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In the morning, I packed my lunch and brought it to work. I have a container for my midmorning soup, lunch stuff and dessert space. At 2pm, when I've already worked pass my lunch hour my food was still hot. And since I like to munch on things as often as I can, this was great because it can hold so much food and keep all them separate. All in one container with a bag where you can fit utensils. also very good for picnics, if you pack the containers pretty full, you definitely have enough food for two.
I liked this idea but item is huge in real life. You can put food for a whole family. Is like going around with a gallon of food. As soon as I saw it was a nono.
I have not used it as regularly as I would like because of the preparation time in the morning to heat the bento with hot water and heat the food. If it bothered me enough, I would put the top bowl in the refrigerator at work.
I love the chopsticks w/case that fit so nicely on the side of the bento jar. I would have liked the soup bowl to have been slightly larger, found the middle section for the rice/main meal to be very ample as well as the top bowl, but I have yet been able to keep anything in the top bowl that starts out cold from getting warm from heat of the main bowl.
I was excited to receive my Zojirushi Classic Lunch Jar/Bento after the reviews I read. By lunchtime, the cold section is room temp or warm, but that's okay.
I have tried putting the top bowl in the freezer before putting the salad or fruit, etc. in the bowl as well as put the side dish w/bowl in the refrigerator until the last minute before I leave for work.
By lunchtime, the hot food is warm to steamy but not hot--still tasty though. I do find that the bento jar/chopsticks are great in helping with portion control if you are trying to watch your weight.
I love my other Bento so I decided to purchase another one. Benton. I received the classic in the mail and I was extremely disappointed. Im sure it works well but it was so masculine that I decided to return it.Ill stick with my smaller Mr. The Bowls were all larger and theres only 3 vs oher Bento that has 4 holders. This would be perfect for lunch while camping or for construction site.not fitting for girlie girls like myself.
Because I work outside and I keep the container in my truck - which can be very cold in the winter - the food don't stay hot for a long time. I usually pack my food - hot - around 6.30 am and by 12.00 noon the food is cold. It did not work out too good for me but I may be asking too much.
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