Little Miss Bento

Totoro Soba foodart!

Another breakfast creation~ I have a work event this afternoon so decided to make myself a fun Totoro Soba Noodles foodart.

Soba, or buckwheat noodles are popular with the Japanese. It is healthy and can be served chilled or warm.

This kawaii Totoro Soba creation is a fun way to enjoy breakfast wouldn’t you agree?

Totoro!!! I love Totoro~~ I am sure many of us who have watched the anime loved this big fat fluffy mythical creature.

After my trip to Uji, Kyoto and the beautiful meals at the tea houses, I have been wanting to eat some cha-soba (green tea flavoured buckwheat noodles).

So I bought and cooked both cha-soba and the normal soba noodles.

The cha-soba noodles were used to create the ears and body of Totoro, while the soba noodles were used to create the tummy.

To make the curves on Totoro’s tummy and its whiskers, I used kombu seaweed.

The eyes and nose were made from cheese, seaweed and kombu seaweed.

I also created two Soot Spirits from cheese and seaweed. The other ingredients plated included spring onions, mizuna and blanched sweet pea.

This Totoro Soba is served with soba tsuyu (dipping sauce) and more spring onions at the side.

I remembered first seeing Totoro soba creations at Cookpad recipe site as well as Annathered.com. However, mine is slightly different from theirs in the ingredients choices, plating and design.

I always prefer to create my own foodart designs.

Serving my noodles chilled on the plate, this is called Mori-Soba. Zaru-Soba on the other hand, is chilled soba noodles topped with shredded seaweed.

One more day to Friday~~ woo hoo~~