Bento Fun #87 – Tweet~
These few days I do not have any cupcake projects so I thought I should at least do one ‘kyraben’. I have been procrastinating if I should join the rest in the Kid Bento Contest organized by Susan Yuen since my bento packing skills is still very amateur.
Another reason is, I can’t find a lot of Japanese ingredients (probably I have not stumble on a shop here yet) so my bentos will always contain the same stuff… and since I have lots of pasta! 
However, an idea struck me earlier that I still have some lunch sheet left and I have better use them up! They have been sitting in the freezer for a looooong time! 
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Today’s Bento is one of my favorite character – Miss Tweety (made of lunch sheets and nori). Darrius likes Tweety too coz she is just so cute! And I can tell you… he has no qualm swallowing Ms Tweety too!
I made some teriyaki chicken on skewers as the side dish and Ms Tweety is sitting on a bed of rice. I used brown rice today and added some Wolfberries for nutrition purposes.
There are some sliced okra and carrot flowers for decorations. I added some lotus roots as we had some UFO soup for today’s meal. There are 2 Korean strawberries topped with carrot flowers. Some broccoli for fiber as Darrius has been having constipation the past few days… I wonder if it the milk that causes it…
I have precut Ms Tweety the day before so I don’t have to rush since I have to cook other dishes for our meal. It may look pretty simple but I can tell you, I had a hard time cutting the nori lashes! The nori I have is rather ‘rough’ in texture and I am not sure if all nori sheets are like that? I have one packet which my MIL bought from Japan but it is just as rough.
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And here is the lil’ monster posing with his Tweety Bento before he attack Ms Tweety in just one bite! 
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Darrius was a good boy and finished up the entire bento. He was so full that he has to decline the last piece of chicken. I will try to do more kyaraben in the future when time permits. They are really time consuming!
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wow….I’d be very happy too if i were D – well done. Btw your new header in your cupcakes is very nice.
Very cute!
That is brilliant work on that Tweety. Gosh, I can’t do those lashes lol.
Goshh…so cute and pretty! And you managed to cut the lashes in such detail and neat using nori…..fantastic job!
javapot,
You know, sometimes my heart breaks when my boy just chomp those bentos that I spent more than an hour to prepare but what to do… that’s the purpose of the bento… to get the kids eat!
shoppingmum,
Thanks
SIG,
I had a hard time too… so fine that my fingers can’t even hold them!
mmommykhong,
Thanks for the compliment. The nori is definitely hard work! hahaha… and imagine when Darrius just stuff the entire Tweety into his mouth! My heart skipped a beat! hahahaha
Great Job On Ms Tweety!
Thanks for the compliment Emily!
i can truly udrstd & see that d lashes are no easy job….good on you!! the tweety looked perfectly cute…lucky Darrius, every meal also so luxurious, LOL !!
the eyelash on tweety is amazing!! spend how long time to cut it a?? LOL
jacss,
luckily there are some cutters to help! It is tough to cut with a scissors since it is sooooo slim and tiny!
CP,
I think I spent almost an hour doing the tweety! That is not inclusive of the time I used to search for all the tools!
The bento looks soooo nice, it doesn’t surprise me that Darrius finished it in no time. How I wished I have more creativity in packing bentos for YY. The problem is, she’s a fussy eater, so I have to resort to using the same old stuff.
amomsdiary,
If you noticed, I also using quite similar items all the time just that I rotate them when I go groceries shopping. So, it is like one week of these and one week of that.
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