Wednesday, September 20, 2006

TeeHee, Bento is a funny word

It's yummy yummy bento-ness!!!

I haven't posted recently because I had nothing to hate, but hallelujah for friends who have too much time on their hands! Portia sent me the link for a website, although I did think it was going to be footage of her meeting Jamie Oliver. That would be cool. What she sent me instead was the website of quite possibly the funniest movie ever. Seriously, the MATH and I are sitting here in our pyjamas obsessively watching it in case any pearls of wisdom jump out at us.

Basically, this website, www.bentotv.com, is a website with a new video every day dedicated to the art of Bento. Which, as far as I understand, are those Japanese lunchboxes you can get with a little bit of rice, sushi, vegetables all compartmentalised. When I was in Japan, we took the bullet train and bought these bento boxes, but because I don't like fish, they managed to replace my tuna sushi with, like, fries. Well, last I checked, fries were not an essential part of Japanese cuisine, but maybe the big sandwich board I was wearing that said "I Don't like Fish!" kind of gave it away.

Anyway, bentotv.com is the funniest thing I have seen in a long while. This girl, Sarah, as I believe her name is, will give you all sorts of handy tips on how to make bento, how to make various foods, or, if you're really lucky, she will explain the ins and outs of taking a lid off a Bento box. Seriously, she's so literal; she starts off instructions with "Take off the lid of your soy sauce". I for one am glad that she told me that, because sometimes I try and pour my soy sauce without taking the lid off, and it's just a disaster, I tell you, a disaster.

There are handy tips on the size of your bento box, such as "If you like to eat more food in your bento, buy a bugger bento box!" along with the always helpful, "You can put a bento strap around your bento box so that your bento won't fall out and get mixed up with all the pencil shavings at the bottom of your school bag."

So, if you feel that your life is missing out on yummy bento-ness, then check out Bento TV. That's right. Monday to Friday, direct to your living room, via some American school girl who probably went to Japan once and is now one of those annoying people who thinks they're all but Japanese because they went to Tokyo Disneyland once.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Avs! I gasp at your cruelty towards poor sweet Sarah. You may have your criticisms of Bento in general (as I do), but leave her out of it!
By the way, how old do you think she is? Sometimes I think schoolgirl, and then other times I think she might be in her twenties.
Discuss.
Portia

Nar said...

I actually find her rather annoying as well. It's hard to tell how old she is, but I do wish she would stop with the ponytails and that terrible cheerleader-esque head jerking.