I ate a bento from Japantown the other day. Not bad. Presentation is pretty. The hamburger and egg were really good. The veggies, not so much.
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July 21, 2009
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That doesn't look appetizing to me, but I am white devil that doesn't live in Japan all year long, so take it for what it's worth.
I can't really read Japanese and after a couple of "hope for the best" bento, where I couldn't see what was inside, I became dedicated to egg sandwiches from the konbini, or tuna onigiri from 7-11 when I had to eat on the go. Bottle of delicious oolong to wash it all down.
I really miss that tuna onigiri from 7-11. It was good.
Posted by: vagrant | July 21, 2009 at 08:53 PM
おいしそう！
Posted by: vbNullString | July 21, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I wouldnt ate this actially...
Posted by: AlexBB | July 22, 2009 at 04:18 AM
I may be wrong, but it seems weird to me that the meat is sitting on top of the raw vegetables, rather than on top of the rice. In the bento I have seen/eaten, the meat would be sitting on top of the rice. Doesn't it make more sense that way? The cooked stuff stays with cooked stuff, raw with raw? Ah well.
Posted by: Jeff | July 22, 2009 at 01:43 PM
The spaghetti seems a little random :\
Posted by: Risachan | July 22, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Nijiya?
I like their Croquettes
Posted by: MisterC | July 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
These damn obentos ALWAYS have that spaghetti!
It's disgusting.
Posted by: Jon | July 23, 2009 at 03:50 PM
My local bento place usually has spaghetti like that and, their's is quite good.
Posted by: Blaine | July 25, 2009 at 08:07 AM
Next time, hop Caltrain down to San Jose and go to the SJ Japantown for a real bento. That thing really looks horrible.
That's one of the things I always miss after coming home from Tokyo. You can get good food (bento, curry, even musibi) just about everywhere there!
Posted by: Dan | July 28, 2009 at 03:43 PM