Monday Korean bentos

Today we actually had bento entrees, side dishes, and desserts. It's what happens when you have free time on your hands Sunday night. This past weekend I did a bit more bento shopping around the bay area. Nick was the chauffeur and partaker of excellent eats that we had while we were there. We ate at Katana-ya Ramen in El Cerrito, and 168 restaurant in the Pacific East Center in Richmond.

I warn you, there will be a lot of pics to follow. Our entrees include medium grain rice, bulgogi, dry sauteed string beans, and crispy duck. The bulgogi we got at Kukje market in Daly City (4.99 a lb) that we cooked ourselves. We also picked up some banchan at the self-service by-weight deli there. The string beans and crispy duck were from 168, which serves Shanghainese and Taiwanese food. The duck was super salty.

Nick's lunch was packed in his Asvel box.


My lunch was packed in my Sanrio box. Same contents as Nick's, but much smaller portion size. I added nori flowers because I thought the rice was too plain-looking.


Our banchan was packed in my new Lock and Lock box that has four sub-containers. I was very excited because these seemed to fit the job perfectly. I got the box at Koreana Plaza Market in Rancho Cordova. Inside we have spinach and bean sprout namul, cucumber kim chi, some marinated seaweed, and shiitake mushroom salad (or something).


At Kukje I also found side dish containers that match our collapsible sandwich bento boxes. So I packed a dessert of sorts in them. Nick's has a mango jelly, a chocolate chip cookie, an apple gummy, and two ferrero rocher chocolates. Mine has the mango jelly, a cookie, and some pistachios.
















Nick finished all of his lunch while I managed to eat most of mine. Success! Also I am trying out a darker background to help save some energy whenever people look at this page. I also tried a different, brighter picture background. What do you think?