Shinkansen Sandwich Bento

2. September 2009, 14:12 UhrBento, Bread, Sanrio Characters, Speedy Bento, Transport Themeshoppingmum12 comments

After 2 days of non-decorative fruit bentos, my boy politely asked me to fix him something nice today. :)

Some mothers are worried that once we started decorating our kids’ food, our children might not want to eat “normal-plain-looking” meals. But for my kids, they will still eat the “plain-looking” bentos, as long as they are hungry! I found that we don’t really have to do charabens all the time, just to make a bento more attractive. Check out how Sherimiya does her colorful bentos with wonderful fruits and veggies arrangement. :)

For today’s bento, I cut the bread with Shinkansen rice molds, which I bought from Sanrio at Central Department store. Besides sandwiches, I packed some mango, champagne grapes, pineapple (for my gal) and a piece of tofu in each bento. I did the decoration with nori and cheese, so my Shinkansen does not look like the real train. :P


My boy’s Shinkansen, which I’ve forgotten to add some wheels at the bottom. LOL! I’d only realized it.

 

 
This is my gal’s bento.

 

It’s best to use blue egg sheet, but I don’t have any food color. Shinkansen will definitely look better if it’s decorated in blue. :)

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12 comments:

  1. Susan Yuen, 2. September 2009, 14:17

    My kids love having special bentos, but like your children, they eat normal food without any problems. :) Beautiful bentos as always!

     
  2. shi-chan, 2. September 2009, 14:45

    ya i guess kids being kids are easily contented. :)
    ur shinkansen looks perfectly fine, even without any food colouring!

     
  3. little prince's mummy, 2. September 2009, 15:22

    Very nice one :) Your food decoration skill is superb!~

     
  4. Ellena, 2. September 2009, 21:14

    No matter is blue or white, these bento do have their own attraction… :p We vote the 1st set(boy) :p

     
  5. SIG, 3. September 2009, 9:42

    I think your shin is excellent!

     
  6. shoppingmum, 3. September 2009, 11:46

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments. :)

     
  7. Jin, 3. September 2009, 21:37

    hi there.. I’m new to your blog. Came across it while surfing ard for bentos..and it definately caught my interest! Anyway, i’m kinda new to cooking too.. so here i am, asking some silly questions on ur bento making..apologies if i irritate you with queries which may be repeated..

    how do you make the rice stick together like rice ball? u do it like how we make sushi?

    and also, how do u stick the “decor” and seaweed to the bread/rice?
    won’t it fall off after a while or during transport?

    look forward to your reply and i’m definately coming back to ur blog for more!

     
  8. sherimiya, 5. September 2009, 3:47

    thanks for the shout-out, shoppingmum — so sweet ! ^^
    though i don’t often do “cute”, i always love to look at yours :)

     
  9. Karen, 5. September 2009, 10:53

    Hi Shopping Mum,

    I will be visiting Bangkok soon. Where would be the best place to get all the Sanrio bento tools?

    Thanks!

     
  10. shoppingmum, 5. September 2009, 12:02

    Jin, thanks for dropping by my blog. You can form the rice ball with rice molds or form it manually. Please google for how to form rice ball and you may find some tutorial about it. You can use some jam or butter to stick the seaweed, and they hardly move unless the bentos are being swung around and the rice balls move. :)

    Sherimiya, you are welcome. :)

    Karen, you can try Central Chidlom or Central World which is located in the city. Not all Central department stores carry the same products.

     
  11. Jin, 7. September 2009, 21:59

    Many thanks shopping mum!!

     
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