It was a very relax and fun filled session I should say thanks to the friendliness of Mei Li and the photographer. Okay, I pleaded guilty of not being able to remember the name of our nice Mr. Photographer!

We started off with a chat about kyaraben, and how I venture into this hobby. This was followed by a quick demonstration of a bento making.

I made a teddy bear onigiri bento during the demonstration and this was how it looked like.

There were another two bento-making mums being interviewed by Mei Li and together the stories made up the “Food Art” column in Saturday (4^th February) Star2 Lifestyle section. It is really fun to see other mothers’ creations too, their thoughts on kyaraben, and how they are hooked up to the same hobby.

Just some snapshots of the Star Newspaper for your viewing pleasure here.

A slightly simpler version of the article “Food Art” was also published in The Star Online in the Lifestyle section too. Check it out if you are interested to find out more and you missed last Saturday’s Star newspaper.

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I am really glad that he is adapting well to the new environment, and very happy with the new school.

Everything seems so interesting to him, especially the canteen. He is really fascinated by the fact that he can now buy food from the canteen all by himself!

Therefore for the past weeks since school started, I didn’t make him any bento as I thought it is a good chance for him to learn and fit himself into the new environment. I give him some pocket money every day and keep educating him to choose some healthy food from the canteen. It was a fun process as every day when he comes home, he will tell me what he bought and that gives us a chance to discuss about whether the food is good to take or otherwise.

He failed to get himself any food from the canteen on the first 2 days, and the biscuits I packed for him as backup became his ‘life saver’ food.

Anyway, I was caught by surprised last night when he suddenly asked me why I didn’t make him any bento for so long! I was doing spring cleaning on the cupboard where I keep all the bento gadgets and I guessed that triggers him on bento again.

I have nothing much to use for the bento as I didn’t anticipate making any bento especially today is the last day of school before the 1 week break starts for Chinese New Year. Hence I can only make him a very speedy bento today by using whatever food I have at home.

It was a simple mini meat floss sandwich bento. He requested for a hard-boiled egg too, and I put in some prunes to fill up the bento box. I am glad that I have some nice dragon food picks to decorate the bento so that I can call this a Chinese New Year theme bento. I purposely used the bunny sauce container for the soy sauce since the Rabbit will hop out in few days’ time and the Dragon is gliding in!

Wish everyone a happy and prosperous Dragon Year!

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During my return from the latest business trip, I was delighted to be told that the January issue of Rasa magazine is out at the market.

The January theme for Rasa Magazine is 100 daily menus for kids. Among the 100 recipes, I contributed ten recipes for kids’ bento set.

I had a great time making ten different bento-es at one go for the photography session with the editor last month. It was a very great and fun experience, especially with the very friendly editor and crews.

This is the photo of the cover page of the January issue of Rasa Magazine from the official site of Rasa Magazine.

And no, I haven’t got a copy myself as I just landed in the country last mid night. I’ll surely try to find a copy soon.

Here is a preview of the 10 bento-es I prepared for the photography session. Please pardon me for the poor quality of the photo as it was taken in a rush before the session ended.

Lets see if you can spot some of the bento-es in the cover page of the Rasa Magazine?

I hope you will find these recipes helpful if you are a reader of the magazine. I will try to share the closer view of each of the bento when I have time to sit down and work with the photos.

Stay tune!

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I bought some cream puff for the boys’ snack last night. I realize that the spider web like pattern on the cream puff is just so perfect for the Halloween theme bento. Therefore I decided to reserve two for JY’s bento today.

Thanks to all the handy cupcake decoration gadgets, I made a super speedy Halloween bento today.

I topped the two cream puffs with these cute Jack O’Lantern cupcake decorators, a creepy spider cupcake decorator on top of the cheese cubes, and the bone picks on the pitted prunes.

I didn’t have to do any cuttings for the bento and it took me merely 2-3 minutes to assemble all and take the photo.

Wish everyone a great weekend ahead, and Happy Halloween!

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I can’t recall when was the last time I made my boy a bento, and I felt so inefficient this morning when I made my boy his very first bento ever since we came back.

There was nothing much I have in my fridge as we cleared all the food before we left for our trip. So today I just made a little panda out of the doughnut I bought last night for my boy’s snack. I filled up the rest of the bento box with some pitted prunes and cheese cubes.

By the way, apart from my very hectic business trip, we had a really wonderful family trip this round to visit a relative and a friend.

Guessed what, JY had all these special treats while he was on board with Singapore Airline. First he was so excited to be served with this cute kid’s meal.

And these lovely lunch boxes came with the meal.

Last but not least a variety of games and activity packs were given to him once he boarded the plane to keep him occupied during the long hour flights.

It was truly a great get together trip for the family I should say.

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