Panda Family Bento
I know that I’ve done some panda bentos previously (as in here, here and here), but panda is always a nice theme in bento-ing, especially if you have those cute panda picks!
I bought a loaf of chocolate and milk bread for today’s bento, and the bread is so yummy, you can just eat it on its own. 
I bought it from Oishi, but the label stated In & Out Bakery Cafe.
Here’s what I did last night. I used one of the Rilakkuma cutters to cut the bread, and …
I used the same cutter to cut the cheese.
I cut 2 ovals from the cheese for panda’s eyes. I set the oval cheese aside for later use.
Now, carefully cut off the ears from the cheese with a bigger round cutter.
Try not to press the cutter down in whole in order not to break the cheese. Try to press it down on each ear separately or you can also cut off the ears with a knife.
Then, cut some circles from the oval cheese (from the previous step). The circles would be used for panda’s eyes.
I stored the bread away and refrigerated the cheese for today’s bento. What I did this morning was preparing the fruits, and continued with decorating the pandas.
I placed the cheese on the bread.
Then I added the eyes, and the noses were last a minute decision. 
Punch a few circles with this shoe puncher, or you can use a normal paper puncher.
Add the nori eyes on the round cheese. Of course, I added some smiles to the pandas too.
Since today’s theme is panda family, we can’t leave out a baby panda, can we?
So, I prepared a quail egg and 2 blueberries. Pin the blueberries with spaghetti strips to the egg to form the ears.
Then, add some nori on the quail egg as baby’s eyes, nose and mouth.
After that, I packed the fruits in the bentos, and here they are:
My gal’s bento with the panda family, some blueberries, kiwi, guava and a strawberry.
And this is my boy’s bento.
BTW, if you have plan to visit Thailand one day, don’t miss the baby panda born at Chiangmai Zoo ya? My kids only saw the giant panda parents, Lin Hui and Chuang Chuang, last year. So I hope that we can make a trip to Chiangmai again to catch a glimpse of the baby panda!
I wan 1 chocolate and milk panda bread bento too…..*-*
me three me three.. count me a share
This realli love like that Chocolate panda cookies from Meiji that my son love
Super duper cute panda!!!!!
Arlene, I hope that i can bring a loaf back, if possible. The bread expires in 3 days!
Ellena, you also want ah? LOL!
Thanks for your comment, Little Prince’s Mummy.
Haha….I like the panda so much….especially the expression on face…is CUTE!
You really got talent in making bento and always have infinity of inspiration!
Ganbatte!
hhahhaha…this panda look so so cute!! I like them. Another great idea to use cheese as Panda face.
luv the new cutters, great work on the bento
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