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Bento Expo: The Global Lunchbox Project

Season 3 Episode 5: Taco Rice & Mosaic Soboro

Maki creates a colorful soboro bento with ground chicken, scrambled eggs, and canned salmon, accompanied by a variety of vegetables. Meanwhile, Marc presents a unique taco rice bento, featuring soy sauce-infused ground beef and a creative twist on adding shirataki noodles to rice for a healthier ...

Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Miso Salmon & Minced Meat Cutlet

1. Miso Salmon & Minced Meat Cutlet

Aired: May 2, 2018

Next episode, Maki showcases a tasty menchi-katsu recipe with a twist, featur...

Episode 2 Hamba-gu & Sukiyaki Onigirazu

2. Hamba-gu & Sukiyaki Onigirazu

Aired: May 30, 2018

Maki prepares a sukiyaki-style onigirazu bento filled with fried eggs and hon...

Episode 3 Kushiage & Wasabi Chicken

3. Kushiage & Wasabi Chicken

Aired: Jun 27, 2018

Next episode, Marc showcases a kushiage bento with skewered and deep-fried in...

Episode 4 Shumai & Tendon

4. Shumai & Tendon

Aired: Aug 1, 2018

Next episode, Marc shares a recipe for a pork and shrimp shumai bento, paired...

Episode 5 Taco Rice & Mosaic Soboro

5. Taco Rice & Mosaic Soboro

Aired: Sep 5, 2018

Maki creates a colorful soboro bento with ground chicken, scrambled eggs, and...

Episode 6 Summer Roll & Yakitori

6. Summer Roll & Yakitori

Aired: Oct 3, 2018

Next episode, Marc will delight viewers with a simple yet mouthwatering salmo...

Episode 7 Honey Lemon Chicken & Stuffed Pepper

7. Honey Lemon Chicken & Stuffed Pepper

Aired: Nov 27, 2018

Next episode, Marc whips up a nostalgic lemon chicken bento inspired by his c...

Episode 8 Ebichiri & Temari-zushi

8. Ebichiri & Temari-zushi

Aired: Dec 25, 2018

Next episode, Marc will prepare a unique bento dish with stir-fried shrimp in...

Episode 9 Chicken Nanban & Takikomi-gohan

9. Chicken Nanban & Takikomi-gohan

Aired: Jan 29, 2019

Marc showcases a flavorful bento from his mother's hometown in Miyazaki Prefe...

Episode 10 Keema Curry & Ham-katsu

10. Keema Curry & Ham-katsu

Aired: Feb 26, 2019

Maki creates a ham cutlet bento with two fillings: cabbage and cheese, and fr...

Episode 11 Okonomiyaki & Mayo-yaki Chicken

11. Okonomiyaki & Mayo-yaki Chicken

Aired: Mar 5, 2019

Next episode, Marc showcases a bento featuring okonomiyaki, a Japanese pancak...

Episode 12 Katsu Sandwich & Hot Dog Onigiri

12. Katsu Sandwich & Hot Dog Onigiri

Aired: Mar 9, 2019

Next episode, Marc showcases a mouth-watering pork cutlet sandwich bento, lov...

Episode 13 Triple Kara-age

13. Triple Kara-age

Aired: Mar 21, 2019

Maki crafts a tri-colored karaage bento, using three marinades to keep the ch...

Episode 14 Age-teri

Aired: Mar 21, 2019

Next episode, Marc prepares a vibrant and healthy bento with fried cod and mi...

Appearances

Marc Matsumoto

Maki Ogawa

Info about Bento Expo: The Global Lunchbox Project

Seasons: 9

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Production Country: Japan

Genres:Reality-TV