for around £20 online was only £3.50!!!
So if you want a super cute bento box or even if you only make sandwiches for your child, this box is for you!!

Get yourself down to Matalan and grab a huge bargain!!!

I can finally keep my bento accessories organised!

While out shopping a few weeks back I went into one of my favourite stores for cheap random cooking accessories and cheap food, B'nM. There I found something I've been wanting for a long time, a tool box!
All the ones I've seen, that are the size I want, are close to £20 ( I'd much rather spend that money on more bento stuff) but here I found one the exact size I wanted an for only £7.99, at a price like that I could hardly pass up!

And now all my bento accessories can be kept neatly together and are much less likely to get lost!