Posted on 01/20/2022 10:05:57 AM PST by mylife
When I first started working from home, I was thrilled to have access to my kitchen to get creative with lunch. I was filled with inspiration and energy, wowing myself with fresh, complex, joyful meals. But like many I burned out quickly, and my extravagant lunches soon became a tub of hummus and a bag of baby carrots.
Just as I was at my lowest point of sad lunches, I sought inspiration on TikTok and YouTube. As I scrolled through food content, my algorithm introduced me to folks making bento, beautifully packed lunchbox-style meals of Japanese origin, for themselves and their loved ones. “In Japanese culture, bento is thought to transmit the feelings of the preparer to the receiver through food,” says the Japanese American TikToker Tiffoodss, who makes bento videos. “When bento is packed with love, that care is communicated to the receiver upon eating the bento.”
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Beats angry ;)
Lawsons and Ministop are within 30 seconds walk too. Four supermarkets are within 3 minutes walk. I’m lazy.
most stuff is pretty close in japan
More for me. I had an uni five-species sampler fresh off the boat at the Tsukiji market at 6 AM three years ago, and it was transcendent.
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