bento

[all photos by Minmin]

If you saw these beautiful bento boxes in a glossy Japanese cook book, professionally made, styled and shot, you might say it looks great but who would actually go through the trouble of making them in real life? Well, would you believe that this Tokyo mom makes (and shoots) these beautiful lunches for her high school daughter? Check out more of these beautiful bentos created by Minmin, artfully displayed on her Fotolog pages (link).

A good bento is a perfect universe of foods all by itself. A little bit of everything that adds up to a delightful experience. Bentos made by moms are especially romantic notions in the Japanese mind. Everyone's got their own tonkatsu sauce scented memory of the perfect packed lunch of their childhood. Nothing says "I love you" more than mom delicately drawing a happy face with ketchup on a mini round omelet. Right? Or is it just me?

But I would imagine it's more an art of the past at this point. I can't imagine many moms getting up hours earlier to make these daily masterpieces, especially in the age of decent 7-Eleven bought bentos and frozen microwavable "pre portioned for bentos" vegetables/meats at supermarkets.

More reasons to keep checking back to Minmin's daily creations.

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