Left & right tier: asparagus on a bed of lettuce, boiled egg with cilantro and wasabi sesame, salt.
Middle tier: inarizushi, spicy Tao Kae Noi (crispy seaweed) and soy sauce.
On the side: milk chocolate with hazelnut.
Drinks (not shown): light Orangina with pulp, tab water.
Bento #104 came along on the 3rd stage of our long term hike through the green heart of Holland (Groene Hartpad).
Wlfr and I walked for 14 km from Zoetermeer to Hazerswoude. To get there we took autobus 206 along the N206, on Tuesday (0)206… We noticed this when we were still in the bus and we were ‘kind of’ relieved to ascertain that it was 13:36 and not 12:06 or 2:06. Not that we are superstitious or anything… ;) It just was REALLY weird. At first I even thought that the day’s bento for 2 (!) was #103… (you can do the math yourself). Fortunately I was mistaken; Betuwe Bento was my 103rd. Phew!
I was surprised to hear wlfr remark that the eggs looked so ‘even’, because I had been experimenting with a new way of boiling eggs. I guess it had passed the test! Freezing tofu puffs hadn’t though; that was no success and I won’t be doing it again.
Anyway, we had great day with amazing weather and the hike was fabulous. Part of it had seemed monotonous looking at the map in advance, but it turned out to be a wonderful ‘mini survival track’ in a water bird reserve. And we wouldn’t let one killer curlew scare us away ;)
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vrijdag 4 juni 2010 bij 14:32
gamene
i love the beautiful and simple egg decorations… and wasabi sesame seeds sound awesome, did you make or find at the market?
that picture near the water is gorgeous – glad you guys had an enjoyable hike!
vrijdag 4 juni 2010 bij 14:57
gnoegnoe
Thanks gamene! I got the sesame seeds from a friend who bought them at the Asian store. They’ve also got ‘roasted’ flavour — which is nice but wasabi rules!
zaterdag 5 juni 2010 bij 03:08
Ash
Lovely photograph, glad the hike was good. I went hiking last weekend but it was incredibly muddy here. Hopefully this weekend will be a little better for hikes.
dinsdag 8 juni 2010 bij 23:40
Bentobird/Jenn
Love the delicate egg garnishes–they make this bento glow! The photo is beautifully styled. Speaking of beauty, the pastoral landscape just makes me sigh…so lovely and deep in spring green renewal.