Friday, August 24, 2012

Snail!


The Snail of Destiny!  Not really, it just sounded good.  I promised A-chan a snail bento after our last trip to the Botanical Gardens where she picked up a leaf to find two tiny snails attached to the underside.  We were both delighted and fascinated with them and watched them for a long time.

In the bento: A cheese sandwich, baby corn, carrot flowers, a cherry, an apple bunny and steamed broccoli.

The Snail was made from three egg sheets:  one white, one grey and one brown.  The grey color was achieved with the addition of cherry juice to the egg mixture before cooking.  I was trying to get a nice light pink color and was greatly disappointed that it turned grey instead.  The brown egg sheet turned out fabulous with the addition of cocoa powder to the egg mix.  I must admit that I have not actually tasted the chocolate egg sheet yet.  Eventually I will wrap my brain around the concept and try it but for now I'm just using it for decorative purposes.

4 comments:

Oliko said...

Simply awesome! I love it how neat your designs look!!^^
Oliko

Cute Little Bento said...

what a lovely snail ,, i like it very much ,, (^^,)

Natakiya said...

Thanks, Oliko! That makes me happy :-D

Natakiya said...

Thank you, Cute Little Bento! It was fun to make, especially the spiral.