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New release of "Dora (Doraku) bento"!

~ Two items of "Dora bento", "Premium" and "Higashi no Furusato bento" renewal are now available! ~

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May 27, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Nex-area Company Limited

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will start selling new "Dora (Doraku) Bento" series from Saturday, June 19th.

"Dora Bento" promotes local production for local consumption and uses local ingredients as part of the "regional show window" that actively handles regional special products in service areas (SA) and parking areas (PA). It is a lunch that you can easily enjoy.

"Dora Bento Premium" and "Higashi no Furusato Bento" are healthy lunches developed by culinary researcher Chiba Hamauchi. We offer seasonal, seasonal versions of seasonal ingredients. This time, this "Higashi no Furusato Bento" has been renewed as a summer version, and two new items are added to the "Dora Bento," which is currently selling 17 types.

Enjoy the Dora Bento series for leisure and travel companions.

Image image of "eastern hometown bento" pork shabu and fresh seafood leaflet, Hiraizumi Japanese black beef aburi sushi, cooking wolf pork romantic roll

[Outline of new products]

　 "Dora Bento Premium" and "Higashi no Furusato Bento" have been renewed as summer version!
"Dora Bento Premium" is a "luxury" adult bento that was developed as a new genre of the "Dora Bento" series, focusing on ingredients and developed in collaboration with famous cook researchers and long-established bento makers. "Higashi no Furusato Bento," which is currently on sale, is a healthy lunch that was developed in collaboration with Chiba Hamauchi, a researcher who is familiar with TV programs and cooking magazines. To provide. This time, "Higashi no Furusato Bento" will be renewed to the summer version.

"East hometown lunch" Pork shabu and fresh seafood leaflet"

Image image of "eastern hometown lunch" pork shabu and fresh seafood leaflet
  • Selling price 1,500 yen (tax included)
  • Point of sale
    Tohoku Expressway Hasuda SA (up and down) [Hasuda City, Saitama Prefecture]
    Miyoshi PA (upper and lower), Kan-Etsu Expressway [Iruma-gun, Saitama Prefecture]
    Moriya SA (upper and lower), Joban Expressway [Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture]
  • Bento contents
    1. Seafood flyer of lemon avocado
    2. Refreshing, soft pork shabu
    3. Summer vegetables ratatille
    4. Fried chicken wings with plenty of black pepper
    5. Marinated vegetable ginger
    6. Curry flavored edamame
    7. Seasonal agar
  • comment
    A healthy bento with plenty of vegetables and a well-balanced body. A menu structure where you can feel the season with 7 dishes using characteristic ingredients from Eastern Japan. Of course, we are particular about deliciousness, and the cooking method that makes the best use of the characteristics of the ingredients gives us a nostalgic hometown taste.

*Sold only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays / limited quantity

Photo of Chiba Hamauchi

[Chiha Hamauchi profile]

  • Born in Tokushima prefecture in 1955.
  • Opened Family Cooking School in Nakanosakaue, Tokyo and became the principal.
  • With the motto "Cooking is more fun and dreamy", we are actively studying food such as appearing on TV programs and cooking videos, giving lectures, writing magazines and books, and actively participating in various cooking classes. Widely active as a house.

Two new products will be added to "Dora Bento"!
Two new products will be added to the "Dora Bento" that you can easily enjoy along with the drive (road) using local special products and ingredients.

"Hiraizumi Japanese black beef sushi"

Image image of Hiraizumi Kuroge Wagyu beef sushi
  • Selling price 800 yen (tax included)
  • Point of sale
    Tohoku Expressway Maesawa SA (upper and lower) [Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture]
  • Bento contents
    1. Japanese black beef aburi sushi Meat: [Japanese black beef from Iwate prefecture/rice: Hitomebore from Iwate prefecture]
    2. Tamako konjac [Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture]
    3. Taro [Domestic]
    4. Kamaboko [domestic]
    5. ginger
  • comment
    A meat-wrapped rice ball wrapped in rice with a special Iwate Kuroge Wagyu beef that has been pickled in a special sauce. The taste of Japanese beef melts in your mouth.

*Sold only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays / limited quantity

"Steamed Pork Romantic Roll"

Image image of Japanese steamed pork romantic rolls
  • Selling price 650 yen (tax included)
  • Point of sale
    Tohoku Expressway Adara SA (upper and lower) [Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture]
  • Bento contents
    1. Pork romantic roll One piece of pork / Soboro pork
    [Pork: Fukushima/Rice: Koriyama Asakamai/Egg: Koriyama]
    2. Pickles [Daikon, Yuzu: Fukushima Prefecture]
  • comment
    Please enjoy the secret pork pickle, which has many delicious flavors. The collaboration with poached eggs carefully cooked one by one is also outstanding.

*Sold only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays / limited quantity

Image of Dora (Doraku) bento

[Concept of "Dora (Doraku) Bento"]

  • Uses local specialty products and ingredients
  • Reasonable price from 500 yen to 1,000 yen
  • Easy to enjoy along with the drive

Shinobu Kobayashi, an active travel journalist, supervises and recommends these three concepts.

Photo of Shinobu Kobayashi

(Profile of Shinobu Kobayashi)

  • Born in Chiba prefecture, travel journalist, ekiben enthusiast
  • Spend more than 150 days a year on a journey, consuming over 4,000 ekiben
  • He has been widely used as a bento expert, including books such as "Knowing, eating, and choosing "ekiben" (JTB publishing), "Nippon Ekiben Daizen" (Bungei Shunju), and selecting Nikkei Shimbun rankings.