So - I did the moving to the Wellington. Yay! And the finding a new job. Yay! And the re-connecting with friends. Yay!
And then the internet decided that it no-longer loved me and wanted to be somewhere else. Not yay!
And then my new flatmate, Mark fixed it!! And now I am re-connected with the world, and it is most exciting! :)
Bento is totally cute, and after a long time spent watching YouTube videos - I decided to try my hand at making my own fancy bento lunch!!
It was surprisingly easy, and enormously filling... But, in practice, not something I do every day...
I chose Totoro because I looove him! (Although the Catbus is technically my favourite...)
I made him with brown rice and ground up black sesame and nigella seeds... Stuffed him with a little pulled pork and put his little cheese and nori features on...
It was all easy enough - and doesn't really require any specialist equipment! But, if you're gonna be bento - making full time you might wanna invest in some!
I also made a moulded egg and the most adorable little hot dog octopus!!
I'll just link you to Ochikeron's video for how to make Totoro Onigiri... Because I'm lazy. But below are the instructions for the cute hotdogopuses...
