Super Mario Birthday Bento

Hubby turned big 30 this year... I wanted to prepare something special for him.... and since I am soooo into bento right now, I planned to make a special bento for him. The idea of making bento in the shape of birthday cake came from my cousin in law.... She made tumpeng cake using Indonesian yellow rice for her son's birthday.

There were plenty ideas on how to decorate the bento, but I finally chose to do a Super Mario theme because Billy is a big game addict.... The cake topper is actually a Mario figurine which I bought from a game shop @ Novena. It was on sale.... so without much deliberation, I paid for it. Billy said if Mario is wearing his white top and red jumper, he is stronger.... Actually I bought another figurine from the same store. Mario's dinosaur friend, Yoshi.... Too bad the cake is too small to put both Mario and Yoshi.

The silver "30" cake topper was purchased from Spotlight. It was very cheap.... Only $1.50... But it was very difficult to place. Initially, I wanted to place it on Mario's hand, but it wouldn't stay... It is heavy I guess....

Toadstools are made using quail eggs, cherry tomatoes. First I slice the mini tomato into half and scooped out the flesh. Then I placed it on top of the hard boiled quail egg. After which I decorated the toad using cheese and nori. I think they looked very cute.... Too bad, they couldn't stand well on the rice cake.... I also made two glowstars out of fishcake and nori. I wish I have a big star cookie cutter. Mine is so tiny that it is barely seen..... Hiks.... :(

Thankfully, Hubby was so happy to see his birthday cake.... Though I slept very little the night before, because I spent sooo many hours to do the cake, I didn't feel tired at all.... Because Hubby loved the surprise I gave him..... Happy 30th Birthday Hubby!!!!