Innie or Outie

This smaller version of the ever-popular bento meals included a variety of onigiri, broccoli, sausage, hamburger, meatball, scrambled egg, chicken, and deep-fried shrimp.

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This take-out meal, almost identical to #84, included broccoli-carrot mix, yaki-soba, potato croquette, chicken, veggie tenpura, vinegar-veggie-noodle mix, sausage, deep-fried seaweed-veggie roll, and seaweed-carrot-scallion rice, seaweed mix, and pickled ginger.

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This take-out bento meal, similar to bento #85, included goya-chanpuru (a bitter melon-tofu-pork luncheon meat mix – this one also had carrot) and gobo (burdock)-carrot mix, chicken, fish with sauce,and two types of rice mixtures (one with soy beans and one with seaweed).

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This version of local take-out meals included goya chanpuru (a bitter melon-tofu-pork luncheon meat mix – this one also had carrot), rice, umeboshi (pickled plum), veggie tenpura, gobo (burdock)-carrot mix, kamaboko, string bean, and carrot.

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This version of the local bento meals included broccoli, yaki-soba, potato croquette, chicken, pumpkin, rice, veggie tenpura, daikon, vinegar-veggie-noodle mix, sausage, deep-fried seaweed-veggie roll, and seaweed-carrot-scallion rice.

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This delish Japanese snack gift from a visitor is a wonderfully sculptured mini red bean pastry, more commonly known as anko.

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This version of a local bento meal, with portions large enough to meet almost any appetite, had deep-fried pork cutlet, deep-fried chicken, rice, pickled plum, and a cornucopia of veggie mixes including two types of seaweed, soy beans, pork, carrots, tofu, string beans, squid, konyaku, and white onions.

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This “hungry man’s” meal from a new eatery in the area that offers Tex-Mex influenced dishes included red rice, refried beans, tortilla-wrapped shredded chicken and a large bean-stuffed tortilla (both smothered with melted cheese), and a shredded-beef soft shell taco.

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This local version of the popular bento meals included rice, pork cutlet with sauce, potato, omelette, carrot-seaweed-soy bean-pork mix, konyaku-seaweed mix, hotdog with ketchup, pickled ginger, and veggie tenpura.

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This sampler-style bento meal came in a built-in, faux serving dishes box and included rice with black sesame seeds and pickled plum, assorted veggies, sliced ginger, shrimp tenpura, salmon, omelette, kamaboko, chicken, and seaweed.

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