anti-bento

(something like antipasto)

Modern bento should be considered a "crime against
humanity". It violates all rules of cooking:
- no fresh ingredients
- prepared hours (days?) in advance
- mixed meat with fish (prepared in the same oil)
- re-mixed once more in the microwave
- unidentifiable croquettes
- tasteless dead vegetables (killed by the microwaves)
- green plastic thingies to separate the stuff
- add-ons that make you sick: sausages, potato salad
with mayo, shrimps, eggs, whatever!

Makes me wonder why they take the sauce away before
putting it in the microwave. Yeah right, thanks, now
you saved my bento.

The result: chicken that smells like salmon. Pork kattsu
that tastes like fish. Heated rice that has been boiled
the previous day. Melted pickles that smell like mayo.
That is, if you are lucky and have chosen a bento
version without over-boiled pasta with ketchup!

And oh my god, those microwave-melted broccolis...

Bliah!
McDonald's tastes to me like homemade, 手作り, compared to bento.