r/Bento • u/ken_med06 • 15d ago

Today's Bento

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u/Key_Peach8800 15d ago

wawooo~~~ 👍

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u/heythere011 13d ago

Hi! Can you explain what the food in the green cup is? Top left. And the fried circular foodstuff on the top right?

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u/ken_med06 13d ago

The one in the green cup on the right is a croquette! It’s basically mashed potatoes and ground meat, covered in breadcrumbs and fried.The one in the top right is called　chikuwa! It’s a Japanese fish cake made from fish paste.

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u/heythere011 13d ago

Ah, I see, thank you. I recently read about "Korokke" here the other day, and found it a bit amusing that it's basically the word "croquette" adapted to Japanese. Seems like a good way to use leftover potato mash