A Game Of Thrones Bento

So after months of wanting to do A Game Of Thrones bento I finally did it!!!

I love the series soo much and now I have a kindle I'm going to get the books to read! ( I already have the books but I can never get comfy to read them, kindles truly are easier to read!)

So this bento features the Direwolf of the house Stark, the Kraken of the house Greyjoy and a dragon egg.

Hope you like it!

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!

Mint chocolate steamed puddings

As I said I wanted to test all of the features of my new Tefal machine ( check previous post) before doing a review I thought I'd do these gorgeous puddings.

Now in the little cookbook-let you get with it these are made with plain chocolate. I can't stand plain chocolate, it's far too bitter for my taste. So I opted for mint chocolate which is why the pudding are not very dark brown.

I steamed these for half an hour, I think an extra 5/10 mins would have made the sponge a bit firmer, my pudding had only a thin layer of sponge and a lot of molten middle. But overall I was very impressed and they tasted absolutely delicious!!!

So for steaming I would give the Tefal 8-in-1 four stars out of five.

5forfriday bento : 7/9/12

Here is my 5forfriday entry for today,
It contains chip spice sprinkled onigiri, tenmusu ( onigiri with tempura inside ), tamagoyaki and peppers with sweetcorn.

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!