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Thursday, May 27, 2021

DAISO Mess Tin (How to Cook Japanese White Rice in a Camping Cookware) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

DAISO Mess Tin (500yen) became very popular in June 2020 and still hot now in 2021.

I recorded this video last year btw 😅

It was pretty fun to cook rice outdoor with kids.

For future use, I am keeping this in our emergency bag 👍

How to Cook Japanese White Rice in a Camping Cookware

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DAISO Mess Tin (How to Cook Japanese White Rice in a Camping Cookware)

Difficulty: Very Easy

Time: 1hr

Number of servings: 1-2 people

Necessary Equipment:

Mess Tin

solid fuel

trivet

aluminum plate for the fuel

lighter

parchment paper

1 cup = 160g (5.6oz.) Japanese rice

200ml water

cotton gloves

towel

Direction:

1. Wash rice and place it in Mess Tin lined with parchment paper. Add water and leave for 15~30 minutes to let it absorb water. * I did not rest the rice but the result was pretty good.

2. Place the solid fuel on the aluminum plate. Place it in the center of trivet. Set fire, place the Mess Tin, and cook until the fire goes out.

3. Wear the cotton gloves and hold the lid securely. Then flip it over and leave to steam for 15 minutes. If you have a towel wrap Mess Tin to steam. *Flipping over is to cook rice more uniformly but some people say it is not necessary.

↓レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/Mess-Tin.html

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Saturday, May 22, 2021

One-Pot Bibimbap 비빔밥 | Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Vegetables in a Japanese school lunch style Recipe

One day I saw Bibimbap on my daughter's elementary school lunch menu and wondered how they serve it. I asked her teacher and learned that they make it in one pot!

It is a great idea if you quickly want to make it in a large batch for your family 😉

One-Pot Bibimbap 비빔밥

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One-Pot Bibimbap (Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Vegetables in a Japanese school lunch style)

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 30min

Number of servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

200g(7oz.) pork or beef slices (or ground meat is ok)

200g(7oz.) bean sprouts

200g(7oz.) spinach

100g(3.5oz.) carrot

1 clove grated garlic

1 tbsp. grated ginger

* 2 tbsp. soy sauce

* 2 tbsp. sugar

* 1 tbsp. Sake (white wine or you can skip it)

* 1 tbsp. chicken soup stock powder

* 1 tbsp. Miso

* 1 tsp. Gochujang (you can skip it if you think it is too hot for kids)

cooking oil

sesame oil

toasted white sesame seeds

2 eggs

800g(1.7lb.) cooked white rice

Directions:

1. Cut meat into bite-size pieces. Cut carrot into thin strips. Cut spinach into an inch pieces. Wash bean sprouts and drain well.

2. In a deep frying pan or a pot, heat 1 tbsp. of cooking oil and make scrambled eggs. Mix in rice and set aside.

3. In the same pan, bring water to a boil and parboil carrot strips, spinach, and bean sprouts. Drain well and set aside.

4. In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp. of cooking oil and heat garlic and ginger until fragrant. Then add meat and cook until no longer pink.

5. Add the vegetables. Mix the seasonings * and add into the pan. Season with salt and pepper if necessary. Finish with 1 tbsp. of sesame oil.

6. Serve the meat and vegetables on top of the rice with scrambled eggs. Garnish with toasted white sesame seeds to finish.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/One-Pot-Bibimbap.html

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ochikeron

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Rolls Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video

Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Roll) is the best and typical school lunch menu ☺️

Very tasty yet delicious. MUST TRY 💕

At school, top half of the bread is coated with sugar topping. In this way it is easy to eat. Sure I understand. Great idea 👍

The bread roll we use is called "Koppepan" similar to a hot dog bun.

Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Rolls Recipe)

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Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Rolls Recipe)

Difficulty: Easy

Time:10min

Number of servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

4 bread rolls or bread crusts are good!

4 tbsp. soybean flour

4 tbsp. granulated sugar

deep frying oil

Directions:

1. In a steel tray, mix soybean flour and granulated sugar.

2. Deep fry in oil (160C=320F) for about 10 seconds on both sides until golden.

3. Coat or top with the soybean sugar to finish.

FYI: Only sugar is okay. Cinnamon sugar is good, too!

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/Agepan.html

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I use an Enamel Deep Frying Pot

ochikeron

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

5 MIN Tuna Bean Sprouts (Japanese Healthy Budget Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video

Cheap & easy recipe for cooking on a budget!

You can eat the whole servings in one sitting. Try this out 😉

Of course you can boil to cook the beansprouts in a pot then toss with the seasonings. You can serve at room temperature or cold in the fridge (you can keep it for a day).

5 MIN Tuna Bean Sprouts

More 5 MIN Recipe:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdVRCODQ4NlXzlwnxb_Jo9S5MCRBSz9-

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5 MIN Tuna Bean Sprouts (Affordable Healthy Diet Recipe)

Difficulty: VERY Easy

Time: 5min

Number of servings: 1~2

Ingredients:

200g(7oz.) bean sprouts

70g (2.5oz.) canned tuna

2 tbsp. Japanese Mentsuyu soup base

1 tbsp. sesame oil

1 tbsp. sesame seeds

Directions:

1. Wash and place the bean sprouts in a microwavable bowl. Add drained canned tuna and Japanese Mentsuyu soup base. Cover with plastic wrap then microwave on medium (600W) for 3 minutes.

2. Toss with sesame oil and sesame seeds to finish.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/Mugen-Moyashi.html

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ochikeron

Friday, May 7, 2021

TAKOYAKI Party (Octopus Balls) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

How you make the batter is the key. My mom uses Takoyaki flour and tasty Dashi broth, then makes the batter bit loose and less salty. In this way we can eat Takoyaki forever with No Sauce 😂👍

Serving Takoyaki with Dashi broth is our typical family style. Sometimes we put sauce then pour over the Dashi but this time, no one used the sauce because the batter was a success. Making the batter from scratch is not easy for the beginners, so I recommend using Takoyaki flour for No Sauce like this one 😉 https://amzn.to/3nKsbDG

Takoyaki is a popular Japanese ball-shaped snack made of batter, diced octopus, tenkasu (tempura scraps), beni shoga (red pickled ginger), and aonegi (green onion), topped with okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, aonori (green laver), and katsuobushi (bonito flakes). Slightly crispy on the outside and creamy inside.

How to Make Takoyaki

FYI:

Nissin Takoyaki Flour 日清大阪うまい屋監修たこ焼き粉

https://amzn.to/3nKsbDG

Takoyaki pan I recommend オススメのたこ焼き器

https://amzn.to/3eRgcAd

The BEST Takoyaki (Octopus Balls Recipe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdehqLAh7zw

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How to Make Takoyaki

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 30min

Number of servings: 40 pieces

Necessary Equipment:

Takoyaki pan

spouted measuring cup

oil brush (you can make it with paper towel, chopsticks, and rubber band)

steel pick (long bamboo pick is ok)

Ingredients:

200g (7oz.) takoyaki flour

2 egg

600cc water

cooking oil

Fillings

* diced boiled octopus

* chikuwa (fish cake) if you like

* beni shoga (red pickled ginger)

* tenkasu (tempura scraps)

* aonegi (green onion)

Sauce

* okonomiyaki sauce

* mayonnaise

* katsuobushi (bonito flakes)

* aonori (green laver)

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix takoyaki flour, eggs, and water (add little by little).

2. Heat takoyaki pan and grease the molds with cooking oil.

3. Pour batter into the molds to the full.

4. Put beni shoga, tenkasu, aonegi, and octopus or chikuwa in each mold.

5. Wait a little until batter on the edge of the molds become cooked.

6. Flip takoyaki with a pick, fix the form by flipping, and cook until golden brown.

How to serve:

1. Place on a plate and top with okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, katsuobushi, and aonori.

2. With dashi broth. (boil 200cc water and 2 tbsp. Kamada dashi soy sauce)

3. With grated radish and ponzu sauce.

4. With sausage. (cut sausage into half. finely cut outer curve of the sausage and cook. place takoyaki and draw face with nori and ketchup.)

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/Takoyaki-Party.html

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Ankake Yakisoba (Fried Noodles with Thick Savory Sauce Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video

Crisp brown fried noodles with a thick savory sauce with a lot of meat and vegetables. It is a very popular Japanese dish, served as a school lunch as well.

You can add seafood if you like. You can use any vegetables available in your fridge. Take it easy. It is a delicious lifesaver dish super quick to prepare 👍

Ankake Yakisoba

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Ankake Yakisoba (Fried Noodles with Thick Savory Sauce Recipe)

Difficulty: Easy

Time:20min

Number of servings: 2 servings

Ingredients:

2 servings Yakisoba noodles

150g (5.2oz.) thin sliced pork

150g (5.2oz.) baby bok choy

150g (5.2oz.) vegetables of your choice (onion, bean sprouts, carrot, mushrooms, etc...)

* 1 tsp. chicken broth powder

* 2 tsp. oyster sauce

* 1 tsp. soy sauce

salt and pepper

cooking oil

1 tbsp. Katakuriko (corn starch is ok)

1 tsp. sesame oil

Directions:

1. Cut the meat and vegetables into bite-size pieces.

2. Heat 1 tbsp. of cooking oil in a frying pan and cook the noodles 3 minutes each on both sides until crisp golden. Place them on serving plates.

3. Heat 1 tbsp. of cooking oil in a frying pan and cook the meat until crisp golden. Add the vegetables and cook until tender. Add 1 US cup (240ml) of water, then add chicken broth powder, oyster sauce, and soy sauce.

4. Bring to a boil, stop the heat, and add starch diluted with double the amount of water. Heat again until thick. Stop the heat and finish with sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper if needed.

5. Cover the noodles with Ankake sauce to serve.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/05/Ankake-Yakisoba.html

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ochikeron

Monday, April 26, 2021

Tamagoyaki Sandwich (Japanese Egg Omelette Sando) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

Tamagoyaki is Japanese rolled omelette. In this recipe I will share with you how to make it using a microwave. In this way you can make nice and yellow Tamagoyaki without burning it.

If you use regular soy sauce, it can turn out brownish. Please use lighter colored soy sauce OR use transparent soy sauce like this one. https://amzn.to/3xk4wOI Or you can use white Dashi soup base instead of soy sauce and Dashi powder. https://amzn.to/3dLcyIx

Tamagoyaki Sandwich

This recipe is going to be a savory Dashi flavored Tamagoyaki. You can make it sweet, too. It is up to you 😉

Recipe using a pan savory/sweet is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gS2QjAmGM

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Tamagoyaki Sandwich (Japanese Egg Omelette Sando) Recipe

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 30min

Number of servings: 2 servings

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 tbsp. soy sauce

1/2 tsp. Dashi powder

2 tbsp. water

2 slices of bread

1 tbsp. mayonnaise

1 tsp. Karashi mustard if you like

Directions:

1. Put eggs, soy sauce, Dashi powder, and water in a bowl and mix well. Strain to make it smooth and look beautiful.

2. Place the egg mixture in a square microwavable container. Lightly cover with plastic wrap and microwave on medium (500w) for 2 minutes. Mix, cover again with plastic wrap, and microwave on medium (500w) for another 2 minutes.

3. When it is warm enough to handle, remove from the container and wrap with plastic wrap to shape it nice and square, then cool completely.

4. Remove the crusts. Apply some mayonnaise (and mustard if you like). Place Tamagoyaki between 2 slices of bread. Cut to serve.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/04/Tamagoyaki-Sandwich.html

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Saturday, April 24, 2021

Yakisoba Pan (Japanese Stir-Fried Noodles in a Hot Dog Bun Recipe) | Japanese Cooking Video

Yakisoba Pan is a very popular and typical bun in Japan. It is obviously a High-Carb food. Many people love to eat it for lunch or snack! You can put more veggies and/or more meat to balance out the intake of your choice.

Yakisoba Pan

FYI: Adorable Unicorn Beetle Bun Idea Recipe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGT8PjhEj9k

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Yakisoba Pan (Japanese Stir-Fried Noodles in a Hot Dog Bun Recipe)

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 15min

Number of servings: 4~6 servings

Ingredients:

100g(3.5oz) thin sliced pork or sausages

100g(3.5oz) vegetables of your choice (cabbage, bean sprouts, carrot, green pepper, etc...)

1 tsp. cooking oil

salt and pepper

1 serving Yakisoba noodles

2 tbsp. Tonkatsu sauce or Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce

1 tsp. soy sauce

4-6 hot dog buns *depending on size

butter, mayonnaise, and/or mustard

Aonori (green laver)

Benishoga (Red Pickled Ginger)

Directions:

1. Cut the meat and vegetables into small pieces.

2. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan and cook the vegetables until tender.

3. Add the meat, and cook until no longer pink, then season with salt and pepper.

4. Add the Yakisoba noodles (cut short, easy to eat).

5. Season with Tonkatsu sauce and soy sauce, then stop the heat.

6. Split the top of the bun, apply some butter, mayonnaise, and/or mustard.

7. Place Yakisoba and top with Aonori and Benishoga if you like.

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/04/Yakisoba-Pan.html

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ochikeron

Monday, April 12, 2021

Spring Break in Hakone Japan | OCHIKERON | Create Eat Happy :)

My daughter has graduated from Kindergarten this Spring and starting elementary school. Before both kids go to different schools, we went Hakone again. Hoping to go on a vacation again soon ☺️

- The Little Prince Museum
- Hakone Venetian Glass Museum
- The Hakone Open-Air Museum

Other kids' favorite vacation video:

https://youtu.be/D6MfzWMkM-8

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Flower Bento Lunch Box (Easy Gorgeous Onigiri Idea) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make quick and gorgeous flower Bento lunch box 🌸

Easy and perfect for every-day Bento lunch box.

The key is to measure the rice to make even-sized petals!

Flower Bento Lunch Box

Use Makisu (a Sushi rolling mat) to make rice petals 💖

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Cure Summer Bento Lunch Box (7 Useful Tips to Make Kyaraben) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make Cure Summer Bento Lunch Box from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure (2021) along with 7 Useful Tips to Make Kyaraben (character Bento lunch box) 💖 You can apply this techniques to make other characters as well.

Take time 😊👍

Cure Summer Bento Lunch Box (7 Useful Tips to Make Kyaraben)

I used WILTON Icing Colors

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7 Tips to make Kyaraben (character Bento lunch box)

#1 Find the image easy to work with: Opened eyes are sometimes difficult to make, so choosing the character with smiling eyes or winked eyes saves time.

#2 Make rough sketch of Bento: detailed ideas are better because you may run out of energy to go easy.

#3 Shop ingredients based on your sketch: if you have detailed ideas with you, you may luckily find better ingredients.

#4 Use vivid colors for the egg crepes. Egg white is easy to break, so you can mix starch and water to prevent it from breaking（1 tsp. starch & 1 tsp. water for 1 egg white).

#5 Start from larger parts, trace them on a parchment paper, and cut out the ingredient with a design knife.

#6 Make sure you don't put eyes on top of ham (face). Face parts must be at the same level or eyes will look like popping out and scary...

#7 Cut Nori seaweed lines as thin as possible. Thick lines look sloppy...

Basic ingredients you need to make Kyaraben:

egg

food coloring

cheese slices

ham slices

Kanikama (fish cake)

Kamaboko (fish cake)

Time you need may depend on the character and your concentration. Please take time to make it. You can make the character a day before and keep it in the fridge.

*You can make rice or noodle dish with a lot of vegetables to save time making side dishes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlCNAmBu2sM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URLZwRs4g7E

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/03/PreCure-Bento.html

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Unicorn Bento Lunch Box Recipe | Japanese Cooking Video

I can't believe my daughter is graduating from Kindergarten in 7 days. By the time I upload this video will be in a few days. I want this moment to last forever. I have been noticing the time passing so quickly since I started to count down her graduation. Until then it was like a blink. I know time flies even from now on. Let's cherish each day!

Trick to make Kawaii bento in busy morning is to draw a sketch. You can cut out some of the parts (cheese, Nori sheet, ham, fishcake, etc...) night before to save time.

Unicorn Bento Lunch Box Recipe

Deco Furi to make colored Onigiri and Charafuru for cute Bento toppings (Dried Kamaboko fish cakes):

Colorful Fu Stars

More Bento Ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL43FE4EDA496FA137

レシピ（日本語）:

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/03/Unicorn-Bento.html

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Friday, March 12, 2021

Picnic Bento Lunch Box (Easy Onigiri Idea) | Japanese Cooking Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make quick and cute picnic Bento lunch box, requested by many people!

The key is to make even-sized Onigiri. Onigiri look cute in this way. Measure the rice and make the rice balls, each about 40 grams.

Picnic Bento Lunch Box

Use Nori punch to save time cutting Nori sheets: アーネストニコニコパンチ

Rice Cracker Flakes makes bento stunning: 大森屋ふりふりあられ

Deco Furi to make colored Onigiri and Charafuru for cute Bento toppings (Dried Kamaboko fish cakes): キャラフルとデコふり

How to Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls Recipe)

https://youtu.be/rFyfPvo97XQ

More Kawaii cute Onigiri ideas:

https://youtu.be/NUA7IE6Fvvs

More Bento Ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL43FE4EDA496FA137

レシピ（日本語）

https://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2021/03/Onigiri-Picnic-Bento.html

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

DAISO Mess Tin (500yen) became very popular in June 2020 and still hot now in 2021.

For future use, I am keeping this in our emergency bag 👍

DAISO Mess Tin (How to Cook Japanese White Rice in a Camping Cookware)

Saturday, May 22, 2021

One day I saw Bibimbap on my daughter's elementary school lunch menu and wondered how they serve it. I asked her teacher and learned that they make it in one pot!

It is a great idea if you quickly want to make it in a large batch for your family 😉

One-Pot Bibimbap (Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Vegetables in a Japanese school lunch style)

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Roll) is the best and typical school lunch menu ☺️

Very tasty yet delicious. MUST TRY 💕

At school, top half of the bread is coated with sugar topping. In this way it is easy to eat. Sure I understand. Great idea 👍

The bread roll we use is called "Koppepan" similar to a hot dog bun.

Agepan (Deep Fried Bread Rolls Recipe)

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Cheap & easy recipe for cooking on a budget!

You can eat the whole servings in one sitting. Try this out 😉

5 MIN Tuna Bean Sprouts (Affordable Healthy Diet Recipe)

Friday, May 7, 2021

How you make the batter is the key. My mom uses Takoyaki flour and tasty Dashi broth, then makes the batter bit loose and less salty. In this way we can eat Takoyaki forever with No Sauce 😂👍

How to Make Takoyaki

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Crisp brown fried noodles with a thick savory sauce with a lot of meat and vegetables. It is a very popular Japanese dish, served as a school lunch as well.

You can add seafood if you like. You can use any vegetables available in your fridge. Take it easy. It is a delicious lifesaver dish super quick to prepare 👍

Ankake Yakisoba (Fried Noodles with Thick Savory Sauce Recipe)

Monday, April 26, 2021

Tamagoyaki is Japanese rolled omelette. In this recipe I will share with you how to make it using a microwave. In this way you can make nice and yellow Tamagoyaki without burning it.

If you use regular soy sauce, it can turn out brownish. Please use lighter colored soy sauce OR use transparent soy sauce like this one. https://amzn.to/3xk4wOI Or you can use white Dashi soup base instead of soy sauce and Dashi powder. https://amzn.to/3dLcyIx

This recipe is going to be a savory Dashi flavored Tamagoyaki. You can make it sweet, too. It is up to you 😉

Recipe using a pan savory/sweet is here:

Tamagoyaki Sandwich (Japanese Egg Omelette Sando) Recipe

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Yakisoba Pan is a very popular and typical bun in Japan. It is obviously a High-Carb food. Many people love to eat it for lunch or snack! You can put more veggies and/or more meat to balance out the intake of your choice.

Yakisoba Pan (Japanese Stir-Fried Noodles in a Hot Dog Bun Recipe)

Monday, April 12, 2021

My daughter has graduated from Kindergarten this Spring and starting elementary school. Before both kids go to different schools, we went Hakone again. Hoping to go on a vacation again soon ☺️

Sunday, April 11, 2021

This video will show you how to make quick and gorgeous flower Bento lunch box 🌸

Easy and perfect for every-day Bento lunch box.

The key is to measure the rice to make even-sized petals!

Use Makisu (a Sushi rolling mat) to make rice petals 💖

Sunday, March 28, 2021

This video will show you how to make Cure Summer Bento Lunch Box from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure (2021) along with 7 Useful Tips to Make Kyaraben (character Bento lunch box) 💖 You can apply this techniques to make other characters as well.

7 Tips to make Kyaraben (character Bento lunch box)

Trick to make Kawaii bento in busy morning is to draw a sketch. You can cut out some of the parts (cheese, Nori sheet, ham, fishcake, etc...) night before to save time.

Friday, March 12, 2021

This video will show you how to make quick and cute picnic Bento lunch box, requested by many people!

The key is to make even-sized Onigiri. Onigiri look cute in this way. Measure the rice and make the rice balls, each about 40 grams.

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