Monday, November 1, 2010

Fear The Sushi Beard!

Ha ha! Today is National Sushi Day in Japan and a few bento buddies are celebrating with a twitterfoodparty showcasing sushi. I have never made sushi rolls before, so this was a perfect opportunity to try it out. I have to say, for my first time, I think I did pretty well. And of course, today the San Francisco Giants could clinch the World Series in Game 5, so I had to make a Fear The Beard Bento! Two birds, one bento.

Fear The Beard refers to closing pitcher Brian Wilson and his playoff/World Series beard. It's quite the sight to behold and I am pretty sure he is dying it black with Just For Men dye.

The sushi portion of the bento has mango, coconut shrimp, and cilantro rolls, baby carrots, bbq pork from G&G Supermarket in Santa Rosa, a fish container with soy sauce, and a piece of broccoli.

The Giants portion of the bento has a Brian Wilson onigiri decorated with nori beard and ballcap, cheddar cheese bill, nori eyes, and bell pepper mouth. Also in this section: grapes from De'Santis Farms, purple bell pepper from The Patch in Sonoma, french breakfast radishes from Ridgeview Farms, baby carrots, and steamed edamame. I put a panda pick in the edamame to represent Pablo Sandoval, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda for his wicked hitting skills.

GO GIANTS!

18 comments:

  1. Think it'll be tonight?
    Go GIANTS!
    Great Beardonigiri!!

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  2. I didn't know about Sushi Day.

    I only made my Bento #2 today for my tomorrow lunch. If I'd know, I could have at least made Sushi Sandwiches. Oh well... next year I'll know!

    Nice beard, btw! I used Nori for the first time today and will surely start posting Bento Pics soon.

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  3. Great first sushi!!!! Love the beard, lol!!

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  4. oh..super great bento! Love all the details, so nice.

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  5. Sur La Table in Santa Rosa offers sushi rolling classes once in a while. I took one a while back. What fun!

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  6. Hi Momma Jorje! I think there is another Sushi Day in the US that you can celebrate. Congrats on making your second bento! Can't wait to see your pics. :)

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  7. Thanks Emily! It was really fun to make.

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  8. Ooo, thanks for the tip, Tamar1973. I will have to check that out. Have you been to the new Korean place on Yulupa? Tov Tofu? I tried bibimbab for the first time there and I LOVED it. :) Thanks for following my blog!

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  9. haha! I love your beard onigiri! One of my son's classmate dressed up as Brian Wilson for halloween. He wore his jersey and had a full set of beard! he was hilarious!

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  10. Ha ha Mrs. P! That was a very popular costume here in the North Bay. People even decorated their pumpkins with beards. :}

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  11. That was a cool bento!

    Are you sure this is your first time rolling sushi??? They looked perfect to me!

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  12. Aww, thanks Angeleyes. I spent a lot of time looking at diagrams and photos of how to make sushi rolls. I am such a nerd! :)

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  13. really love this one! way too funny!

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  14. Thanks Tiffany! It made me laugh. he kind of looks like a ninja crossed with Brian Wilson. :)

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  15. Oh my gosh, the ninja is so cute!!! You did such an amazing job and the food looks so delicious!

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  16. Thanks Susan! All of the food was super tasty. I am inspired to try sushi rolls again!

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