Little Goldfish Bento

17. August 2009, 10:20 UhrAnimal Theme, Bento, Bento Preparation, Speedy Bentoshoppingmum11 comments

I’ve seen a few blogs with goldfish lately, especially those from Japanese bentoers. Thus, I wanted to give this a try too.


I prepared 2 quail eggs, blanched carrot cut in hearts and mini circles, and tiny bits of kamaboko.

 


Make a cut at the end of the quail egg.

 


Gently slip in the heart-shaped carrots.

 


Add the eyes (kamaboko, or you may use egg white) to the eggs with spaghetti strips. (Why I use spaghetti strips)

 


Make a small cut on the top of the eggs and slip in the tiny bits of carrots as fins.

 


Then cut semi circles of nori for the eyes.

 


Punch some nori for more facial details.

 

Besides the goldfish quail eggs, I packed some garlic toasts, grapes, edamame and apple in the bentos too.


My boy’s bento with his little goldfish.

 


And here’s my gal’s goldfish bento.

 

I should have snap the quail eggs in different view but I was running out of time. If you dye the egg in yellow, black or orange, it will look more like a goldfish. :)

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11 comments:

  1. Ultracoolmama, 17. August 2009, 11:41

    Again… Amy, I’m amazed! They are super cute!!

     
  2. spunkz, 17. August 2009, 11:46

    hie, shoppingmum. I’ve been meaning to ask… where can I get this kind of plastic mat that you use?

     
  3. shoppingmum, 17. August 2009, 11:48

    Ultracoolmama, thanks. BTW, add me in your FB la. :)

    Spunkz, it’s from Daiso, the cutting board section.

     
  4. SIG, 17. August 2009, 12:27

    Very very cute… could you share with us the Jap blogs that you visit for inspiration? Tks.

     
  5. trihok, 17. August 2009, 15:08

    hey..this is cute…tried using the quail egg cutter method before but not as cute as ur one! thks for sharing.

     
  6. 3lilangels, 17. August 2009, 15:23

    so cute!

     
  7. shoppingmum, 17. August 2009, 15:45

    SIG, I like the blogs like
    http://rmamascooking.blog82.fc2.com/
    http://aichigo.blog109.fc2.com/
    http://ameblo.jp/kaerenmama/
    http://annathered.wordpress.com/
    http://ameblo.jp/yukiko4-2/
    And not forgetting this bento sifu http://www.e-bento.com
    Most of the time, I will try to modify the ideas since most Japanese blogs are more for rice, or use egg sheets and exacto knife, but my bentos are more for snack or tea. Nonetheless, they are a good read!

    Trihok, you are welcome. :)

    3lilangels, thanks!

     
  8. SIG, 18. August 2009, 20:12

    Thank you for sharing them, shopping mum. Will visit and check them out. :)

     
  9. hapa bento, 28. August 2009, 15:54

    Hi shoppingmum! I love the goldfish bento. I keep goldfish as pets and I want to do a bento featuring goldfish. Thanks for the inspiration. Very cute.
    Best regards, hapa bento

     
  10. munchkin, 8. September 2009, 9:16

    hi shoppingmum! your bentos are simply amazing. may i know where do you buy your bento materials (i.e. lunch boxes, cutters, etc)???

    thanks so much. hope u can reply.

    :)

     
  11. shoppingmum, 8. September 2009, 10:32

    Munchkin, you may find out more here:
    http://motheringcorner.com/2009/07/30/where-i-get-my-bento-tools/