Pakkan Rice Balls Bento
【Ingredients】
450 g cooked rice
4 nori (seaweed)
1/4 Alaska pollock roe
1 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp sake
cucumber
takuan (pickled daikon radish)
2 Tbsp crushed natto
1 Tbsp mentsuyu
scallions
2 shiso leaves
tamagoyaki
1 sprig of young Japanese pepper leaves
grilled salmon

【Directions】
1. In a bowl combine the Alaska pollock roe, mayonnaise, and sake.
2. Cut the takuan into small dice, then combine with the natto and mentsuyu.
3. Make a round rice ball and wrap it with nori.
4. Cut a deep slit into 3, fill with 1, and top with cucumber cut into thin quarter-rounds.
5. Repeat using 2, and top with chopped scallions.
6. Repeat using shiso and tamagoyaki, and garnish with young Japanese pepper leaves.
7. Repeat using shiso and grilled salmon.