Bento#99: Airplane Bento
Another one to go and it’s my first 100th bento! It’s exciting, but I’m not sure what should I do with my 100th bento. Maybe I won’t be packing one tomorrow too as I’ve been so busy this week, I need to catch up with my beauty sleep. 
Chinese New Year is just a few days away and I’m not well prepared yet. I haven’t stocked up those drinks and cookies for my guests, haven’t washed the curtains, haven’t checked out Sferra linen for the beds and argh!!! There are so much to do!!! Did I mention that I haven’t started spring cleaning and we are leaving to the beach this Saturday once we pick up our guests from the airport? I’m rather panic on how to get things done, as some of them will be staying over at my place, and I haven’t cleaned up the whole place yet…
Anyway, I managed to fix bentos for my kids this morning as I woke up early. Since they won’t be having bread, which is pretty easy to prepare, I had to spend some time in the kitchen preparing the chicken rolls and steaming the sweet potatoes. At the same time, my boy found the airplane cutter in my toolbox and asked me to fix one for him. So, here’s how I did it:
I prepared 2 pieces of cheeses.
Use the airplane cutter to cut out the shape. Try not to do it in the middle of the cheese so that you will have bigger leftover of cheese for next use ( I managed to cut a teddy bear out from the leftover). The cheese got stuck with this cutter, so you might need to use a round pointed pin to gently push it out. I found that toothpick tear my cheese, so I prefer to use this pin.
Turn the cutter over and use it to cut out the fine details. I used the top layer of crab meat, kamaboko and high calcium cheese for the details, and you can use other alternatives. Just gently press them down so that you will get the shapes. You can do this free hand with a knife too, but I tend to use the cutters.
So, here’s the end result:
My boy’s Tomica bento with chicken rolls (topped with an airplane), some sweet potatoes (cut with a flower cutter), a sapodilla, some mangosteens, and a teddy bear peeping out from the kiwis. He likes the teddy bear peeping out in his previous bento, and he requested me to do this again.
My gal has almost the same food but I replaced the mangosteen with strawberries. She refused to try it that day and gave all to her brother. As for sweet potatoes, it’s my second attempt. She refused it the other day, even without trying out the taste! I will coax her into taking a small bite again later…
By all means, I don’t have to worry about my gal not taking her meal as her brother will most likely finish everything for her. LOL! My boy is not as picky as he used to be anymore, and he always finishes his bento, including the lettuce! I hope to see my gal eating like her brother one day, but for the time being, she’s still very picky. The only thing she eats more than her brother is junk food!!! Other than that, her brother “wins”.
Just in case I don’t update my blog tomorrow….
Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Halo…. Congrat on your 100th Bento Post!!!! Everyday i will sure visit and see what’s new on your bento site!!! It’s so exciting like a child waiting to receive present…. hehehe Great Job…. Keep it up!!! Wish you and your family a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!!!!!
haha….laughing at ellena’s comment….me too, everyday sure gave u a click & be greeting with a ‘chiak’ again ……congrats 100th bento….kudos to you!!
keep up d good work yea
wow looks like u still have a lot to do for the new year…..once yr guests arrive, dun think u can clean edi…so better hurry up these 2 days !!
gong xi fa cai to you too!!
I’ve used that cutter many times but never thought of cutting more details with filament stick /kamaboko to dress it up further. It makes a very big difference from my very plain aeroplane. Thanks for the idea.
Looking forward to your next bento – the 100th. We’re expecting a spectacular one *pressure, pressure* Haha… just joking.
Gong Xi Fa Cai.
Ellena, one more to go…one more to go…LOL!
Jacss, ya, I’m really panic now and I will start cleaning my place like crazy tonight. Gong xi fa cai to you and your family too!
3lilangels, gosh,spectacular is not in my mind now. LOL! Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family.
Aiyo.. u see la.. i so excited hor.. see u type 100th then i too excited liao..tot it is already the 100th post le… hahaha… so i will standby everyday to see that exciting no. 100th post of SPECIAL BENTO… :p
Gong Xi Fatt Chai to you+family!!!
Hihi! Yes, yes! I oso same same as Ellena…I CANNOT dont log on… last week when i hurt my eye, i was so upset i couldnt log on.. then when beta, I ‘chiong’ to see what i’ve been missing… m really addicted to all your bentos!
Actually hor, altho 100th bento but in fact you’ve done 198 cos each time you do 2 bentos! And altho same theme, but always ‘matchingly different’ ! Really salute where you get all these ideas to do everyday? U r so creative leh..
I’m so blessed to know your site and recently I’ve started to pack breakfast for my son to go school n ur bentos are perfect for me cos I oso give him snacks n fruits for breakfast so your blog is really reference guide (encyclopedia) for me. I only need to follow what you do (hope you don mind) and I would hv myself a nice and cute bento (of cos standard still far far away from yours!).
Thanks so much again! May you n your family have a very Happy Lunar New Year, filled with love, happiness and good health!
Anticipating your 100th post!
Love this plane bento. You really have so much patience. Yes, do surprise us with a spectacular 100th post! And a happy new year to you and your family.
Great bento, Amy, though it wouldn’t work for my kids though , cos those would have jiggled beyond recognition since my kids carry bento boxes in their pull along schoolbags and the teddy bear cheese would have limped over in my case. Mine always have to be tightly packed. But great bento, nevertheless.
and hey, Happy CNY, Amy !
Hihi Amy, Can I ask check with you, how u keep the mangosteen looking so fresh and white? Cos mine turned brown rather quickly.. I’ve been trying to leave you 2 comments on the raining post but it can be published? Is it too ‘cheong-hey’? haha!