Comments on: BENTO: Whole lotta spring in this one http://tableauvivante.com/2008/04/01/bento-whole-lotta-spring-in-this-one/ Local food, global mood. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tableauvivante http://tableauvivante.com/2008/04/01/bento-whole-lotta-spring-in-this-one/#comment-55 tableauvivante Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:52:03 +0000 http://tableauvivante.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-55 Kyle - Mmmm poke. See. Now you're giving me ideas for my next round of obento. There isn't much that's truly indigenous to Hawaii. Even taro was an introduced plant, brought over by the Polynesians hundreds of years ago. The cuisine seems to be all about adaptation. I was hoping they'd have more of the two-tiered boxes like mine for me to give away. Alas, no. Makes me glad that I bought two when I first saw them. Kyle - Mmmm poke. See. Now you’re giving me ideas for my next round of obento. There isn’t much that’s truly indigenous to Hawaii. Even taro was an introduced plant, brought over by the Polynesians hundreds of years ago. The cuisine seems to be all about adaptation.

I was hoping they’d have more of the two-tiered boxes like mine for me to give away. Alas, no. Makes me glad that I bought two when I first saw them.

]]> By: Kyle http://tableauvivante.com/2008/04/01/bento-whole-lotta-spring-in-this-one/#comment-54 Kyle Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:36:34 +0000 http://tableauvivante.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-54 We vacation annually on Kauai. Some of our favorite meals have been picked up at a local grocer on our way out for a day of hiking. Examples include chicken thighs rolled in corn flake cereal prior to baking/frying, sticky rice rolled in cones made from thin, firm tofu, and lots and lots of ahi poke. Don't know how much of that is truly indigenous, but it can't be any LESS indigenous that Spam. :) And, my lovely wife lusts after your bento lunch box. We vacation annually on Kauai. Some of our favorite meals have been picked up at a local grocer on our way out for a day of hiking. Examples include chicken thighs rolled in corn flake cereal prior to baking/frying, sticky rice rolled in cones made from thin, firm tofu, and lots and lots of ahi poke. Don’t know how much of that is truly indigenous, but it can’t be any LESS indigenous that Spam. :)

And, my lovely wife lusts after your bento lunch box.

]]> By: tableauvivante http://tableauvivante.com/2008/04/01/bento-whole-lotta-spring-in-this-one/#comment-53 tableauvivante Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:59:21 +0000 http://tableauvivante.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-53 Such is the magic of Hawaii. Or pretty much any city of the Pacific Rim. But island life has a way of squeezing out some really creative reinterpretations of what their myriad of cultures bring to the literal table. You use what's on hand. In this case? Spam, rice, and seaweed. Boom. Magic. Such is the magic of Hawaii. Or pretty much any city of the Pacific Rim. But island life has a way of squeezing out some really creative reinterpretations of what their myriad of cultures bring to the literal table. You use what’s on hand. In this case? Spam, rice, and seaweed. Boom. Magic.

]]> By: Yamp http://tableauvivante.com/2008/04/01/bento-whole-lotta-spring-in-this-one/#comment-52 Yamp Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:54:26 +0000 http://tableauvivante.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-52 Spam musubi... I guess that's one of the best "fusion cuisine" exemple there is... Spam musubi… I guess that’s one of the best “fusion cuisine” exemple there is…

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