Bento week # 15 - Monday

The boys' bento on Monday.

I kept few sticks of the grilled terriyaki chicken i cooked on Sunday which i figured was good for bento.

The boys new Hot Wheels lunch box (bought from Carrefour at RM7.90 i think)

Top: 2 sticks of chicken beside the blue silicon cup that contains edamame & 1 pc of steam brocolli.

I was actual 'gambling' if the boys would eat these 'greenies'....and my instinct was true, they did not touched the greenies at all! I had earlier let them tried few drops of the edamame which i had tossed with a pinch of salt. They ate a few but later in that evening, they told it was not nice........sigh.......no choice la, "min keong mou hang fook" !!! And the more heartache part was d 'potato maid' threw them away...... that's bcoz she was fasting i guess!!

Bottom: 1 piece of ball rice with a train shaped seaweed & 3 pcs of grapes!

I applied some unagi sauce on the rice in the morning before warming the rice till soft. They finished & like it.

Btw, i discovered these 'tools' in several stationary corners arounds and had been thinking if it can be used as seaweed puncher like those sell by bento accessories suppliers! Finally, i saw people using these too ....and i didn't hesitate to grab them anymore bcoz they are relatively cheap (range from RM9.90 to RM13.00 each) as compared to others which can be easily sold at more than RM20/RM30....... phew, still no sign of stopping..... !!!

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Below was my bento for Monday. I had similar dishes as the boys. I like the feeling of biting the edamame from the skin.

Steam brocolli, carrots sprinkled with pepper & salt.
Terriyaki chicken.

Zuchinni & Crab sticks with mushroom.

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As i mentioned in my earlier post, i baked for my sister the below batch of cupcakes which she intended to treat her colleagues!! But actually the bakes didn't turned out to be a very successful one.

We did 2 rounds, the first being the banana & macademia cupcakes!!

Those with 2 red hearts...but my sis said d cake texture was like rock wor.... Actually, after chilling them in the fridge, yes they tend to be a little hard but once they are left in room temp, the texture should be ok......she was just not knowledgeable, cis !!!

The 2nd batch was pre-mix blueberries cupcakes....those decorated in pink & yellow toppings!! While they may looked nice in photos (if u ever agreed), my sister was just way too high in her expectation and could not be contended with home-made bakes with 'luv' lor..... "kik sei ngor"!!

Our first try on making the icing cream topping FREAKED the hell out of her as i silly went and used whipped cream only without any icing sugar & butter. It went haywire & my initial intention to use blue colour made the outcome even more scarry!! Anyway, after the 1st failure, i tried using butter + icing sugar & no more blue color.......pink & yellow...... at least still ok, hahaha!!

Boleh tak.... ???