So from that experience I build up interest to make some cultural references about Indonesia into kyaraben work. We have so many source material that we can build upon them, and for the first I choose the easy one, a Balinese boy onigiri. Bali island is the most well-known Indonesian region in the world. Most people even don’t know that Bali is actually in Indonesia. I’ve been lucky to visited several places around the world and I must admit that Bali is one of a kind, and I always loved to visit there again and again with my family.

So while most Balinese now also wear casual attires, we can always meet some Balinese wear their traditional clothes while perform their Hindu’s rituals.

As Balinese are dark skinned, I mix white rice and soy sauce to make a brown colored rice. The traditional Balinese cap was made with yellow egg sheet. As for the clothes, it was made with yellow egg sheet, white egg sheet, tomato skin, and cucumber skin.

I’m quite pleased with the overall result and I determine to make another Indonesian theme bento when I’ve got time in between my schedules.

I made these with the usual pasta sheet and cutting technique, since they kinda hard to be made with onigiri type kyaraben. I think Alex the lion was the easiest one although Gloria the hippo had fewer parts but I was having some troubles to make her skin color right.

Melman the giraffe also though to make but I kinda like the final result. As for Marvin the zebra, it’s the longest to make because it had so many parts for the stripes but somehow I messed thing up with the eyes part which taken the zaniness of the character. If I’ve got another chance I will make sure that I’ll get the eyes part right.

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First off, always remember that you should avoid small pieces of food that can be a choking hazard. These are grapes, berries, cherry tomatoes, and nuts. If you must, try cutting them in half. A healthy bento lunch for a toddler should contain fruits and/or veggies, protein and rice or pasta. You can definitely use fruits such as strawberries, apples and melons and cut them into bite size pieces. When it comes to veggies, you can fill a separate container with peas, carrots and corn kernels. You can also include dairy products such as hardboiled eggs and string cheese or cheddar or Swiss cheese slices.

For the protein part of the bento, you can use cut up frankfurters or sausages, meatballs, chicken nuggets and croquettes. Instead of making the usual Bolognese spaghetti, why not make Carbonara or pasta Alfredo. You can also make a healthy pasta salad if you don’t want the sauce to mix with the other bento items. Finally for the dessert, as an addition to fruit, you can also add pretzels, cookies, biscuits or small bite sized chocolate such as Hershey’s Kisses.

The character itself is very stereotype Japanese anime hero, slender figure, loner type, that makes almost every gals in the whole series fall in love with the hero. With his black costume and black colored hair, we don’t have many color palettes for him so I only used dark brown (as a substitute for black), white, and skin colored pasta sheets. There are lots of Kirito facial gesture but I kinda like this one, with a reassuring smile when things didn’t go your way.

There’s very little possibility a 5 years old kid would request this character for his/her birthday (unlike in Japan, this character haven’t seen a light of day in Indonesian mainstream media), and my assumption was correct since this was a teenager’s (an anime enthusiast I presumed) request.

Since I had to make lots of her, so I need to keep it simple. Instead choosing for the real version I came up with chibi (deformed or simplified) version of her and made entirely with colored pasta sheets, total of 15 (fifteen) parts with 4 (four) different colors.