Nope, not a Tomato.

It's an eggplant. How cool are these? I don't know the variety and neither did the vendors. They were so beautiful; how could any bento maker resist? They lost their color a bit after cooking but not their taste! Yummy with curry sauce and placed in the square bento box. Along with the eggplant is a 2 egg tamagoyaki, namasu made with those carrots in the photo, figs, saturn peach and those ubiquitous champagne grapes.

I Get a Kick from Champagne!

Well, Champagne grapes that is. I bought a huge container so my last few bentos all have them packed in there.
Not complaining;
"just sayin".

I'm not a fan of grapes (please, no hate mail), but these little cuties are perfect for bento boxes. Adds texture and interest. I highly recommend them for filler material; if not used as a main ingredient. They taste good and they don't have seeds!