Big Plate, Tiny Bento

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:39 pm

From My Blog:

I did this mostly as an experiment for my No-S Diet, though I was pretty sure of the answer. The plate on the right is what I'd put in a bento box, though arranged in a more compact fashion.

It makes an interesting point about portion control as well as eating a variety. I'm generally much more careful to pack a variety of itty-bitty portions in a bento than I am when I put a meal on a plate*. But it does show that the "one-plate" rule of the No-S Diet is some pretty decent portion control!

So, when you go on about the "tiny" bento boxes, realize it's just that it's compact. The plate isn't a "tiny" lunch to most people's minds!

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*I've also become constitutionally incapable of eating an apple without cutting it into something cute. Please don't laugh at me. I'm helpless in the face of it, and therapy probably won't help.[/i]

clarinetgal · Post by **clarinetgal** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:28 am

How interesting! Your food looks delicious.

maslowjenkins · Post by **maslowjenkins** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:26 pm

I think I would feel stuffed after eating everything in the bento box, but a bit deprived if I ate that from the plate. hmmmm, interesting!
what size is your bento box? I've been thinking about getting one.

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:31 pm

maslowjenkins wrote:I think I would feel stuffed after eating everything in the bento box, but a bit deprived if I ate that from the plate. hmmmm, interesting!
what size is your bento box? I've been thinking about getting one.

It's the same amount of food.

That bento is 580 ml.

Dandelion · Post by **Dandelion** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:43 am

I have a different lunchbox - lunchsense.com. I really like it and even though I have the small one, it's been enough for me so far.

I've never taken photos though

Post by **reinhard** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:19 pm

Great idea -- and thanks for the pictures, Noel.

Bento boxes + no-s seem like a great combination.

I had no idea that they correspond so precisely to a single plate -- and with such satiating visual impact.

Reinhard

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:30 pm

reinhard wrote:Great idea -- and thanks for the pictures, Noel.

Bento boxes + no-s seem like a great combination.

I had no idea that they correspond so precisely to a single plate -- and with such satiating visual impact.

Reinhard

Well, Reinhard, the Japanese have an expression, "The eyes also eat."

You know how you talk about cultures that still have very traditional rules about how they eat, and how this contains inappropriate excess? Many of them find food presentation important (the French and Japanese, certainly!)

I think your comment about making a minor event out of a meal or a treat is spot-on, and bento is a fun way to do it. It's just lunch, and honestly the foods aren't necessarily all THAT special, but they're so PRETTY, it makes the meal that much more satisfying.

Maybe I should use the "good china" for treats as well, huh?