Met a girlfriend for lunch after eight years. We picked up noriben, nori bentō, from the basement of the Ginza Six department store and headed to the roof. I was so excited to try the vegetable version. 

Maitaké (hen of the wood mushrooms) tempura, yamaimo (mountain potato) and renkon (lotus root) is grated to a paste and fried with a shiso leaf. It has a great texture like a soft mochi cake. Mashed potatoes, spinach, and a silky roasted sweet potato. All of the vegetables are over two thin layers of rice each topped with nori.

This vegetable bentō is called hatake (garden or field). Noriben Yamanobori is famous for the grilled salmon bentō. It also does a chicken bentō. There are shops in stations including Tokyo Station, Ueno, Shinagawa, and Haneda Airport. So grab a bentō for the shinkansen train ride.

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