Bento Boxes: The Cutest Food EVER
I don't know if I could ever bring myself to eat something as adorable and time intensive as the bento boxes below, but that doesn't mean I can't waste time on the internet looking at pictures of them. And you can too! PS: I apologize in advance for the excess of exclamation points
WTF is a Bento Box?
Technically, a bento box is “a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese Cuisine.” So, it’s a lunch box. Not so exciting. The awesome style of bento boxes seen here is actually known as kyaraben or “character bento.” I wish I had this kind of time (or creativity!) to make a lunch that was this adorable.
Check out luckysundae’s flickr stream for even more adorable bentos like the ones below.
Great blog, and they sometimes have Bento Boxes…all vegan of course. :)
They be stealin' mah bento!
Cow Bento...Monch Monch
from firewyre on livejournal (yeah, live journal IS still a thing, who knew.)
MARIO!
Mario & his brethren are a popular theme in bentos.
The cute shops in Little Tokyo’s Japanese Village have all the authentic Bento Supplies you might want to make your own adorable lunches.
The cute shops in Little Tokyo’s Japanese Village have all the authentic Bento Supplies you might want to make your own adorable lunches.
Susie wants to be Japanese in Boston. First step: cuteify your food, Suze.
Geese
This one isn’t so much cute as just really impressive.
via craftycrafty
KITTEH!
I think this bento has, in fact, crossed the line into WAY TOO CUTE.
via forkable
Puppy Sandwich!
I do always want to nom on puppies.
by lovebones via flickr
Piggy Burgers
Ok, a little disturbing, but still cute
by lovebones via flickr
My mouth is watering and I can’t stop giggling. I <3 you, bento porn.
Little Piggies
There is no way I could ever eat this. I would save it and look at it until it grew mold and that would be sad. But it’s soooo adorable!!
added by
Susie 05/26/2009
It’s in Japanese, so I don’t understand any of the words, but CUTE transgresses language!
Sanrio + Bento = WAY TOO CUTE
This bento (is it Hello Kitty dressed up as the Keroppi?) won the 2008 Sanrio Kyaraben Contest. Golly, it’s cute.
When you get depressed that you can’t make your own bento, drown your sorrows at an Izakaya.
Bento Blondie
Just look at the hair on these bentos from o-ebento (another Japanese bento blog). That is dang impressive.
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