New release of "Dora (Doraku) bento"!

~ "Dora Bento" 2 new spring products and 2 premium products! ~

March 11, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Nex-area Company Limited

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

"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.

Two new products will be added to the 19 types of "Dora bento" currently on sale.

In addition, "Konnyaku no Sato Bento" will be on sale from March 28 (Monday) in conjunction with the grand opening of "Dramatic Area Yokogawa (Out-bound Line)".

In addition, "Dora Bento Premium" is a slightly extravagant adult bento, renewed "Higashi no Furusato Bento" developed by cooking researcher Chiba Hamauchi in spring version, and limited to Yokogawa service area (In-bound line) 1 new item will be added.

Enjoy the "Dora Bento" series as a spring leisure and travel companion.

Image image of the outline of the new product

[Outline of new products]

 Two new spring items will be added to "Dora Bento"!

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

Konjac Village Bento

Image image of konjac village lunch
  • Selling price
    850 yen (tax included)
  • Sale date
    Sold only on weekends and holidays
  • Point of sale
    Joshinetsu Expressway Yokogawa SA (bottom) Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture
  • Bento contents
    1. Maitake rice
    2. Konjac with cod roe <Gunma prefecture>
    3. Chameshi konnyaku tempura <Gunma prefecture>
    4. Umezue of konjac <Gunma prefecture>
    5. Konjac stew <Gunma prefecture>
    6. Konjac salad <Gunma prefecture>
    7. Grain konjac dessert <Gunma prefecture>
    8. Koshihikari plum meat
    9. Konjac yakisoba <Gunma Prefecture>
  • comment
    A healthy bento box where you can enjoy konjac, a specialty of Gunma, with various flavors.
    In addition to Maitake mushroom rice and simmered dishes, which are the standard menu items for bento, a new balance of konjac yakisoba, konjac tempura, and other textures has been added to create a timeless taste.
    Please enjoy the konnyaku bento from salad to dessert.

Mackari village cutlet sandwich

Image image of Katsura Sand sandwich
  • Selling price
    (Regular) 650 yen (tax included)
    (Exciting set) 800 yen (tax included)
  • Sale date
    (Regular) Sold daily
    (Exciting set) Sold only on weekends and holidays
  • Point of sale
    Hokkaido Expressway Waatsu PA (upper and lower) Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido
  • Bento contents
    1. Bread <Wheat “Yumechikara” from Tokachi, Hokkaido>
    2. Herb pork <Hokkaido Makkari village>
    3. Cabbage <produced in Wasan Town, Hokkaido>
    4. Pickles <Products from Naganuma Town, Hokkaido>
    5. Haskap Jelly <Hokkaido Atsuma Town>
  • comment
    It is a handmade cutlet made with Hokkaido ingredients.
    The bread is made from wheat "Yumechikara" from Tokachi, and it has a firm texture, and the herb pork from Makkari village has a soft, juicy and rich flavor.
    The cabbage is from Wasan Town, and we carefully select and use fresh sweet and crispy flesh.
    In addition, "Waku Waku Set" contains pickles and handmade Hascup jelly that go well with the sand and it is a lunch box where you can enjoy the blessings of the earth.
Image of Dora bento

[Concept of "Dora (Doraku) Bento"]

  • Uses local specialty products and ingredients
  • Reasonable price from 500 yen to 1,000 yen
  • drive( road ) Together with easy Close

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

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[Kobayashi Shinobu's profile]

  • 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.

 Dora Bento Premium "Higashi no Furusato Bento" has been renewed as a spring version!
Newly released "The Seasons' Colors Myogiyama"!

"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 well-established bento makers.

"Higashi no Furusato Bento" is a healthy lunch that was developed in collaboration with Chiba Hamauchi, a culinary researcher who is familiar with TV programs and cooking magazines, and is provided with seasonal ingredients. This time, "Higashi no Furusato Bento" will be renewed to the spring version.

In addition, "Shiki no Iri Myogiyama" is a lunch box developed in collaboration with the well-established "Oginoya", where you can enjoy the fresh ingredients full of the local colors of Joshu and Shinshu.

"East hometown bento" Spring-style Kahorunigiri sushi

"Higashi no Furusato Bento" Image image of spring breeze kahorunigiri sushi
  • Selling price
    1,500 yen (tax included)
  • Sales quantity
    Limited to 15 meals a day (sold only on weekends and holidays)
  • Sales period
    From Saturday, March 19 to Sunday, June 12
  • 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, Joban Expressway SA (up and down) Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Bento contents
    1. Meat nigiri sushi (6 types) (roast beef, chicken breast, chicken soboro sushi with thick grilled egg, chicken soboro sushi cheese roll, ham, roast pork)
    2. Boiled with plenty of spring vegetables
    3. Spring cabbage with walnut
    4. Cod roe tempura
    5. Kakiage of cherry shrimp
    6. Deep-fried spinach Denraku
    7. Incense
    8. Sakura mochi
  • comment
    It is a box-friendly bento developed in collaboration with Mr. Chiba Hamauchi, a culinary researcher familiar on TV programs and cooking magazines.
    Spring theme is "Sushi is in full bloom!"
    A spring-style bento made from 6 kinds of colorful meat sushi with seasonal tempura.
    The sushi has a bite size, and you can pick beef, chicken and pork little by little.
    In addition, the flavors of spring, such as simmered dishes made from seasonal ingredients, spread to your mouth.
    It is a spring vacation lunch that is perfect for preparing before your leisure or for a group dinner.

Colors of the four seasons Mt. Myogi

Image of the four seasons Myogiyama
  • Selling price
    1,350 yen (tax included)
  • Sale date
    Sold only on weekends and holidays
  • Point of sale
    Joshinetsu Expressway Yokogawa SA (above) Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture
  • Bento contents
    1. Wagyu Beef from Joshu <Gunma Prefecture>
    2. Boiled colorful vegetables <Gunma prefecture Tomioka>
    3. Pickled celery
    4. Homemade roast pork <Gunma Prefecture Takasaki>
    5. Seasonal three-color vegetable salad <Yoshioka, Gunma>
    6. Soba crepe with chicken and cabbage <Haruna Umesodachi from Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture>
    7. Fried egg and dried radish <Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture>
    8. Rikimochi of Usui Pass
    9. White rice (*) <Azumino from Nagano Prefecture>
    10. Umeboshi <Gunma Prefecture Annaka>

*Changes depending on the season

  • comment
    Collaboration lunch with "Oginoya" famous for "Toge no Kamameshi".
    Using the traditional cooking method of "Oginoya", fresh ingredients full of the local colors of Joshu and Shinshu such as grilled Japanese beef from Joshu and crepes with chicken and cabbage buckwheat crepe are finished.
    It is a lunch box that looks bright and has a seasonal feel.
Image image 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.