Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Bento #122 Year Of Snake 2013 Bento

2013 is Year Of The Snake, and according to Chinese lunar calendar, it will start on 4th February....Snake is the 6th animal in Chinese horoscope order sequence....

here is my very first snake theme bento....

the snake is egg sheet, cheese, nori and crab stick filament... leaves are sweet pea...
other foods in the rest of the compartments :
top left: sauteed pea sprouts with whitebait (银鱼), boiled egg, carrot sakura & edamame, cherry tomato.....
top right: pan-fried black peppered salmon, fish balls and green leaf.....
bottom right : boiled mini sausages, prawns, corn, broccoli, edamame and carrot sakura....








11 comments:

  1. Beautiful bento!*-* So many yummy ingredients. This snake's really cute. It took a lot of time for sure. Everything looks elegant and colorful ^^.

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  2. PaintYour Food,
    thanks !! It really took me hours from preparing the foods & arranging them into the bento box... this is the "largest" bento I've made so far..:P

    Yenn,
    thanks! :)

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  3. Wonderful snake design ^^ I loved it :) I'm sure your nori cutting skill will improved coz we loved to design foods!!

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    1. thanks Karen... hopefully I will be expert as you :)

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  4. The snake is so cute!

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  5. Love your snake, it looks so real & cute. Happy Snake Year to you Mic!

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  6. thanks Mommy Michelle !! Happy CNY to you & your family too !

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  7. cute snake!
    how did you achieve the bright orange color for your egg sheet?

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    1. thanks :D
      i mixed the egg yolk with a drop of orange food colouring...

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