Happy 2009!

Thank you for all your comments on my last post.

And no, the horrible restaurant night hasn't put me off veganism, the blogging hiatus was a result of... the holidays, and by that I mean me travelling 1,000 km south, then up again, and then two days later traveling 1,000 km north again.
I had a great time both in London an Munich, but barely cooked anything.

I'm ready to cook and blog again starting today, but I'm actually thinking about getting away from the food focus the blog has. There's so many pieces of art, literature and other stuff I want to share, but I don't feel like starting a new blog.

Anyway, I wanted to blog about Munich and then realised I haven't seen much of the city. I spent three days with Eva sleeping, eating,watching DVD and talking all night until mid-morning, just like when we were in school/uni.

Just once we ventured out, to Kopfeck , a vegetarian/vegan restaurant and pub, and had a huge Grillteller with the best salad of my life and ginormous heaps of fake meat. Sadly, the place was badly lit so I couldn't take any recognizable pictures :(

So instead, as always, lolcat!

Nothing's gonna stop me making bento...

... but proper cooking is a completely different thing.

Seriously, I wonder how people manage to come up with awesome blog post on a daily basis or even every other day.
I don't mean to moan on here, but I have trouble even posting once a week and it makes me feel like a bad blogger. I'd love to be more active in the community, but I simply don't have the spare time.

Let's be honest- how do you do it?
It can't be that all bloggers are students or stay-at-home moms, right.
I'm out of the house from 8-8 on weekdays, so there's simply no time to try awesome new recipes every night, as much as I'd like to.

Anyway, here are some recent bento:


leftover yakisoba (see last post for the recipe), carrot sticks, an orange and some berry soy yoghurt.

traditional Japanese bento, though a bit protein-less... sticky rice with an umeboshi, sesame spinach, an orange, marinated mushrooms and scallions and some apple pieces in the bunny.
another lazy one... rice with sesame and soy/mushroom sauce, peach slices and leftover veggie stir-fry.

And look what arrived in the mail the other day!

I did a little swap with another blogging Stephanie (who throws awesome blog parties and mail blogging thingies that I don't really understand) who sent me, among other stuff, this ginormous bento... I think it holds about 5000 ml and comes with a lovely bag, just perfect for picnics and the like (though I consider scaring me coworkers and bringing it along as my lunchbox XD)... I plan on using this for our Japan day picnic.

Right, only four more weeks until Japan day, my favourite holiday (in my book, it's an annual holiday, all right? Just like Christopher Street Day and World Vegan Day and Bochum Total rock festival and Veggie Street day in Dortmund)!