Egg Foo Young Bento Box

I broke out the wok for today's featured bento box. Egg Foo Young, Sweet Sour "Pork", and "Beef" Stir Fry. All vegetarian! Fake meat. Instead of pork or beef, I used seitan or some folks call it "wheat meat". These "stir fry" recipes are basic, tried and true, and can be interchanged with any type of protien. Really. The Egg Foo Young is veggie too, with carrots, onions, and bean sprouts. A Halloween pick holds both colors of sliced sweet potatoes. I cannot however, proclaim this a vegetarian bento as there is a small slice of chikuwa holding the carrot bouquet. It was the last piece in the fridge and Saba Man is omniverous so I gave it a home. One regret... I should of used snow peas instead of edamame for garnish, but that's all I had.

Nanaimo Bar Quest and a Bento Box

I'll get to the bento box shortly but first a quick mention about my search for a Nanaimo Bar.

Saba Man and I've been spending some time up north in Canada and discovered that Nanaimo Bars were from well, Nanaimo! Years ago when I moved from the islands to the Pacific Northwest, I discovered some strange sounding yet delicious foods like Geoducks, Aplets and Cotlets, lattes. I've tried most of these tasty treats except the Nanaimo Bar; it's eluded me and for far too long. It is time. Time for a quest, a Nanaimo Bar quest. And not just any Nanaimo Bar. Stay tuned.

Ok, back to our scheduled programming.



Today's bento box is vegan! Stirfried "wheat meat", Singapore noodles with tofu, sauteed gai lan, blueberries, mango with yokan. Frequent readers will recognize the bento box as Saba Man's main box which I pack on most days. It's a quick and easy box to fill. The 4 equal sized compartments eliminates the need for seperators.