Monday, June 17, 2013

Bento Heaven

After just 2 days in the seaside town of Atami, we city girls decided we'd had enough of the countryside and took the first Shinkansen (bullet train) to Tokyo.  After wandering around Shinjuku and Harajuku for half a day while filling up on Starbucks coffee and green tea lattes in between, we headed back to Tokyo Station where this lovely photo was taken.

Once inside the station, we were looking for somewhere to eat when we stumbled into basement 1 of the Daimaru store and discovered BENTO HEAVEN!

From appetisers...


...to sushi bentos



From salads...

...to croquettes and all manner of fried meatballs


Not forgetting the sashimi bentos....

...and tempting tempura

This dizzying display of delicious delights left us speechless and it took several rounds of surveying and sampling before we finally decided on what to pack for dinner.  All three of us agreed that it was definitely the highlight of the day and worth making a day trip into Tokyo for.

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