Christmas again ...

Hi..

How are you?

Haha..sudah menghilang lebih dari 3 tahun ya..

sampai ragu, blog aku masih ada apa engga nih.... atau udah berubah bentuk, karena uda kelamaan kaga update.

Suddenly...

It's Christmas again ...

Terkadang heran waktu cepat banget larinya.. Sempat baca-baca post lama trus cekikikan sendiri wkwkwk..

Anyway, sekarang sudah December 2018, tinggal menghitung hari aja masuk ke tahun 2019.

L and J sudah kelas 8. Kalau aku bilang sih kelas 2 SMP :) sama aja ya.. B sudah kelas 5. Aku sendiri udah jarang banget bikin bento, sesekali aja. Karena sekarang Christmas, tiba-tiba tergoda bikin bento Christmas.

Idea nya sih untuk Christmas breakfast. So here it is.

our breakfast

Yang paling diniatin, sebenernya bikin Santa sushi yang disusun seperti pohon natal. Simpel koq, itu onigiri aja dibungkus kani (sebagai topi) dan ditaruh cheddar (sebagai muka) dan ditambah wijen hitam (mata) dan wortel (hidung). Sempat diprotes sama hubby "koq ga ada isinya?" haha karena biasanya aku isi onigiri dengan abon. Well, tetap aja habis ludes tepok jidat

Lainnya, bikin egg burger dibantu oleh little B. Dia yang isi scramble egg di burger - setelah dibelah dua - tambah mayo, saus tomat. Dia juga yang cetak bintang dengan cookie cutter. Hmmm..senangnya anak-anak uda bisa diperbantukan di dapur. L dan J juga sudah demen masak.

Di piring burger, ditambahkan salad, sosis rebus, cherry tomato. Dimakan dengan dressing botolan (rasa wijen). Selain itu ada muesli. Sengaja di mangkuk dikasi dikit doang. Ini sebenarnya menu cadangan :D maksudnya cadangan kalau mereka masih lapar setelah makan burger dan salad LoLs..

Di Mickey's Jar, ada ice lemon tea. Aku suka bikin sendiri lemon tea dengan bahan teh, madu, perasan lemon dan sereh. Direbus deh itu semua (kecuali teh) bisa ditambahin gula batu kalo belom cukup manis ...Ehm...

Santa Sushi

Then, akhirnya ada mixed fruit bar Chateraise Enaaaakkk.. 

Dinner, kita ke Lamian Palace Neo Soho. Hubby yang lagi pengen makan itu, jadilah kita rame-rame dengan keluarga papa dan mami mertua makan di sana. Sebelum berangkat, bikin bento ini buat mama

Tema nya masih Santa sushi dengan snowman onigiri, ditambah tamagoyaki, sosis (Santa hat), fresh salad, edamame, grapes dan cherry tomato. Yum!

Out of topic ...

Sebelum Christmas day, berlima pergi nonton Aquaman

Yang selalu senang nonton adalah hubby dan anak2. Jadi biasanya aku jadi team pelengkap penggembira aja :)

Kelihatan deh kalau sudah ABG , agak susah untuk difoto, padahal mami nya narsis {*,-} 

Melihat pose mereka itu, jadi inget ada pose persis waktu mereka kecil dulu. Thanks to Facebook, ubek-ubek langsung ketemu

Bener gak posenya mirip?
Hanya saja mereka sudah meninggi, gak lagi chubby...

Year 2011 vs 2018

Haisss..jangan cepet-cepet gede ya kids.. :D

See ya later.

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So Very Late...

Hi everyone

It is such a very latepost from Easter bento and my dad’s birthday’s bento.

The Easter bento consists of all simple things. Even the idea came up at the very last minute.

What’s inside

·        Steamed white rice

·        Fried chicken with Indonesian yellow spices

·        Potato salad

·        Green beans

·        Quail eggs

·        Edamame

·        Fish nuggets in shape of yellow and red Angry Birds

·        Papaya

·        Watermelon

Such a yummy lunch and the kids finished it without hesitate :-D

Now lets move on to my dad’s birthday bento.

Frankly speaking, making an adult bento is more challenging –for me- than a kids or charaben bento. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I am not so often in making it. Perhaps also my genuine purpose in bento-making is to provide healthy and nice-looking lunches for my kids. However, I do believe that slowly I shall make more of non-charaben than charaben bento. When the kids are growing up, I’d love to still offer them healthy although not-so-adorably-looking lunches {^,^}

Inside the box

·        White steamed rice

·        Nori and kani on top of rice

·        Mini burgers

·        Tamagoyaki

·        Blanched broccoli

·        Carrots

·        Grapes in cup

As for mini burgers, I refer to this recipe with Japanese sauce. I made a second box (unphotographed) for my kids too. They all love it!

By the way, can you see the theme of this bento? I give you a hint, it is a man’s apparel :b

Until next time.

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Happy Birthday Indonesia

Hello...

It was 17 August again...and every year we celebrate our Independence day ^,^ 

This time, this is the bento that I made 

What is inside:

* Wheat bread filled with butter and rice chocolate

Decorated with kani on top, which represented our red and white national flag 

* Cheddar cheese in dark and pale yellow of flowers

* Mixed veggie salad with mayo, salt and pepper

* Pan fried sausages, with cute faces of puppy and kitty

* Colorful jellies in a cup

* Boiled quail eggs, decorated with nori, to represent our kids

Aside of jelly cup, I inserted rolled-kani, just to fill the empty gap.

We had fun in participating into some races within our neighbourhood to celebrate the event, such as eating crackers (makan kerupuk), fashion shows, running from one point to another, in a very short distance, while carrying a marble onto a spoon, catching baby eels, and others. The best part was, everyone got a prize! Well, winning the race was not as important as being together in our local community.

Catch you later!

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Bento again

Hi all,

How are you?

We are back to office and school after long holiday due to Moslem New Year 28 July until 1 August.

It was a major holiday in Indonesia and it was a good chance for families to travel out of town. At the same time, most of people were also using this opportunity to go back to their hometown in celebrating new year. Thus the roads were all packed. We have managed to escape for three days only to Lembang, Bandung. We visited some farms and outdoors playing fields. Kids just loved it!

Here are some bento that I have made

Inside the box:

* Furikake sprinkled white rice

* Blanched broccoli

* Ham, to form piggie, hen and bunny

* BBQ chicken wings

* Sauteed green squash with sausage

* Carrots

* Green grapes

* Tamagoyaki

The ham represents the Chinese astrology of our family.

Both of us have Rabbit sign, the twins have Rooster sign and the little boy has Pig sign :)

Last week, we had a playdate with some of the kids' friends.
Again, we visited another farm, Kuntum Nursery. 
Here are the bento that I made for kids and their friends

for mister Nathan

for miss Hilary and Kimmy

for my kiddos

All the bento have the same menu. I just made an adjustment in onigiri. The brown bear was for the boy while the hello kitty was for the girls.

Inside the boxes:

* onigiri brown bear or hello kitty, decorated with chicken floss (bear), nori, cheddar cheese and kani (ribbon)

* blanched broccoli

* chikuwa (under the broccoli)

* tamagoyaki

* fried nuggets (store-bought)

* apple pieces and green grapes

* flower-y carrots

* quail eggs

* edamame

* yellow and white duckies also white sleepy rabbit food picks to add cheerfulness for kids.

I had a hard time in carving the star and love onto the quail eggs ^_^ will try to better do it Haha! Oh yes, I filled chicken floss for the kitty.

Most importantly, they enjoyed togetherness and had a great time ! yaaayyy... {^,^}

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Libur Lebaran day 1

Hello..

Tahun ini lebaran di tgl 28-29 Juli 2014. 

Oyaaa...Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin buat teman-teman yang merayakan ya.. Maaf lahir batin :)

Itu karena pas banget di hari Senin dan Selasa, kantor jadi libur seminggu. Dari tgl 28 Juli sampai 1 Agustus. Pas banget seminggu ya hehehee.. Yang demen jalan tuh hubby sebenernya. Dia yang uda kasak-kusuk tanya, mau pergi gak? keluar kota?  

Tadinya, hubby saranin ke Jogjakarta.

Whoa...

Bukannya ga seneng, tapi itu sama aja seperti ikut arus mudik hahaha..karena kita emang pengen jalan darat aja.

So...batal..

Saran dari aku, lebih parah ekstrim lagi.. ke Disneyland HongKong..

Jiahhh...

Batal dengan sendirinya karena ngobrolin mau libur ini baru seminggu sebelumnya. Engga planning dari jauh-jauh hari, engga cari tiket murah, hasilnya? cengar cengir doang ngeliatin harga tiket yang mahal.

Uda kepengen nyeletuk ke Singapore aja, sambil nengok si ndut Nancy Hmmm..lumayan nengokin si bumil ini sambil bawa-bawa makanan yang bikin dia ngidam...empek-empek, nasi padang, asinan.. halah..gimana bawanya... *kelamaan garuk-garuk kepala sendiri keburu hubby bilang engga setuju*

Sampai akhirnya, hubby cuma BBM "beneran mau keluar kota gak? ke Lembang aja yuk? ada villa nih, tinggal 1.." Yahhh..gaya nodong kepepet banget hahahaha

Kita menginap di Rumah Elsya

Hm..sayang ga foto. Vila nya di daerah Kampung Gajah, Kampung Daun, The Peak.. *pasti udah tau semua deh lokasi wisata itu ya*

Vila nya lumayan enak, dari kayu, dalamnya ada dapur segala, dengan kamar 2. Yah..cukuplah untuk berlima. Nanti tinggal diatur deh mau tidurnya gimana. Yang jelas, Luna uda bilang mau tidur sekamar dengan Jovann. Then, Bastian juga bilang mau tidur sama mereka. Yep, mereka protes karena Bastian tidurnya masih pakai gaya latihan kungfu tendang sana tendang sini LOL! Keberatan Luna yang paling kenceng adalah "dede itu masi suka ngompol, mami..nanti aku ikut kena basah.." Jiahhh...ehm...aku sampe bawa perlak juga sih karena diem-diem khawatir dia ngompol.

Well, off we go on Monday 28 July by 05.30 am.
Hmm..jalanan lancar lho..mungkin karena masih pagi, mungkin karena hari H. Cuma 2 jam saja sudah sampai di Lembang.

Setelah selesai check-in dan beberes, kita mampir makan ke Ayam goreng Brebes di Lembang. Dari dulu, ini tempat makan favorit hubby. Di tempat makan ini, sambil nunggu, disediakan otak-otak bakar (yang bungkus daun itu lho..) dan cemilan isi keju (kayanya ya, engga ikut makan soalnya..hehehe..) Nah, dengan anak-anak seumuran Luna, Jov and Bastian, sebenarnya udah enak koq kalo dibawa jalan-jalan. Mereka udah bisa makan sendiri, ke toilet sendiri, dan seterusnya.  

Eating style Jov mirip banget ama hubby, sama sama doyannya makanan "berat" dan demennya sekali makan beres alias kurang demen ngemil. Sebaliknya, Lun and Bastian, mirip gaya makan aku. Engga bisa makan sekaligus banyak dan sering ngemil. So, aku lebih banyak berjuang buat bujuk Bastian supaya makan lebih banyak, karena Lun engga separah Bastian soal penolakan makan.
Jadi, dari mulai duduk, mereka dah makan otak-otak dan cemilan itu. Jov engga makan banyak karena dia tau kalo keburu kenyang, dia ga bisa makan nasi dan ayam gorengnya. Beda dengan Lun dan Bastian. Pas ayam goreng tahu tempe pepes dateng, Bastian langsung bilang "aku engga mau makan nasi ya...aku mau makan ini dan ini ajah..(sambil nunjuk otak-otak dan cemilan)" Hmmmm...*dalem hati* yang bener aje deh... tapi aku cuma bilang "iya" Engga lama, sambil makan, iseng aja nanya "de..keliatannya ayamnya enak lho..mau gak cobain..?" mulai deh serangan coba-coba. Sekali, dia jawab "engga ah, aku mau makan ini aja.." Then, gak lama, aku ngomong lagi soal ayamnya, modif dikit lah kata-katanya... Lama-lama, dia bilang "iya deh, mau, tapi dikit aja ya.." *dalem hati* horreee.. Aku suwirin ayamnya. Engga lama, aku ngomong lagi "de..kayanya lebih enak pake nasi lho..mau gak dikit?"
Tau gak dia jawab apa? "lho..? sama aja jadi makan nasi gitu dong? kan tadi aku uda bilang gak mau..." jiahhhh...*gemes harus cari cara lebih cerdik lagi* hahahaha.

Setelah tenang dan senang karena perut dah terisi, kita ke Rumah Sosis.
Karena tiba jam 10.50, kita nunggu sebentar trus langsung masuk deh. Di hari libur, mereka buka jam 11.00. Tiket masuk Rp. 3000 per orang. Di dalamnya, bayar lagi kalau mau ikut permainan dan berenang. Rata-rata tiket 20 ribuan ya kalo engga salah inget. Permainannya macam-macam. Mula-mula mereka main bumper cars. naik sepeda dan rumah kayu. Semua permainan ini indoors. Setelah itu, Lun dan Bastian ke rumah kelinci, ngasih makan kelinci dengan wortel. Setelah itu, mereka mancing ikan. Trus baru pulang sekitar jam 3 sore. Sebelum pulang beli sosis dulu.

ini enak lho

oh, ada temennya..??

lahhh..tambah banyak? *ancang-ancang*

kaabuurrr....

Permainan lainnya masih banyak, seperti flying fox, naik ATV, naik kuda poni, kasi makan domba, dan lain-lain deh. Mereka paling lama menghabiskan waktu di rumah kelinci dan kolam pancing.

Kenapa engga ada foto waktu mereka main sepeda, bumper car atau playhouse? Karena daku lagi pijet refleksi hahhaa! Kelar refleksi, malah jajan pisang ijo, es doger, singkong keju, milkshake. Masih banyak yang belum dicobain sih *dasar ibu-ibu ya*

Keluar dari Rumah Sosis, kita mampir ke Paris Van Java *tetep aja nge-mol* Walahhh..rame banget, of course, beli bahan makanan di Carefour buat masak sarapan besok paginya.

Disambungin next post ya...
 
 

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Back to school

Heyyy..

Starting this week, kids are back to school!

They have been excited about this since 2 days before.

So did I..

They are so happy to get into their new classes, meet some new friends and new teachers.

Especially for little B. He is in first grade elementary now *waving goodbye to kindergarten class* I am so touched and amazed at the same time. It feels like yesterday when I dropped little B to kindergarten ^,^

His twin siblings are in fourth grade now. I almost couldn't believe it too. LOL!

So, I took a day off on last Monday. To send them into school, get acquaintance with their new teachers and other parents. They are comfortable, of course, for they have been spending their previous years in the same environment.

In joining their excitement, I made bento for them

Here are bento for their first day

 

They had:
* White steamed rice
* Sausage in pencil shape
* Korean fried chicken
* Buttered steamed corn
* Broccoli
* Heart shaped carrot and cheese
* Edamame
* Jelly in cups

Here are bento for the second day

You can easily identify of which box belong to miss L, big J and little B, correct?

When you guess it correctly, you will get an automatic bonus answer on what are their favorite colors, too! hahaha

They had:

* Brown fried rice

* Cute "friends" made from white kamaboko and decorated with nori and kani

* Sauteed string bean and carrot, with crispy bacon

* Tamagoyaki

* Purple sweet potato with cheese

* (another) store-bought jelly in cups

Kids on general love something sweet.

Miss L said her friends were eating up her jelly, she didn't even take a piece.

That was the reason she asked for some more jelly in her second-day bentobox.

So she can share again with her friends. 

What a sweet girl she is.

{^,^} .. until next time ...

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Late post (again)

Hello...

Here is (another) late post for bento that recently made.

Looks yummy? 
Hm...myself is hungry right now

This is my first time to make curry >,<

We have many Japanese restaurants in here. In one weekend, we went to Curry House Coco Ichibanya in Grand Indonesia. We love it! The big J, and of course his dad, finished each a plate of theirs; miss L shared a plate with me while little B choose kid's menu. 

So, what can I do when they want a curry in the middle of week? I went to a supermarket and bought the ingredients! LOL... Well, it turned out fine. Nothing fancy, I just put some diced chicken and carrots for curry, topped it by halved boiled egg. Voila..!

This bento was made specially upon her request :)

She once looked at similar kind of bento in the bento book of mine and suggested me to make it.

It is quite simple actually. I just made an onigiri from mixing white steamed rice with sweet soy sauce. The facial expression are used cheese and nori. Then I sauteed vegetables, such as broccoli, baby corn, carrot. Topped the sauteed veg with thin egg omelette, visualized as a blanket. Kani sheet is added only for color and style of the blanket. Aside the bear, I put ham, for extra protein. Done!

On one nice afternoon in the office, the kids called me from home "mom, we all need to bring a balanced meal as one of school projects by tomorrow morning. Could you do something nice for us?"

Well, who couldn't resist such a command request?

I made a white Ninjago bento from Lego, the Ninja of Ice

Well. the tricky part and time consuming is to make the blocks of Lego from several foods. I used carrot for orange blocks, fish meatball for white blocks and SPAM for pinkish blocks. I done all the blocks by night, patiently punched one hole with another (straw is a great help if you do not own specific puncher) and pushed up each one, as to resemble Lego blocks.

As for Zane, I made from onigiri of white rice. I just put his face using egg sheet and nori. Surround him, I had chikuwa rose, edamame, cherry tomato, melon and apple.

They all love their lunches.

(Another) mission accomplished {^.^}

 

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Compilation

Hello...

I am so so busy lately (it is a lame excuse, I know...) but it was genuinely tricky to find some time for me to sit down and update this blog.

About a week ago, all 3 of our angels fell ill at the same time. They got stomach flu. A kind of disease that many kids have recently. They slowly get well now, while one kid has faster recovery speed than another. However, I find bento-making is really help me to ease the tension. 

So, here they are

I being told about a bakery that sells white bread in cute form aside from regular bread and cakes. They have in form of Mickey Mouse's face, Winnie the Pooh's (the one that I bought) and Hello Kitty's. That's what I saw. I don't know if they are making something else. The shop is nearby my house so I just looked around and purchased one pack. 

I just smeared one piece with mayonnaise after buttered-pan-fried for few minutes, then to put chicken floss, before to sandwiched it with the second piece. Kids just love it. I am not sure if they love the shape of bread or my choice for bread's filling. I hope it is both :)

 

The plan to do bibimbap was stored quite some time in my agenda, I meant for adult. Because in previous time, I made bento bibimbap for kids.

So, my hubby is lucky enough to get this for his lunch.

I made it with all quick sauteed of beef minced, bean sprout, string beans, carrots, baby corn and red bell pepper on top of white rice. They are nicely covered with sunny side up fried egg. He definitely love it and to eat it with gochujang.

I just forgot to sprinkle sesame seed for final touch >,<

Another bakery that I found in my house's area, is selling purple and green toast bread. They are made from purple sweet potato and pandan leaves.

Whenever, I passed it by, I like to buy them. During one hot afternoon, while everyone is taking a nap, I made this for my big boy. 

The bread is stuffed with chicken floss. From purple bread, I made a cute bear, while from green one, I made a silly frog. The rest of the facial expressions are using cheese sheet and nori. On their side is a couple of gyoza and halved of quail egg.

Get well soon, my angel *kiss kiss*

--I blame my shaky hand for the blurred picture--

It is time to return to school after the sick leave.

Since I still have some purple and green bread left, I just add some tamagoyaki (I love making tamagoyaki, don't know why..), cherry tomatoes and grapes.

Wish you a nice day in school.

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