Ume Chicken Bento and Sushi Cake

Today's main bento dish is Ume chicken. Do you like umeboshi (salty sour pickled plums)?? I like to use it as an onigiri filling or a seasoning for salad or simmered stuff. After using umeboshi pulp they still have a bit of the pulp left around on the hard seeds. I toss umeboshi seeds into a pot of simmering stuff to pep up the flavor. Last night I browned a chicken thigh in a frying pan, and added a little of shoyu and water, and some umeboshi seeds to it. Then simmered it until the chicken was done. This ume chicken is tender and tasty even cold because of the sourness of umeboshi, which is why it is perfect for bento!





As additions I made mushroom stir-fry which I seasoned with a bit of olive oil, salt, garlic and shichimi togarashi, and curry mayo flavored renkon (lotus root) salad. I got this green box from DAISO. Isn't it so spring-ish? I now feel like singing *green green*♪ Ha it's too much old! Who knows this song?





I also got this cute strawberry box from DAISO! As soon as I saw it at DAISO I decided it would be my bento box! Though, it's a tad too cute for me, I guess..





The other day Yuppi had a farewell party at school and she made three round sushi cakes for the party with her pal and teacher. She was probably so happy with the sushi cakes they'd made, that she made the same one for me as well that evening. I amazed with how she'd made it perfectly all by herself. Only I had to wait for a couple hours being starving till it was finished though haha!