Gong Xi... Gong Xi..

Gong Xi...Gong Xi...

Happy Lunar Year, everybody..

I miss my family in Indonesia at this moment, usually we will go to visit our relatives to greet them. There will be many food and cakes will be offered, such as lapis surabaya, lapis legit, nastar, kastangel..hmmm.. yummy..

Talking about kastengel and nastar cookies, my mom used to make them by herself  2 weeks before Chinese New Year and i usually helped her to shape it. It was fun to do that and i missed that moment a lot.

Today is just a regular day in Philippines, people goes to office and children goes to school as usual. It is also just a regular day for me, so today i made bento lunch for Elaine. The theme was still connected with Chinese New Year, yes... i made Bunny bento again for her.

Inside the box: Bunny rice onigiri, crunchy sole fish fillet, quail egg, carrot, broccoli.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Xin Nian Kuai Le 

Shen Ti Jian Kang

Wan Shi Ru Yi

Today i made smiley face bento theme for my husband's breakfast and Elaine's lunch. Why smiley face? Because tomorrow is Chinese New Year, so everybody should be happy. Hopefully the following year will be more togetherness, happiness, blessings, and of course.... creativeness in bento making.

This was my husband's breakfast, he told me that he doesn't like to eat fruit in the morning, so i did not include fruit in his breakfast today. Maybe someday i will try to put some again. :)

Inside the box: smiley turkey sandwich and homemade neopolitan pudding. There is Vla inside Stitch container.

For Elaine, i made chinese girl bento which was inspired from Susan Yuen's book.

Inside the box: Onigiri Rice, Spanish Mackerel Siomay, broccoli. carrot, young corn, cherry tomato.

Tonight, we went to my friend's house to celebrate Chinese New Year by having dinner together. There were three families and each family brought some food for our dinner. I brought Mie Goreng (Fried Nooddles), Spanish Mackerel Siomay, and Neopolitan Pudding.

 Mie Goreng

Siomay

Our menu for Chinese New Year dinner

 (Asparagus soup, siomay with peanut sauce, mie goreng, pork barbeque, egg with balinese spice, fish crackers )

Actually this was yesterday's bento, i made bear and his friend bento theme for Elaine. At first, i would like to put some pork floss on top of the rice, but it became scattered so i cover it with bear cheese. :)

Inside the box: rice, cheese, cucumber, scrambled egg with sweet soy sauce, carrot, asparagus, broccoli, cherry tomato.