Innie or Outie

This convenience store version of the Japanese bento consisted of rice with grated bonito flakes, potato salad, deep-fried white fish with tartar sauce, curried potato croquette, spaghetti, nori (dried seaweed sheet), sausage, pickled veggie, and a fried pancake roll with sauce.

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There are so many choices in the bento box market on island. Here is another convenience store version. This one had rice, two types of seaweed, scrambled egg, pork, string beans, pickled ginger, rice, and mountain vegtables.

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Unlike its very popular cousin, this Japanese Peep is not made of marshmallows:

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Instead, this little birdie is a sweet pastry with a chestnut paste filling.

Here's another convenience store bento. This one had tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet), luncheon pork, potato croquette, hamburger, carrots, daikon, mackerel, rice, and root vegetable noodles.

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As the seasons' harvests change, so do the ingredients in the local bentos. Bitter melon, more commonly known as goya on island, is making a return on the local convenience store bento scene.

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Here is a convenience store version of one of the most popular dishes in the local cuisine, Tonkatsu Curry (more commonly known as katsukaree) – fried pork cutlet with curry, rice, and a pickled condiment.

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This is a convenience store version of the local bento. It had egg, luncheon pork, fish, potato croquette, potato salad, hamburger, rice, pickled squash, and fu with veggies.

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Most of the time when hubby and I are in the mood for fast foods, we look to the local cuisine to fill our cravings. But every once in a while we just have to have a decent pizza. Luckily we were able to find a takeout pizzeria (Entre) in our area that makes one of the best, and economical, pizzas available locally. As most people who have lived in Japan know, the pizzas over here tend to come in unique flavors (food fusion to the max). Fortunately for us, the proprietor of this pizzeria decided to stick to the basics in their combination offering (lots of cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms, bell peppers,olives, onions, etc).

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Here is another version of the ever popular bento. This came from a local convenience store and had rice, fish, spaghetti, hamburger, chicken, potato salad, and pickled ginger.

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Here is another “fast food” meal, yakisoba. Basically it is cabbage, carrots, shrimp, squid, pork, and soba noodles quick-fried in a wok with a sauce and then topped with nori flakes. The meal also included rice sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds, as well as pickled radish (daikon) and ginger. I ordered a side salad to complete the dinner.

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