Tiger Year Bento

1. February 2010, 14:38 UhrAnimal Theme, Speedy Bentoshoppingmum11 comments

I was very busy last week, thus I didn’t have time to fix anything nice for the kids. With Chinese New Year around the corner, I think I will be pretty occupied with some preparation, mainly because we are expecting hubby’s family members, who are flying here for the celebration. It’s our second Chinese New Year in Thailand, and I’m very grateful that they are willing to fly over here to join us. Chinese New Year is not a major celebration in Thailand, so my kids can’t skip school for many days, if we want to fly back. :P

Anyway, today’s bento is tiger again, and I hope that you are not getting bored with this theme.


I cut the smoked cheese with this teddy cutter.



Cut 4 small ovals as the noses and tummies.


Then, add some nori on the tigers and that’s it! It’s very simple and fast.

This preparation was done last night, and the cheese tigers were refrigerated in air-tight container. So this morning, I took them out and topped them on the sandwiches.

Both bentos have the same decoration to speed things up.


I “created” the word “hu” by joining bits of nori together. It will look nicer if you trace the character and cut it out as one.

Here’s a close up of the tiger year bento:

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11 comments:

  1. Susan Yuen, 1. February 2010, 14:44

    What a great tiger bento!!! Genius!

     
  2. jolene, 1. February 2010, 15:05

    mommy.. can i have 1?

     
  3. javapot, 1. February 2010, 15:57

    u did very well on the tiger character – u must have done it with lots of patience. like the tiger.

     
  4. ~Rachel~, 1. February 2010, 17:21

    wow, i love the word ?..it really needs patience to create it..
    and of course i love the little cutey tiger too..^^

     
  5. gamene, 1. February 2010, 19:53

    shoppingmum i could NEVER get tired of your tigers! sorry to hear you have been so busy, but this bento was worth my wait :-)
    hope all is well with you and your family!

     
  6. shoppingmum, 1. February 2010, 20:26

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments. :)

    Jolene, sure, if u meet me one day. LOL!

    gamene, thanks for the concern. I’ll try my best to create more bentos, if possible. :)

     
  7. Alberta, 1. February 2010, 23:46

    your kid must be really really lucky to have a mum like you! i ? bentos too!!! :D great job!

     
  8. Lia Chen, 2. February 2010, 7:20

    Amy, hope you are not too tired with all the preparations for CNY and your busy job. Love the lion! And what a perfect ? with nori (^.^)

     
  9. sheri, 2. February 2010, 10:32

    I love the teddy for tiger idea (going to borrow this!), and how you can possibly create “hu” I don’t understand. Looks perfect!

     
  10. Ellena, 2. February 2010, 20:23

    Oh my!!! pal.. u join the nori to form the “hu” characters? I thought you crave it out from the nori leh.. u realli fantastic… :)

     
  11. Annie Q, 3. February 2010, 9:10

    very well done!! I like the “hu” character, must have a lot patience to cut that out.