Actually, that's the amazing thing about bento, especially well-packed ones like these. They're frickin' dense, but ideally most of it is rice and vegetables, and when you wash that down with green tea...you get the idea. And, of course, when they're colorful and pretty like this, your eyes get to eat, too =w= I like those ones I linked to because they go light on the fried food and condiments, and IF there's a dessert, it's usually a few candied beans. BEANS ARE GOOD, AMIRITE? (Oh crap.)
It's actually a little weird about Japan, because if there was ever a country that didn't hold back on the lard and the cream, it's them. But then again, you don't have the same massive piles of french fries and cheese and beef and bacon and chicken fingers everywhere you go. And the servings are smaller. And thousands of times prettier. And Tokyo's the kind of place where you have to walk a lot.
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Date: 2007-07-29 04:40 am (UTC)It's actually a little weird about Japan, because if there was ever a country that didn't hold back on the lard and the cream, it's them. But then again, you don't have the same massive piles of french fries and cheese and beef and bacon and chicken fingers everywhere you go. And the servings are smaller. And thousands of times prettier. And Tokyo's the kind of place where you have to walk a lot.