Bento Mojo
September 28th, 2009 | View Comments
Dissertation defense: successful!
Vacation: Returned. Trying valiantly to NOT be living on Japanese time any more. Failing.
Stomach: Misses the copious amounts of Japanese food consumed while away, though it’s probably better for the waistline that we’re back state-side.
My husband bought me a Ms. Bento lunch container as a graduation gift, the better to bring tasty lunches when I start work next week! He also bought me this Nissan thermos, the better to bring copious amounts of coffee as well. Both fit neatly into the nice carrying bag that comes with the Ms. Bento.
The bowls look very small when you first take them out and initially I was worried that they wouldn’t pack enough for me to eat—I’m a big eater!
But according to the product description on Zojirushi, the largest Ms. Bento container holds 10.5 fluid oz of food, the side dish bowl holds 11.2 oz, and the soup bowl holds 6.8 oz, for a whopping 28.5 oz, or over 3 cups of food.
Back when I packed my lunch in ordinary tupperware, 2 cups of food was plenty, so I’m happy about the size. Japanese-style bento boxes are designed to hold approximately one calorie of food per milliliter volume, so Ms. Bento should hold over 800 calories when fully loaded—more than enough for lunch!
And now for lunch inspiration.
There is a Mr. Bento Flickr group dedicated to showing Mr. and Ms. Bento lunches. I love this one with it’s smiling steamed bun. This one is also very pretty.
I plan to do some bento practice this week to get an idea of what and how much I can realistically pack in Ms. Bento and how long it takes. Watch this space for pictures!
Yvonne posted this on September 28th, 2009 @ 6:07pm in Bento Box Lunches, Japanese | Permalink to "Bento Mojo"
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