Bento: Missing Japanese Food
A bento meal from Kureji. A Bento refers to a Japanese packed home-made or restaurant take-out meal for one person. Most Japanese restaurants serve bento as a form of cheap deal food package for the customers convenience. There are many Japanese restaurants in the Philippines like Rei Rei Ken, Tokyo-Tokyo, Kureji, etc. and I loved eating in those places whenever I had the chance. Ramen, Katsu-don, Curry, Karaage Fried Chicken, Sushi, Tempura, Gyoza, and Potato Salad (stfu; Kureji's has the best potato salad.) are some of my favorite picks whenever I went out to a Japanese restaurants; The food was expensive, around PhP200+ depending on where you were eating, but was still very much worth it nonetheless. Maybe there was some weeb/otaku bits inside me made me yearn to learn more about Japanese food and culture; or maybe I wanted to taste the food I usually see in Studio Ghibli films (which look too fucking awesome). Either way, I really liked Japanese food....