I did a spring bento yesterday, thinking that there wasn’t really any other theme I could do until St. Patrick’s Day next month, but then yesterday I went to Marukai and the place was decked out with a buffet of pink junk foods to give to girls on March 3rd, which is Girl’s Day. I think since Girl’s Day is the source of Baby Girl’s bento scorn, I’ve almost blocked the holiday out.
I did some shopping for a contest for Easter next month, but also decided I had just enough time to do a small Girl’s Day contest. I have up for grabs five packets of hanaosushi no moto, which is pink powdered rice vinegar. While the contest is open to everyone, my readers in Hawaii should know that this is available at Marukai for only $1.99. However, I know everyone doesn’t have a Marukai membership, so Hawaii locals are more than welcome to enter too!
This packet is what I used to make the pink bear musubi in the recent Honolulu Advertiser article. I’ve also used it in several bentos:
It’ll be a great way to add pink to your rice. I should mention, though, that it has a very strong smell. If you love ume, it’s the perfect product for you, but I’m not too sure toddlers would enjoy the taste. Taste testing recommended first!
To enter, simply comment on this post telling me how you’d use it, whether it’s to make a pink star onigiri for your daughter or a flower themed bento for yourself or if you just want to give it to a friend. I have five packets available and each person can only enter once.
Please leave an email address that you check frequently, as I will need extremely swift responses when I pick the winners in order to mail it out in time for people to use it for Girl’s Day. Funny that I say that, since I’m probably the worst mailer on earth. Deadline to enter is Monday, February 22 at 2 PM PST.
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i love, love, LOVE ume, so the most important thing i would do with my packet is EAT IT, yummmmmers. i am also totally loving your new spring-themed pink sakura blog background, and i think i would try to make a sakura-shaped onigiri inspired by that. i’m pretty far from hawaii/marukai, so i’d love to win this! thanks for having this contest :-)
I’m not sure what I would make with pink rice…but I know I would have a blast surprising my husband by putting it in his bento…lol I’d be very interested in eating some myself too, as I don’t often get to eat ume.
Oh… my… goodness… PINK! I would turn ALL THE RICE I OWN pink. Though I might need more… It would make me incredibly happy. I love pink. :D I love ume. :D I love your blog. :D :D :D
It would inspire me to make a cute pink bunny onigiri for my little girls bento. I can just imagine how happy it would make her!
I make bentos for the hubby and I think it would be awesome to make him some with pink rice!!!!
Oh, I’d LOVE to have a packet of these! I’d love to try and do some creative sushi for my girls with pink rice…..they’d LOVE it!!!!
I would try to make flower sushi. Or use it for a colour themed bento. Or maybe just use it if I don’t have any other red ingredients.
A pink valentines bento would be nice, but I don’t think it would last for that long XD
I’d love to use it for pink onigiri! Maybe use the animal-face egg molds with the pink rice to make even cuter ones.
What would I do with it? Probably use it to make onigiri on one of the days that I actually make lunch for myself and my brother. It would probably drive him crazy that it’s pink, but that’s half the fun!
Wait, having a bento vision … a Parisian pink poodle!
I’ve never tried it, so I hope that I can win!
Although I haven’t updated my blog in awhile I am still doing Bento! I would most likely use the pink coloring to make some adorable mini onigiri for my blue bento box.
I’m a white girl from Utah but have spent a lot of time in Asia and LOVE the food of all cultures there. I just learned to make Kimbab and would love to make them a little cuter with this!
I think I might try to make a pink Hello Kitty bento.. might look a little funny, but taste good anyway.
I would use it for myself and to make cute things my boyfriend can take to work (the ladies in his office look forward to my creations, poor guy..) I would make myself a nice pink/birthday-themed bento, because my birthday is on March 3rd! (I swear!) I will be turning 23. :)
I would love to use this to make my little girl a pretty bento. I think I would use it to make pink daisy Onigiri. My first one, since I just bought a Onigiri bento box to put it in!
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