This is the first part of our Lebanon blog. We did so much and had so many pictures, I had to break it into 2 blogs. This one will talk about Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Bchallah, the Lebanese Cedars, Batround, the Jeita Grotto, and Harissa. Enjoy!
This week I’m being a bit more healthy so in addition to my normal rice balls and salmon, I’ve also made a lime-soy tofu salad. Hope you enjoy.
While Sami flew to PAX for Labor Day weekend, I headed to SF for a girl’s weekend. We went shopping, checked out the sights, attended the Zine Fest, and hung out in the traditional Japanese tea gardens. It was a great weekend overall with friends.
We headed out to the OC Night Market for an evening filled with local art work and delicious Asian foods. We tried takoyaki, ramen grilled cheese, a cotton candy burrito, and chicken and mochi yakitori. Read more to find out how they were.
This week’s bento has rice balls, crab salad, egg omelet, and veggies with herbed cream cheese.
July was a busy month for family visits. My mother came at the start and hung out for a week. Then towards the end, Billy and his family came to hang out and go on vacation too.
We went to Andy and Kellie’s July 4th party and brought Illidan. He did so well with all of the people and loved playing with their puppy, Marshmallow. I made pizza bites, macarons (for the first time), and peppermint chocolate cookies.
This week I had a theme of animals for my bentos. I made monkeys, raccoons, and even a bear out of inari, a giraffe out of tamagoyaki, and octopuses and crabs out of sausage. Enjoy!
Sammy and I went to the OC Lebanese Festival this weekend and enjoyed great food and good entertainment!
So I’m really proud of this bento! It’s the first one I designed myself rather than imitating something I found on the internet. It’s Overwatch themed, paying homage to my 3 mostly played heroes: D.Va, Moira, and Mercy. I made ‘Ultimate’ rice balls, ‘Caduceus Staff’ baked chicken fries, ‘Pachimari’ sausages, ‘D.Va’s Doritos’ carrots, and ‘Moira’s Orbs’ green and purple grapes for dessert. Enjoy!
We had a couple things to celebrate this weekend, so of course I baked! One of Sammy’s friends got a job at Naughty Dog so I made him a lemon strawberry roll cake. Also, Sammy set me up with a unique URL for my food blogs (www.RobotsRations.com), new logo, watermark, and banner. I was pretty stoked with it all so I made him some Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Whipped Cream Frosting.
I made a Star Wars themed bento this week. I made Yoda, Chewbacca, BB8, and Yoda rice balls. They are adorable and totally worth the work in making them!
I made another Hello Kitty themed bento, but this time in a rush. It has a Hello Kitty PB&J, chicken mac & cheese casserole, tamagoyaki, and a lemon lime meringue pie.
I made a Pokemon themed bento and kind of like this attempt more than my last attempt. This one has rice ball Pikachus, Eevees, and Snorlaxs, a Rowlet meatball, and a potato salad and crab stick pokeball.
This bento is all about the dessert. I made a layered dessert with strawberry cake, lemon curd, and custard all covered in tempered chocolate.
I did a Hello Kitty themed bento this week. It included Hello Kitty rice balls and BBQ turkey meatballs!
I made another My Neighbor Totoro themed lunch. But this time, I turned Totoro into a spicy salmon roll!
I made a bento with inari bears, bird shaped sausages, and mini Victoria sponge cakes (my favorite). It was filling, delicious, and adorable!
I made ‘McDonald’s’ chicken ‘fries’ and sweet ‘potato’ nuggets. It was me trying to be a bit cheeky although most people didn’t appreciate it. The food was still delicious.
I made a Pokemon themed bento. I was so excited about making this and thought is came out great. Plus it tasted delicious!