Recipe: Perfect Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento

Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento. I wanted to use the new picnic lunch box that I got from my mother. I always make too much and my stomach gets too full It turned out to be a charming, delicious, and pleasing cherry blossom viewing bento. If I were to add one tip, the sakura on the bamboo shoot is.

ASUKARIN share the Cherry Blossom Viewing Party in Kanazawa Japan. We call cherry blossom " SAKURA 桜 ". We can see And then, we can enjoy watching the Geisha's performances, like playing Taiko drums (Japanese drums) and their graceful dances while eating Bento Box and drinking sake. You can cook Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento

It's of First box.
It's 2 of rice bowl's worth ・Bamboo shoot rice onigiri.
You need 2 of eggs ・Dashimaki tamago (Japanese-style rolled omelette).
Prepare 1 of including the leaves from the daikon radish ・Daikon radish and sakura blossoms pickles in sweet vinegar.
It's of Second box.
It's 2 of ・Kara-age (fried chicken).
Prepare 4 of ・Pork rolls with green beans and carrots.
It's 2 of ・Miso tsukune (chicken patties) with lotus roots.
Prepare 4 of ・Asparagus rolled with bacon.
You need 1 of cut into a heart shapes ・Wiener sausage.
It's 1 of cut into sakura shapes ・Glazed carrots.
You need 1 of for decoration and adding color ・Cherry tomatoes & lettuce.
You need of Third box.
You need 1 of i prefer combining crabsticks with komatsuna over deep-fried tofu ・Simmered komatsuna and crabsticks.
You need 1 of with orange peels ・Sweet potato simmered with lemon.
Prepare 1 of i overboiled mine... ・Nanohana dressed with Japanese mustard.
You need 6 of pieces ・Strawberries (I use the Amaou variety).
You need 4 of pieces ・Dekopon (Siranui citrus fruit).

Today, enjoying the cherry blossom season is still a favorite custom in Japan, and many Japanese continue the tradition of ohanami parties in parks and One of the most enjoyable aspects of cherry blossom viewing parties are the meals! Hanami bento are a type of koraku or large picnic bento. The Japanese have long been celebrated the cherry blossom and admired its beauty by enjoying picnics. The art of Japanese bento will make your lunch (almost) too adorable to eat.

Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento step by step

To make the daikon radish and sakura blossoms pickles in sweet vinegar: Combine the daikon radish and the salted sakura blossoms without removing the salt. Rub them together and let sit for a while. Gently squeeze the excess liquid, then simply soak in sweet vinegar..
Take some sakura blossoms from the daikon radish and sakura blossoms pickles in sweet vinegar, pat dry the excess moisture (using a paper towel) and decorate the bamboo shoot rice onigiri to give a beautiful touch..
For the main dish box: For the tsukune patties, finely mince the chicken breast meat, firm tofu, lotus root, and shiso leaves. Season with ginger, sake, and miso. Coat the tsukune with miso after they are cooked..
I used a special miso from Nagoya for the miso, so there was no need for me to add any other seasonings! I coated the tsukune patties with the miso dissolved in a bit of water after they were finished cooking..
For the side dishes: I added homemade orange peels which I stored in the freezer to my usual sweet potato simmered with lemon recipe. Refreshing..
The "Nanohana Dressed with Japanese Mustard" recipe is "Nikoniko-poo"'s recipe. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/145128-easy-%E2%98%85-nanohana-dressed-in-japanese-mustard-in-3-minutes.
Here's a bird's eye view..

Want your own Prepd Pack? "Hanami (cherry blossom viewing)" in Japan often involves a picnic party to enjoy cherry blossoms as well as food and drinks. People have a Hanami party with friends, family or colleagues under the cherry tree and have fun. It seems the dazzling cherry blossoms in full bloom make many people. Kotobuki bento are Japanese style lunch boxes. The stacking two tiers keep foods and flavors separate and the top tier has a press on lid to prevent spills.