290 Yen Bento, Yummy
It is Friday, and I hope you are having a great week! Today Im going to share a couple photos of my favorite bentos in Japan. A bento is the Japanese word for a packed lunch.
Although Americans usually pack a plate lunch or a bowl of food it usually consists of just 1 main item and some supporting item (like spaghetti and garlic bread, or soup and crackers, or a hamburger and fries), it is not the same in Japan. Japanese like to make their bentos from a variety of small samplings of each item. They do not fill themselves up on just one main course item.
Coming in at 5th place on my list of favorite bentos is this chicken nugget and gyoza dumpling bento. See all the different offerings in this bento?
A closer look at the label shows the 290 yen mark… very cheap (less than $3 for this bento). Unfortunately, this bento is the highest calorie bento and is the reason I don’t like it much. It weighs in at nearly 1150 calories!
4th on my list of favorites is this burger bento. The sauce and burger are quite tasty, and it even comes with a few potato wedges 
This bento has right at 950 calories and is rather good.
I’ll share my top 3 bentos on Monday, until then, enjoy the weekend!
February 6th, 2010 at 6:11 am
I enjoyed a fillet o fish bento meal from Micky D’s. It was tasty when you are on the road. Your meals look tasty also
February 6th, 2010 at 7:21 am
i do like fillet of fish
right now McDonalds Japan is selling special hamburgers with flavors that represent certain areas of America. They call it the “Big America” burger series… last week it was the California burger, this wee they are doing the NY burger… not sure how either of them taste
February 6th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Cali burger may have avocado on it. Go try one and tell us. I use to eat Micky D’s when I was there. You should have one night a week of American while there.
February 7th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
cali burger is already sold out… now they are doing a NY burger. I may stop by later this week, havent had a burger and fries in about a month