This Kyaraben Tutorial is Totally Kawaii!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrOq844Soc
Too cute to eat? In this breezy clip, J-food vlogger and cookbook author Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook shows you how to crank the kawaii factor of your bento box to dangerously adorable proportions.
Known colloquially as kyaraben (from “character bento”), these lunchtime creations require surgical precision and a host of specialized instruments to prepare; we’re especially fond of the “nori punch” tool, which cuts perfectly-shaped mini facial features from sheets of dried seaweed. The adorable finished product is certainly a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds!
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I learned cooking from my mom at a young age. She cooked for us every night and I still get very excited when I visit my home in Japan because I can eat her delicious meals. The name Just One Cookbook came from my passion to make "just one cookbook" for all my family recipes, so I can save all the recipes my family enjoys in one place and then one day pass them on to my children.
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