Bizzare Japanese Lunch boxes

Earlier we blogged about those weird Japanese ice-cream flavours... and now I know how the Japanese get their kids to eat this weird stuff... they make it look cool. Root Coffee has fabulous photos of Japanese Bento Boxes - A bento is traditionally made in a 4:3:2:1 ratio: 4 parts of rice, 3 parts of the side dish (either meat or fish), 2 parts of vegetables, and 1 part of a serving of pickled vegetables or a dessert. However, almost anything can be used to make a bento. And here's how you get a kid to eat raw fish: Wouldn't you love a mum who made a lunch box like that?