I found a new thing to be obsessed with! Bento! These adorable little boxes for lunches are everything I love in one. Boxes. I love boxes, any size, made out of anything! LOVE! I also love food, believe it or not :D! And, I love, love, love playing with it. I love pretty things, I love cutting out shapes and making something out of almost nothing. This was made for me, people!
But you know what was hard? Deciding on THE box. So after almost two months of not being able to decide...while researching things about bento, I found it. IT! Exhibit A:
For so many reasons this was THE box. First, it looks awesome, retro and modern at the same time. Second, it is big enough and so functional. Third, its cheap. Fourth, (and most important one for me) it reminded me of a cartoon I grew up with (Baltazar) and a can of sardines made into a bed and a big flower above it pretending to be a lamp. Not following me? Never mind. It is THE box, and that is all that matters.
So I got it...and then I realized, I can't eat soups with it. It doesn't make it any less perfect in my eyes, but it did give me a reason to get another one. Exhibit B:
This gorgeous box had to be ordered from Japan. But how could I resist? :)
Here is another shot of it:
So much cuteness! And again, funcionality! The first meals out of these beauties were unfortunately not recorded. Something with happines in my brain and my son seeing TOYS! ME EAT TOYS! I barely saved my soy sauce frogger!
Did you notice the little stand on the bunny bottle? And the little funnel for easier filling of them? Perfection! Want more perfection? Look at these food pics and cutters:
I am sorry, I have to show you something else. Onigiri rice molds and egg molds, bunny and bear. My son loves it as much as I do!
So now I am a proud owner of these boxes and I can't wait to start creating little edible art lunches! My husband wants them too. The lunches. Not the boxes. When asked which box does he want for himself, he categorically refused a real bento box and decided on a $3 default grocery store plastic one. Whatever floats his boat. :D
Picture of my collection, with DH's respective box on the bottom. :D
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