If you've heard of Bento Box (1121 Military Cutoff Road), hopefully you've heard of chef and owner Lee Grossman's tenured sushi career and over-the-top tuna sourcing. If I write about his beloved ...

Growing up outside of Tokyo, Chef Kenji Miyaishi’s mother used to send him off with bento boxes of onigiri rice balls, karaage fried chicken, tamago-yaki egg omelets and vegetables from her garden.

For the uninitiated, bento refers to the Japanese boxed lunch — traditionally, a box with rice, meat, something pickled, and cooked vegetables. We found the real deal at Fujiya Market, located at the ...