Grilled salmon and chikuwa (tubular fish paste cake) isobe-age are standard ingredients in lunch boxes often seen at bento shops. Salted salmon is available nationwide but overseas it is not easy to ...

Excellent miso ramen, four pieces of pristine nigiri (including tuna, shrimp, and salmon), plus one sushi roll all figure into the noodle-centric—if blandly named—Lunch Box D, which goes for $17.50 ...

Anyone who likes going to Japanese restaurants has probably ordered a bento box — usually a protein, rice and vegetables served in a shallow box with compartments. If you enjoy that kind of meal but ...

Marc makes a perfect grilled sandwich packed with ground meat curry, pumpkin and cheese. Maki's bento features deep-fried pink salmon with a pure white coating. And on Bento Trip, a yummy wagyu bento!

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...

The compartmentalized bento box dates back to medieval Japan, where workers would pack a whole meal into a single box and carry it with them to the fields. Today, the bento box remains vital to ...

Chef Atsushi Hayakawa’s attention to detail, along with his insistence on the best ingredients and precise execution, have powered his eponymous restaurant’s rise from an obscure strip-mall sushi ...