Simple animal bento

I did 2 bentos in one day since I had this great spirit for bento making

Yesterday I prepared more ingredients than needed because this bento making was new to me, I didn’t know how much ingredients needed to be put inside a bento box to make it full. There were some tempura that still not been fried and yellow dyed quail egg in the fridge, so I decided to make a quick bento like yesterday with different rice mold.

I already have lots of bento making tools even before making a single bento so I had to try every tools that I have. This week is a good time to do just that.

The white onigiri was made with elephant head mold. I only add sesame seeds for its eyes and the from the result it didn’t look like elephant, I should have add more details, I think adding a pair of ears made from half circle shape of cheese would do some favor for the little elephant.

Same thing with the little chick onigiri. I add some curry powder to make it yellow and add a pea for the eye. Again, I should make a half circle shape for its wing to add more detail.

It’s a good thing writing things down like this, so that I can analyze the bento I’ve done (beside sharing with others) and making some notes for future improvement.