I made Bunny Valentine’s Bento today!
Inspired by two super cute mini bunny plushies that I bought last night, I decided to make these bunnies.
Do you like bunnies too?
For this Bunny Valentine’s Bento, I made the two bunny characters from rice. Technique of shaping rice balls is as per what I shared in my Kawaii Bento cookbook.
I made one larger oval rice-ball for the head, a smaller one for the body. Two rice-balls, flatten to create the floppy bunny ears and another rice-sheet (rice ball flattened between cling wrap) for the hands and feet.
To create the hands and feet, I use a small oval punch to ‘punch’ the rice-sheet. Tip: please do it while the cling wrap is still on the rice, if not the rice will stick to your cutter.
To colour the rice brown, I added some teriyaki sauce to the rice.
Can you spot the little mini ‘love letter’ that the white bunny is holding? hahha the heart shape is too large but I was lazy to trim it down. :P
I packed my Bunny Valentine’s Bento in my Magewappa Hina Bento Box that I bought from Bento&co last year when I visited Kyoto.
This oval-shape bent wood bento box is of a perfect size and great for ladies :)
The side dishes for today’s Bunny Valentine’s Bento included spicy tomato tiger prawns, sautéed vegetables sprouts, Japanese cucumber and sautéed mixed mushrooms.
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