antiauthoritarian123 t1_j2p27ae wrote on January 2, 2023 at 11:28 PM

So, variety of what you eat is just as important as the quality of what you eat

heiwa8 t1_j2qg17k wrote on January 3, 2023 at 5:29 AM

This concept is well recognized in Japan, hence bento boxes having a small portion of a variety of veggies, foods, and toppings. I’m glad there is a study that supports this idea!

[deleted] t1_j2rg1rz wrote on January 3, 2023 at 12:47 PM

Bento boxes are pretty limited dude, they’re basically an American’s range of variety of a dinner plate in Japanese vibes. Korean ban chan style meals have true variety.

heiwa8 t1_j2spnc6 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:15 PM

Are you talking about bento boxes served in America? I lived in Japan for 5 years and even a 7-11 bento will have 15+ different types of food in them pretty regularly (Salmon, rice, umeboshi, misoshiru, tofu, wakame, burdock root, carrot, salad with a few ingredients, another protein, tsukemono, and nimono (with a few other ingredients). Now if you look a traditional kaiseiki dinner, you're looking at 30+ types of food included. Don't get me wrong, I love ban chan and eat Korean food regularly because of the ban chan included, but bento boxes were pretty much created to serve a lot of different foods in small portions.

[deleted] t1_j2wpvez wrote on January 4, 2023 at 2:05 PM

Correct, I was talking about it in America.