Labubu Bento

Say hello to the Labubu Bento – the most mischievously tasty lunch you’ll ever meet!
 This bento is our little edible adventure - a playful mix of bold flavours, colourful textures, and just the right dash of whimsy. Every bite feels like a surprise waiting to make you smile.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups sushi rice (cooked and seasoned)
• 2 tbsp furikake
• 3 small frankfurts
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 slices smoked salmon
• 1 romaine lettuce leaf
• 1 radish, finely sliced into thin rounds 
• ½  Lebanese cucumber
• 1 Nori sheet
• Black sesame seeds

Method

1. Make the Labubu Face
    Mix half the sushi rice with furikake.

• Take a spoonful of plain white sushi rice and place it in the centre of a sheet of glad wrap. Surround it with the furikake rice.
• Shape into an oval with the white rice peeking through in the middle for the “face.” Wrap tightly and refrigerate.  

2. Form the Ears 

• With the remaining furikake rice, shape two small ovals (approx. 3 cm long, 1.5 cm wide).
• Add a little white sushi rice in the middle of each to mimic Labubu’s ear details. Wrap in glad wrap and refrigerate.

3. Octopus Sausages 

• Slice the bottom half of each frankfurt into 6–8 thin “legs,” leaving the top intact.
• Pan-fry in a little oil for 2–3 mins until the legs curl outwards like octopus tentacles.
• Use a toothpick to poke in black sesame seeds as “eyes.”

4. Rolled Egg Log
   

• Pour the beaten eggs into a non-stick pan to make a thin omelette.
   Roll into a log while warm, then slice into 3 rounds.

5. Cucumber Hearts

• Use a small heart-shaped cutter to punch 4 hearts out of cucumber slices.

6. Assemble the Bento

• Line the bento box or bowl with a romaine lettuce leaf.
• Place the Labubu rice face in the centre and attach the ears.
• Position the 3 egg rounds in the top-right corner and scatter cucumber hearts over them.
• Add the octopus sausages in the top-left corner.
• Roll smoked salmon slices into little spirals and place them around the Labubu face like decorative flowers.

7. Make the Features
   

• Slice radish thinly for: eyebrows, eyes, and tiny triangle teeth.
• Cut ovals of nori and layer them over the radish for eyes; top each eye with a tiny dot of white rice as the iris.
• Add a small nori triangle for the nose.
• Cut a thin nori strip for the smile and line it with tiny radish triangles for sharp Labubu teeth.