{"id":191,"date":"2023-04-28T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/?p=191"},"modified":"2023-05-05T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T14:05:00","slug":"history-of-bento-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/history-of-bento-box\/","title":{"rendered":"About Bento"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_2956-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_2956-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_2956-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_2956-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_2956.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bento&#8221; is from the Japanese word &#8220;\u5f01\u5f53&#8221;, which means the meal box. Historical records show that people in Japan started preparing bentos for eating while out hunting and farming in the 5th century; therefore, those bentos were to remain fresh and tasty when even eaten as-is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the significant enhancement of life quality and food sufficiency, bento boxes are nutritionally balanced and aesthetically pleasing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional bentos follow a 4-3-2-1 rule:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4 parts rice, 3 parts protein, 2 parts vegetable, and 1 part &#8220;treat&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, a beautiful bento box always contains well-cooked and decorated noodles or rice, fresh vegetables, meats or protein with rich flavors, and pickles for refreshing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because it is not only for feeding but also for a good mood and fantastic enjoyment, a bento chef always needs to have a great passion for designing the bento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s bento today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bento&#8221; is from the Japanese word &#8220;\u5f01\u5f53&#8221;, which means the meal box. Historical records show that people in Japan started preparing bentos for eating while out hunting and farming in the 5th century; therefore, those bentos were to remain fresh and tasty when even eaten as-is. With the significant enhancement of life quality and food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[5],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentotei.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}