Little Miss Bento

I love Totoro~ do you love Totoro too? ^ ^

A perfect way to start the day by enjoying  Totoro Sesame Sandwich Bento. This bento was packed in my Black + Blum Sandiwch Bento Box from Bento & co.

The side dishes for this Totoro Bento included homemade matcha pudding, fruits, lettuce, hard boil egg and edamame beans.

Its bento tutorial day! ^^ Today I will be sharing with you how to make a super yummy Totoro sandwich!

I found a Japanese sesame bread spread at Meidiya Supermarket (Liang Court Basement Level) – it is perfect for making this Totoro sandwich. The Japanese says ‘for bread – Whipped Cream, Black Sesame flavour’.

The bread spread is really very yummy. It has a mousse-like texture, very creamy and yet feels light on the tongue. The sesame flavour really popped and you can even taste sesame bits in the spread. I wanted more after finishing my sandwich~

Bento Tutorial – Totoro Bento

Ingredients

• 2 slices of white bread
• black sesame bread spread
• seaweed

Tools

• large oval cutter
• tweezer
• small scissors

Method

1. Spread some sesame spread on a slice of white. Place the second slice on top.

2. Cut the bread using the large oval cutter. I actually used one of my bento boxes :P

3. Using the remaining bread, cut the ears for Totoro. Using the bread spread, cover the areas of grey for the Totoro character, including the ears.

4. To insert the ears, I cut two slits at the top of the bread.

5. Flatten the remaining bread and make 2 circles and 1 oval cut outs for the eyes and nose.

6. Complete the features using seaweed. You can dab a little mayonnaise to help the seaweed parts stick to the white bread parts.