Totoro Bento!
Presenting to you the first creative collaboration between myself and Vickii from V’s Kitchen! :)
Since we are both big fans of Japanese stuff and food, we decided that it will be super awesome to come together to create something that we both love – Totoro!! Check out the super cute Totoro macarons made by the talented Vickii for my bento!
Don’t we all love Totoro? ^ ^
Me and Vickii became friends after meeting at an event and subsequently keeping close contact on Instagram. This is the first Insta-collaboration!
Vickii is an aspiring marketer and a self taught baker. She makes really really awesome macarons, cakes and even granola. Check out her beautiful creations on her blog here.
Her black sesame Totoro macarons were really super yummy! I usually find macarons too sweet for me, but hers was just nice!
The fragrance of the sesame was superb (not surprising since she added freshly grounded sesame into the macaron dough!). The macarons had perfect feet, was nice and airy, with that goregous creamy sesame center.
Super yum, I had to stop myself after popping two in less than 5 mins! haha.
Check out her awesome creations on her social media platforms:
V’s kitchen by Vickii Ma
Blog – http://www.vickiima.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/vskitchen
Instagram – http://www.instagram.com/vickiima
To make Totoro rice ball, simply shape the Totoro’s body then wrap the seaweed sheet around. I cut a circle for the ‘tummy’ and slits along the edges of the seaweed sheet before wrapping. Totoro’s ears were also made from seaweed and rice and eyes were made of egg sheet (egg white only) and seaweed. the whiskers were deep fried thin pasta sticks.
The chibi mini Totoro was even easier, using just rice for the body, egg sheet and seaweed for the eyes!
Today’s bento was packed in my Magewappa Classic Bento Box from Bento&co.
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June 24, 2014
Ah……love Totoro!!! So cute & looking yummy too!
June 24, 2014
Heheh yes loving totoro! thank you so much!!
June 24, 2014
Awesome! The macarons so pretty!
June 27, 2014
I know right and they are so yummy :) heh
June 27, 2014
OMG!! these are sooo cute!! If i were you I won’t be able to eat them as I want to keep them!
June 27, 2014
heheh thank you so much!!! :) I love the macarons too, so yum!