A Boxed Meal

#32 ~ Meatloaf Sandwich and Coleslaw

2012-03-01T21:38:00.001+08:00

Foodtrip Friday

Craving for Lunchbox at Yoshinoya

2012-01-20T00:00:00.001+08:00

Finally, we had them at Kowloon, Hongkong last week. :)

Food Trip Friday

#31 ~ Rice with Meatball Sauce and Patties

2011-10-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

Left-over sauce place on top of rice, beef patties, some slices of cucumber, and tomatoes. Another delicious Bento for today!

Enjoy and Happy Food Trip Friday!

#30 ~ Rice Roll in Nori and Fish Cake

2011-10-07T00:00:00.000+08:00

Another sushi roll for my Bento #30! This time it's salmon as filling, fish cake with filling too, boiled egg in tea, mixed salad, apple, and honey dew for dessert.

The filling as salmon, sweet mayonaise, and Japanese rice

Some fish cake with sausage filling, boiled egg in tea

A healthy one for Food Trip Friday only :)

#29 ~ Rice, Egg, and Porkchop

2011-09-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

Another Bento for Two made of fresh cooked rice with smiley nori and sprinkled with sesame seedm bite size porkchop, scrambled egg, slice of tomato and cucumber. Enjoy!

Food Trip Friday

#28 ~ Grilled Chicken, Rice and Mix Vegetables

2011-09-25T09:02:00.003+08:00

Another treat for this week Grilled in charcoal Chicken, one of my favorites especially how the marinated. I can eat this kind of chicken everyday :)

Aside from grilled chicken, I prepared rice topped with dried vegetarian mixture, and for vegetables I sauteed cabbage, carrots, and cucumber in butter. Enjoy!

Yummy Sunday

#27 ~ Egg and Hotdog for Two

2011-09-20T00:00:00.001+08:00

Here's another Bento for Two that give smile to my niece and nephew. I admit, they don't really eat vegetables that why I'm trying to add decorated carrot and cucumber. They actually eat the carrot but not much of cucumber. I'll try to add more vegetables next time.

Here's the double box! Small hotdogs cooked in butter, sauteed flowery shaped carrots and sliced cucumber, one boiled egg (cut into half), cheddar cheese, and seaweed for additional touch, plus white rice at the bottom.

Smile and enjoy their lunch :)

Ruby Tuesday

#26 ~ Mix Seafood Sushi Roll

2011-09-11T00:00:00.004+08:00

I still had this Bento when I was in Taipei! I have here mix of maki ~ I couldn't stop eating, quail eggs, okra, and mix fruits.

Some sliced apple and orange, I shaped the quail egg in a cutter, and sprinkled some sesame seeds to the boiled okra.

How I miss Taipei with all Japanese stuff around the corner.

Yummy Sunday

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#25 ~ Fried Rice and Sausage

2011-09-02T00:00:00.003+08:00

Bento for Today is for two, I made them for my niece and nephew. I preparedfried sausage, fried rice with egg, green peas, and carrots. Some slices of cucumber and carrots, apple soak in syrup for dessert. A shaped cheese for the smily sun decorated with black sesame seeds.

Enjoy the simple yet healthy meal!

Food Friday
Yummy Sunday

WFT: Chicken BBQ in Disposable Lunch Box

2011-08-26T00:00:00.003+08:00

Craving for this Chicken Bento in Taipei...

A real complete in a round box...

Meact, veggies, tofu, egg, and Japanese rice... yummy!

Food Trip Friday

#24~ Buckwheat Cold Noodles

2011-08-18T21:47:00.001+08:00

A very simple preparation! Cold Noodles remind of Taipei City so much. In here, I just prepared the buckwheat noodles I bought in Puregold. I fried an egg, sliced one cucumber and carrots, and tahini (sesame sauce) for dressing. Some slices of papaya for dessert.

A Healthy Meal for Today! Enjoy!

Food Trip Friday

#23 ~ Baked Beef Bulgogi

2011-08-12T00:00:00.003+08:00

I had this Bento when I'm still in Taipei and now I'm craving for it eventhough the beef bulgogi is available in S and R here in Manila. I prepared beef bulgogi bought in Costo, some cherry tomatoes, and chopped cabbage with corn and carrots, plus tahini (sesame paste) for the dressing.

Juicy inside, chewy and cheesy outside.

Mix of cabbage, corn, and carrot for the salad.

Cherry tomatoes for dessert.

Food Trip Friday

Weekend Food Tour: Buckwheat Cold Noodles

2011-07-15T00:00:00.000+08:00

Another Cold Noodles I bought from Seven Eleven when I was still in Taipei.

Buckwheat Noodles and Boiled Eggs

With Tahini Sauce, cucumber, and orange for dessert.

Food Friday

Vegetarian Dumplings

2011-07-08T00:00:00.001+08:00

A treat for today, vegetarian dumplings, chicken, corn meal, mix vegetables, and mix fresh fruits.

Food Trip Friday

#22 ~ Baked Penne with Spinach

2011-06-28T00:00:00.003+08:00

Baked Penne with Spinach this time with Whole Wheat Mini Bread with cheese and Choco-Chip Walnut Bar for lunch today. For fresh vegetables, I had baby corn and romaine lettuce with Tahini Sauce, and grapes for my fruit.

I also inserted some fresh carrots in each penne for additional vegetable and make it more colorful.

It's been a week since I left Taipei and never have a chance to make Bento since my sister keep on baking and cooking for everyone. I'll start making again by July :)

Orange Tuesdays

What's For Lunch Wednesday

Food Friday

Weekend Food Tour: Japanese Beef Curry

2011-06-24T00:00:00.000+08:00

There's no place to run if I'm craving for Japanese curry as fast as in 7-11 Convenient Store in Taipei. Now that I'm back in the Philippines, I'm beginning to miss this kind of food, and the mix-sliced fresh fruits available 24/7. Anyways, let you and I drool the food below :)

The beef curry on top

Just pour over the rice and mix well

For finale, here's a box of mix fruit, Enjoy!

Happy Friday!

Food Trip Friday

Bento-Take Out: Cold Noodles

2011-06-21T12:00:00.004+08:00

What I like in Taipei during summer, cold noodles are available everywhere. My favorite place to buy is 7-11, yes you heard me there are more than 5,000 "7-11 Convenient Stores in Taiwan" like every corner has one. I bought the peanut dressing (I'm not fun of) and prepared at home by using my favorite sesame dressing. With the cold noodles, I also bought hard boiled egg in tea and fresh mixed vege salad.

This is how it looks like, with two dressings and slices of cucumber and carrots.

As I've mentioned, I disregard the sauce and prepared my own.

Tahini Sauce:

mix 2 tablespoon of sesame paste

drop of soysauce

lime juice or vinegar

spice oil, sugar, and salt (optional)

In a bowl, mix all the ingredient. Pour on top of cold noodles. Mix well.

For dessert, I have few slices of apple.

What's for Lunch Wednesday
Full Plate Thursday

#21 ~ Seafood Chow Mian (Fried Noodles)

2011-06-18T00:00:00.003+08:00

First time to use my new metal lunch box and today I'm serving Seafood Chow Mian (or simply called Seafood Fried Noodles). For the dessert I have mixed fruit ~ orange, apple, and honey dew (melon).

This is how it looks like when uncover, from the top is a shallow dish and this time is where I place my fruit dessert. One fourth slices of apple, orange, and honey dew (melon).

At the bottom is where I place my Chow Mian. This is just a simple Simple Fried Noodles. I also added fresh cherry tomatoes on top.

The Seafood Chowmian consist of 2 shrimps, 4 clams, 2 slices of squid, 1 fish ball, and a piece of fish cake. I used ordinary noodles, some greens, onion, garlic, soy sauce, salt and pepper for seasoning, and olive oil for sauteing.

Taiwan is celebrating its 100th this year, along with that the local train (that will take you all around Taiwan) celebrated it by selling lunch boxes. The very first train in Taiwan was the CK 124, still exist in Ping xi, Taipei County.

Since I'm going back to the Philippines for good, I bought this for NT$200 souvenir.

Reflection from the past ~ CK 124 oldest train

Weekend Reflections

Color Connection

Color Carnival

Weekend Food Tour: Ordinary Boxed Meal

2011-06-17T00:00:00.002+08:00

This is how it looks like! This is not what I like about the Boxed Meal here in Taiwan. Commonly, everything is mix and added in a box. That's why everything taste the same :) Everything is warm and the food taste good, but it's fatty!

I only buy this kind of Boxed Meal if I'm really hungry. The place is just like buffet, you can get whatever you want, provided you'll pay by weighing what you've got! More Boxed Lunch Food Tour here...

Food Friday

#20 ~ Beef Rice Burger

2011-06-15T00:00:00.001+08:00

Another rice meal for today, it's a burger made of rice! I had difficulty making this kind, but it's worth the effort. I'll be perfect next time! Aside from beef burger, I also had tofu egg, sauteed green beans, fish cake, cucumber, pineapple, and honey dew for desserts.

For beef burger: cooked rice (Japanese kind), beef slices cooked in soy sauce and onion.

half box of egg tofu cooked in olive oil

2 slices of fish cake

half small cucumber, slice

few beans, sauteed in olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper

pineapple

honey dew

Enjoy! I Heart my napkin :)

What's Cooking Wednesday
Guest Heart Thursday

#19 ~ Refreshing Sesame Cold Noodles

2011-06-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Nothing to beat the heat except for light and cool meal as Sesame Cold Noodles! No need to spend a long time in the kitchen and fussing with all the heat. Just boiled any noodles you like, let it cool and add sesame paste, chopped one cucumber. Toss and voila, a meal for the day is made :)

Aside from noodles, I bought tea boiled egg to go along, sweet corn, half sliced apple, few grapes, and the jackfruit candy for dessert.

Enjoy!

Yummy Sunday

Weekend Food Tour: Vegetarian Boxed Meal

2011-06-10T00:00:00.001+08:00

Everything for today is made from vegetables. From sticky rice dumplings, vegetable rolls, vegetable ball, brown sugar mochi with red bean, and pumpkin with red bean mochi. I went to my favorite Vegetarian Restaurant where all the food will be paid by its weight.

Sticky rice dumplings from Dragon Boat Festival

Vegetable Ball with Tofu

Vegetarian Rolls with Black Sesame Seed and Sweet Mayonnaise

Two kinds of mochi ~ pumpkin and brown sugar with red beans

Hope you enjoy this Japanese Style Vegetarian Bento!

Happy Friday!

Food Trip Friday
Food Friday

#18 ~ Shrimp and Scallop Pasta Salad

2011-06-07T00:00:00.006+08:00

Summer is officially here! After the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday, after eating those heavy sticky rice, it's time to lighten up my meal a bit. I have here left-over penne from my previous Baked Penne with Spinach, few shrimps and scallops and mix them with romaine lettuce. Additional beef wrapped in tortilla, plus refreshing watermelon for dessert.

1 cup cooked penne

few shrimps and scallops, cooked in salt

1 bundle romaine lettuce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

grated cheese (I used Parmesan)

pine nuts

fresh basil (optional)

salt and pepper to taste

* Toss all the ingredients, chill for at least 30 minutes.

The cheese tortilla flavor with peppered beef and cheese.

One last treat, here's the red sweet watermelon :)

Ruby Tuesday

Rednesday

This Week's Craving

What's Cooking Wednesday

#17 ~ Mixed Grain Rice, Hot Dog, and Tofu

2011-06-05T00:00:00.004+08:00

Boat and rice dumplings are always associated with Dragon Boat Festival. If you guys are interested to know one of the story behind this festival, just click my previous post Weekend Food Tour: Dragon Boat Festival from last year. My meal for today is not glutinous rice, it's a mixed-grained rice that can be bought in supermarket. I added fish flakes and sesame inside, sort of rice dumplings. To eat the mixed grain rice, I prepared hot dog, fried egg tofu, fruits and vegetables.

1 cup mixed-grain rice with fish flakes and sesame seed

1 hot dog

parmesan cheese

egg tofu

broccoli, blanched

mixed fruit ~ guava, watermelon, and papaya

I used fruit cutter to shape hotdog, cheese, and fruits.

Enjoy! Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Color Carnival

Color Connection

Straight Out of My Camera Sunday

#16 ~ Fried Chicken and Sauteed Vegetables

2011-06-03T00:00:00.006+08:00

I just can't resist, my second time to post Fried Chicken! This time, with Sauteed Vegetables in olive oil. After sauteing, I separated the vegetables by color for a nice presentation. I also have Coconut Balls for dessert.

Talking about Frugality, the sauteed mix vegetables are all left-over from different Bentos I made. I have few of the following vegetables: broccoli, carrot, baby corn, cabbage, onion, and garlic.Heat oil in a pan, sauteed everything, seasoned with salt and pepper.

1 drumstick fried chicken

1 piece tofu

mix-vegetables

1/2 boiled egg

white rice

macaroons

Enjoy! Happy Friday!

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Food Friday
Frugal Friday