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Cute Quail Eggs invade my Bento
I have always thought that eggs molded with egg shapers were the cutest things ever. It never occurred to me that something can beat that in the cuteness department. How? Well, make them tinier by using QUAIL EGG MOLDS!
Yes, a couple of months ago, I was finally able to get my hands on a set of quail egg molds (from ebay, if you’re curious). I’ve been meaning to share the pics but I think my large blog post backlog is already common knowledge to most of you. These egg molds work the same way as the large ones for chicken eggs — slip hot peeled hardboiled egg in, then steep in water bath or pop in the freezer for a few minutes.
What came out were cute little eggs, three emblazoned with cute chick faces while the other three (only two shown here) were embossed with animal heads. It’s not a tool I’d used on a daily basis, but the instant cute factor they add to food is irresistible.
Together with my cute quail eggs, I had some crispy corned beef, steamed rice, and a small fresh salad of iceberg lettuce and tomatoes, to be dressed with a ready-made Japanese vinaigrette. Hearty, yes. Cute, very very much.
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They’re too cute to eat! >_<
I see their cute little faces! <3
OMG I LOVE IT!!! Around how much are those molds?
i want panda quail eggs. you could use nori(tama ba?) as the black parts. hehe!
try visit this site but all in japanese
so many great products they making for O-bento.
if need some help, let me know
http://obentou25.com/shouhin/pikkoron.html
omg ang cuuuuute!~ haha parang ayaw mo nang kainin!
@Suzanne & Ems
Cuteness will not save you!!! *evil laugh*
@dementedchris
Even the chicken ones?
@Sarah
Hnnn…I don’t remember exactly but I know it was less than 10 USD.
@Tony Lou
Yuh, you could!
@deej110
Unfortunately, they don’t ship overseas. According to a Nihongo-fluent friend at least.
Thanks for the link. Gawd I want to shop with them.
this is really cute! I really have no idea na may egg molds pala
I just found your site and I love it
Those eggs are too cute! I’ll have to check out the Japanese stores for them. Thanks for sharing ^__^
@Czaroma
Yeah! Another Japanese invention. Neat huh? Btw, hope you don’t mind me asking but you have a very distinctive name. Did you study at PCS? :3
@carol
Thanks carol! Hope you find some. They’re pretty single-use but I have to admit, they’re loads of fun to use.
Yes, I did
I think there’s no one else who was named after me yet… kilala ko ba si kaoko?
Yeah, we were classmates, either in grade school or high school
*points to copyright section of blog footer* 
Where’d you get them? They’re sooooooooo cute!
hi, i want to buy the cute egg molds too! i checked ebay pero sa int’l sellers lang meron..
sang japanese store kaya available..? makati area sana. thanks a lot!!!
@toni
Some US seller on ebay. It wanted it that much, I bought international
@ness
For chicken eggs, you might be able to chance upon them at the local Japanese stores. But for quail eggs, I’ve never seen them locally. International seller rin ako bumili.
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these are so cute! i really admire your patience in making all these food. i could only wish to have the patience and time to do all that. cheers!