It was just a week ago when I last had my meal at McDonald's, eating my food without even thinking about the way it was sloppily presented at me, with my ice cream sundae dripping off the sides of the cup. Without much care about the way my food looks, I was just like everyone else in my table, very hurriedly taking my sandwich, and once in awhile criticizing the way the food tastes ("ang alat ng fries ngayon a").

This is such a stark contrast to the way food is appreciated outside urban areas, and most specially in traditional Asian cultures such as Japan. The Japanese in fact have developed a high degree of sophistication in the appreciation of food, drinks, and other seemingly negligible areas in food preparation such as packaging. Consider for instance their bento meal, which among the Japanese means packed lunch in wooden containers with dividers. It is obvious to anyone who has tried these boxes that food is understood not only as something to take to satisfy the palate or......

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Title: The Aesthetics Of The Japanese Bento Box
Approximate Word Count: 2687
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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