O my Obento

Updating blogs

yeny — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:38:24 +0000

I am very behind in updating my blogs. For latest ones, please check my flickr photos. I don’t know why, but I think it is getting slower in uploading pictures in this blog. It’s kinda frustrating

Balinese Spicy Chicken

yeny — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:00:05 +0000

Going back to taste of home. It’s always the best dish to reheat. I’ve been lazy to prep in the morning, so I made everything last night.

We just bought 2 new pyrex container, with steam vent on the lid. Perfect for reheating in microwave. Guess what, I forgot to take my orange and cucumber out before reheating.. mm.. so I got a luke warm orange.. not a good idea.

Burger and Mapo Tofu

yeny — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:00:16 +0000

Last night, I put mapo tofu and mixed veggie in the bowls. In the morning, I reheat rice, mapo tofu, and pan fry burger. It took about 20 min to prepare 2 set of bentos, for me and my hubby.

* I prepare the burgers ahead, freeze them. In the morning, all I need just pan frying.

Left over – again

yeny — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:01:57 +0000

Left overs from today’s dinner and the day before.

*Stir fry broccoli, mushrooms, and egg tofu in oyster sauce; spicy eggplant (using Gochujang – korean hot pepper paste).

I miss the one taste of eggplant from Baiso. It’s kinda spicy but it has a sweet after taste. I am guessing they’re using Gochujang and some kinda syrup. It came pretty close, but not quite. I think I miss ground sesame. I’ll try again next time and see.

My latest bento shopping

yeny — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:42:50 +0000

I don’t shop on clothes or other stuff. My shopping craze is all about bento. I searched my area, been to LOTS of asian supermarkets (hoping to find bento items), driving my hubby nuts, absolutely nuts.

Can you blame me? They’re super cute and beautiful! A lot of people say I’m crazy, being so obsessed on lunch, spending so much time on lunch. I bet everyone who has a hobby or passion in something, they’ll go for it and they’ll spend money and time that seems crazy to others. It is my way of stress relief method.. I found myself very relax in the kitchen.

Another quick one

yeny — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:29:14 +0000

Another quick one. Left over noodle from chinese takeout, spam, fruits, I cook thick omelete and teriyaki balls.

Just boil beef/shrimp/crab imitation/squid balls (anythign you have). Throw in a pan with a bit oil, to brown them a bit, then add teriyaki sauce.. Tada.. if you want to make it fancy, use a cute toothpick, make it looks like satay. Of course you need to find a good teriyaki sauce.

Supermarket Bento

yeny — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:42:48 +0000

Totally cheated. I bought dim sum nite sale at asian supermarket. All I cooked was the egg. Cut some veg, there you go, bento to go.

- bbq pork bun, fried fish cake roll, pot sticker, stewed egg.

Stewed Egg and Chicken – Onigiri – Dumplings

yeny — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:46:10 +0000

I haven’t got a chance to upload these.

Left: I made this last week, for dinner and bento menu the next week. Fish and shrimp dumplings, tuna salad onigiri, salmon burger.

Right: This is what I had for today’s lunch. Stewed egg and chicken in soy sauce, salmon furikake rice, and fresh veg and fruits.

Curry hash beef and baked tomatoes

yeny — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:56:37 +0000

Lunch today: hash beef with curry flavor, baked tomatoes, and crab imitation omelete.

I make the beef the night before. I use garlic, onions, beef, potatoes, peas. Seasoning: cumin, turmeric, salt and pepper.

The tomatoes, add a bit olive oil, salt, mozarella cheese. I prep it at night, in the morning, I pop it in my toaster oven, and baking it in the oven just until the cheese melted.

Stir Fry – Hot and Sour

yeny — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00:18 +0000

I made Hot and Sour Soup for dinner. For tomorrow’s lunch, I am using almost the same ingredients as the hot ‘n sour for a change with least effort.

Bamboo shoots, ear mushrooms, celery (cuz I have to clean up my fridge), carrots, chicken, everything sliced thinly.

Marinate chicken in soy, sake (cooking wine) and sugar, at least for 30 min. Heat oil, stir fry chicken first, take it out. Stir in all the rest, add chicken back in, add 1 tbs sake, 1 tbs water, 1 tsp chinese vinegar, and soy to taste. If it’s to dry, just add bit water.