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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

winter japantown visit and bento


Hello there! Images from our recent jaunt to Japantown and a bento made with treats from the visit in today's post. Daiso was especially full of colorful and useful items this time around...
 
 

 
 
 
 
Fancy confections and teas for sale at this bright shop in the West Mall building:
 
 
Jamison picked up an excellent green tea drink here:
 
 
 
 
Kinokuniya Bookstore was a fun browse, including an incredible selection of Japanese magazines on cooking, home décor and lifestyle. Creacat a cool new find!
 
 
 
 
 
 
This guide to sushi making was quite tempting...
 
 
For me, every visit to Japantown must include shopping in Nijiya Market for hard to find sauces, seasonings and fresh produce like mizuna (pictured below) and herbs like shiso and mitsuba. If food shopping can be recreation, this is where I have the best time!
 

 

 
 
 
Today's bento features peppery fresh daikon sprouts and California rolls from Nijiya Market, and a fresh salad of romaine lettuce, avocado and red onion with ginger-sesame dressing. Seaweed salad adds additional texture and tastes wonderful with the sushi rolls. The colorful tenugui serving as bento backdrop is a cheerful Daiso find.
 
 
 
 

 


 


 


10 comments:

Robin O said...

Just so dang delightful Jenn!

Bentobird said...

Now that put a smile on my face, wonderful Robin!

Miss Mochi said...

I love Daiso! I can always find cute dishes and spoons to use for my blog. I found some cute drawstring bags for packaging Christmas gifts, they were shaped like little fishies!I spend way too much there :D

I love the idea of using a tenugui as a backdrop.

OhayoBento said...

Getting those fresh packages of daikon sprouts was my favorite part of grocery shopping in Japan! I always brought them home, they go with everything. I don't think I could've resisted CreaCat!! :)

Bentobird said...

Hi Miss M--I know just what bags you mean, colorful and very cute! Nice that we have access to beautiful Japanese things here in Cali...happy cooking this week!

Cocyte said...

Japantown seem so cool ! It makes me want to visit california even more now. Your Bento is beautiful. Those california rolls look yummy !

Bentobird said...

Hi Heather, yep, love the daikon and their little heart shaped leaves! Glad you liked the CREAcat pics, they sure made me smile ^^!

Bentobird said...

Hi Cocyte! Thanks and always lovely to visit with you~have a great weekend :)!

Susan B. said...

Your bento looks delicious as always! So appetizing! Looks like a fun shopping trip too.

Bentobird said...

Thanks so much Susan! Have a great day :D