2/24/2009

Yokohama ekiben

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Yokohama Stationlunch
Yokohama Ekiben Station lunchbox
横浜駅弁
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shuumai 崎陽軒 シウマイ御弁當
Kiyoken Chinese shumai dumplings

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Shiumai Bento Yokohama Station on Tokaido Main Line
steamed Chinese pork dumpling

The Chinses shumai shop Kiyooken 崎陽軒 started in 1859. It is also sold at kiosks arount the city.
On the wrapper it says :

"Although it falls into the ekiben category, shumai is sold at any KIOSK.
Therefore if you are hungry late at night, you can buy one and eat it."


They were one of the first to start a MEGA size ekiben, with 1.5 times the food.

The store Kiyooken 崎陽軒 started to sell it as EKIBEN in 1953. One year later, they already sold more than 4000 per day! In 2008, they sold about 1000000 boxes per day.
Not only shumai, but also maguro steak, bamboo sprouts and other ingredients are packed together with the rice.
http://www.ekibento.jp/kan-yokoha2.htm

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Chuka Ryori, chuuka ryoori 中華料理 Chinese Food
Chinatown, Chukagai 中華街 in Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki


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Yokohama station, Kanagawa prefecture
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Yokohama town 横浜市 
capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama's population of 3.6 million (2009) makes it Japan's largest incorporated city.

Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.
Yokohama's foreign population of nearly 75,000 includes Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians.Among the attractions are festivals and events.
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Ekiben 駅弁 Station Lunch Box


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