18 deliciously inspired sci-fi bento boxes too beautiful to eat
Step away from the chalupa! Who needs dull meal deals when you have these tasty sci-fi, fantasy and horror Bento boxes to devour? Feast your eyes on some nerdy nourishment that looks almost too good to eat.
Bento boxes are traditional Japanese lunches packed in portable plastic and partitioned with tiny compartments. The healthy box lunches are often used as a delicious canvas to conjure up whimsical works of art using crazy culinary ideas from pop culture via molds, stencils and food paint.
Entrees are designed with a whole lotta creativity and imagination, then decorated with cheese, seaweed, seeds, fruits and vegetables, often to create some recognizable characters and themes from the many realms of sci-fi movies, manga and horror.
So grab a spork and dive in to this geeky gallery of edible art inspired by E.T., The Shining, Star Wars and more. Still hungry? Eat some Jello.
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Jawa Bento
Cemetery Bento
Kabuki Bento
Doctor Who Bento
Wall-E Bento
Yoda Bento
Chewbacca Bento
Monster Scream Bento
E.T. Bento
Dragon Tongues and Black Cat Bones Bento
Dalek Bento
Hella-Horror Bento
Outer Space Bento
Jack and Sally Bento
Mummy Hot Dog and Zombie Jaws Bento
Stormtrooper Bento
Wallace and Gromit Bento
Lost Bento