Happy Birthday

I´m back again! Last wednesday BF and me visited Düsseldorf, the german city with the largest japanese population outside of Japan. We wanted to go tomorrow first because it is Japan Day then which is celebrated anualy. But BF is in the middle of his exam so we decided to go there when it is less crowded and stressy.  I spend so much money that I can´t remenber the exact amount ;) So here is the booty (kitteh approved):

 
I like the new tableware most, even if i almost cried when I saw the price-tag... Actually I wanted to buy more things like cooking ingredients. But we ended up with lots of japanese candy, chocolates and snacks that we usually can´t find outside the web for a reasonable price. We brought also concentrated Calpico-Drink, that´s so handy and tastes awesome! And I am glad that I finally found a tamagoyaki-pan ( No ugly-shaped eggrolls anymore, yay!) at DaeYang (15€).

Later we went to Bakery Taka for some fresh choco-cornets, anpan and takoyakipan (sic!). That was so delicious. We wanted to go to dinner in a japanese restaurant, too, but it was literally raining cats and dogs and we didn´t wanted to wait two hours outside until the restaurant opened.

Tomorrow we will eat out at Tokyo-Acacia in Münster again because today is my birthday (and we are both too lazy to go today :)). Maybe I find some time to tell you what´s new on the menue there!

P.S. I´m so nervous about the Nekobento- Bento-Challenge (pics will follow when the challenge is over ;))

Still alive...

I just wanted to let you know, that i´m still here. I stopped bentoing because of the circumstances I have to work in now. It´s very stressy at work so we can´t have a proper lunch break every day. So I think bentoing is too time-consuming when most times you have to take all your food back home or, in the worst case, throw everything away in the end . I hope to start again, when our chief of staff finally realizes that we need more nurses here...

Another aspect is that I feel so sleepy after work that I don´t want to spent all of the little time left for me and the family in the supermarket and in the kitchen...perhaps i will feel more encoured about that when the weather starts to get nicer again and the day will seem a little longer then.

I hope you will visit my site again, when there is some time for me to come back ;)

Tagged!

I recieved this one from Lil´chan from Lilys kleiner Bentoservice, but now I have to work for it! Thank you so much!

"Copy the award image into a post ; List 10 things that make you happy ; Tag 10 bloggers who brighten your day ; Put in a link to their blog ; Notify the award receivers ; Recipients should link back to the sender's blog."

So here are the facts:

1. Sleeping (as long as my back doesn´t start to hurt^^)
2. Reading a good book
3. Relaxing in my bath tub
4. Cooking and bentoing
5. Baking
6. Shopping (i´m addicted to amazon.com)
7. Doing funny things with my boyfriend
8. Video Games
9. Chocolate
10. My cat

I actually start to get problems in tagging new people because almost everyone I know has already recieved this one or is tagged by another person :(

OK...let´s try: Backwahn, Feisty Bento, tatabonita. Judy, LunchbucketBento, Pigs do fly, Playing with my food...uhm..thats all i can tag ;)

Update: I recieved another award from LiaChen of Bentolicious. Thank you so much!

New year, new shape

Here is the last bento for this year. I decided to do something that fits in my new Don-type box:

Left: Katsudon

Right: Grapes, banana slices.veggie-meatballs, cherry tomatoes

I hope the new shape of the box makes it more interesting again to look at my photos ;)

Christmas-Jubako and bento for Santa´s little helper

First off all, I want to wish you, my readers, a Merry Christmas. Thank you for supporting my blog this year. I hope we will meet again next year and celebrate our love for food and cooking together!

So here is my first Jubako I did for my collegues who will suffer the Christmas late shift with me today:

Teriyaki-beef and green asparagus, chicken marinated in honey-chilli-sauce, Yakisoba with shrimps und some bell pepper stars

Puff pastries filled with grounded beef. veggies and feta, Makisushi with salmon, cherry tomatoes, grapes, kiwi slices

UPDATE: I was awarded for this bento by tatabonita from Bonito´s Cooking Wonderland :

Thank you, dear!

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