Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Bento 186

There is a slab of "tenggiri" a.k.a Spanish Mackerel, fried and sliced into half with the center bone removed. I had to work very fast this morning to cool down the fish so the fan was on high speed all the time.

I blanched some sugar snap peas in salted water and added two cherry tomatoes for color. All the strawberries has been frozen for smoothies.




There is a little corner silicon cup of honey roasted cashew nuts and some store-bought, famous Malaysian dessert called "Onde-Onde" (pronounced ON-DAY, ON-DAY). It's a traditional Malay snack made out of glutinous rice flour and rolled in fresh grated coconut.

It is chewy like mochi and has a piece of gula Melaka a.k.a. Palm sugar in it's centre. I love to pop one of these into my mouth and experience it burst and feel the flow of the gula Melaka on my tongue. There is a mix flavour of sweet and salty in the chewy and crunchy (coconut) texture. Yummy!!

In the larger corner silicon cup on the right side is some home made tatare sauce which I made specially to accompany any fish dish. Click the link for the recipe which I use. I had to top the corner silicon cup with a cling wrap to avoid spillage.

I have not bought mayonnaise or tatare sauce in ages. It's easy to make and much tastier. The only store bought mayo you can find in my fridge is the Japanese Kewpie Mayo. I have a recipe which I have not tried out for Japanese Mayo. Maybe one of these days......

10 comments:

allthingspurple said...

love the colour of the snap peas! Look so fresh and tasty . I like the colour combination too.

Emily said...

Those 'corner' containers sure come in handy!

Yummy bento! Heart the On-Day On-Day!

I am Princess Misha's Mum said...

tenggiri!!!! our fav!!!!

and ondeh ondeh! me love ondeh ondeh!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Nice bento, looks tasty, just discovered your blog, I'm curious about your trying to make Japanese mayo. I'll come back to read more !! And yes, I would be very happy if you can link to my blog.

Bento Pet said...

allthingspurple: Ha! One of those times when the color is appealing!

Bento Pet said...

Emily: Sure does! Hahaha! On-day, On-day!

Bento Pet said...

I am Princess Misha's mum: My husband will buy a whole fish and cleaning is such a chore! *sigh*

Bento Pet said...

Bento Concept: Thanks for dropping by. If I ever try the Jap Mayo recipe, I'll drop you a note!

Jamie said...

Finally getting the chance to visit *your* blog! (Life's been a little crazy lately...) I was wondering where you got the corner containers?
Your obento look tasty!

I've got mini frittatas in the oven as I type for today's work bento order - oops, there's the timer going off! ^_^ Later...

Bento Pet said...

Jaemus: Got those corner silicon containers from Daiso, it's a Japanese Dollar store. All their stuff are sold at RM5 (Malaysian currency) which is about equivalent to USD1.50.

The pack of corner containers come in three sizes per pack.

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