This is my first year missing a Thanksgiving feast in the U.S. Do I care? Not so much. It’s always been a nice extended vacation from work or school and a chance to get drunk with friends and family while eating dry turkey… and then left over dry turkey for another week, bleh. That reminds me… something interesting I’ve noticed over the years is how people in America love the holidays because of food. My friends and I have always talked about home cooked meals, eating this, and eating that, but it was only around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Why is that? Why don’t Americans prepare good food on a regular basis? Hamburger Helper, easy cook instant dinners, what is up with that!? Luckily my fiancee is the best cook I’ve ever known and her meals can put a 5-star restaurant to shame! So in the sake of Thanksgiving I am going to share some pictures of two delicious lunches, Bento, that I’ve recently enjoyed. For those that don’t know, Bento or a Bento Box is a Japanese style lunch. It usually includes rice and some fish or meat. It can be simple or complex with multiple small servings. Bento is popular in Japan and there’s even a small chain take-out restaurant in Japan called “Hoka Hoka Bento” (the cool kids call it Hoka Ben).
Hoka bens rock but I still went with the double turkey dinner this year. The students LOVE it with gravy.