bento #10

I had to make a trip to"the big city" (Indianapolis) ;) yesterday, so I took a bento.  Actually, I didn't end up eating it because I just waited and had an early dinner (Al Basha... gyro... yummy).  So, this bento will be lunch today:

- hardboiled egg... I need to remember to buy X-Large eggs so my animals will have ears, but I've been buying large for years so automatically go for them
- cucumber slices
- satsuma
- two octodogs
- a "sea" of rice noodles with leftover potsticker sauce.  And some scallion and spinach
- with a little bear swimming full of soy sauce

Also, I checked out three Asian/Japanese restaurants on the northside Indy.  One had one bento box, and another had about half a dozen, but all were rather expensive, so I didn't get anything.  Was able to pick up a few ingredients to make more Japanese food.  And some grape leaves... I've been craving lamb and dolmades.  And kibbe, and kafta... you get the idea.  At least the gyro temporarily put a patch on that Middle Eastern craving.

my first supplies!

A box arrived today... I'd been tracking it... waiting for it... my first bento supplies!

Granted, I'd picked these out last week, when I knew a lot less about bento.  I'd placed the order last Thursday.  I'd only been reading about bento for two days, so I wasn't even entirely sure what I would need, but figured I could set up a pretty good selection.

here's my loot... early Christmas present to myself:

- A lock-and-lock blue/green system (in the case)
- Urara yellow two-tier bento
- green onigiri case
- yellow "deli style" snack box, and they (All Things for Sale) threw in the larger one as a gift!
- animal soy sauce bottles
- triangle onigiri molds... already used these
- flower-shaped cutters
- sauce containers (4)
- cute "head" picks
- a container of furikake, as I'd never had it before.  Put some in my onigiri  :)
- 5 little silicone cups

Yes, the bentos were small, but at least I was prepared.  I'm mostly confident I can fit what I want into the Urara one... stay tuned later tonight or tomorrow morning for my first bento!