Comments on: Popular Lunch Cuisine: Obento (Japanese boxed meals)

By: sam

sam — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:30:47 +0000

obento lunch is AWESOME!!!
i luv it.
so delicious.
varities are also wide and different

By: Basic Bento « Play With Your Food

Basic Bento « Play With Your Food — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:40:16 +0000

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By: Noriko

Noriko — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:45:59 +0000

What Japanese consumers can do is minimizing the food poisoning incidence further by not buying “frozen foods made in Japan.” It is almost impossible for consumers to inspect all of the ingredients we eat.

And importantly, not all foods made in China are contaminated. There are Chinese food manufacturers who produce quality products. I am sorry that their businesses are affected by the incidence. I hope that the police and the governments will find out the cause sooner.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:22:57 +0000

But do they have Chinese ingredients? Ishihara’s calls to have the source of all ingredients listed is pretty interesting - I think it illustrates that hand-making food at home does not guarantee that one will know where all ingredients come from. The shichimi made be ‘made’ in Japan, but five of the seven spices might have been sourced from overseas.

On February 14, the Ekiben competition was held in Fukuoa. Interesting stuff…and the winner was from Kagoshima.