Pleasure & Hakka Pickles

About 18% of Taiwan population was composed by Hakkanese according to the Hakka Affairs Council. Hakka people are famous for their marinated food such as pickled radish. As a Hakkanese, Yi-Ning Chen, student from the Department of Cultural Vocational Development at Taipei Tech, designed a series of Hakka bento, Pleasure& Hakka Pickles, using four different marinated vegetable as main course and Hakka dishes including prunes porkas side dish. For main courses, Chen use plum, melon, bamboo shoot, and leaf mustardrespectfully for spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Designer Yi-Ning Chen and her work Hakka bento Pleasure & Hakka Pickles

Chen also uses Hakka proverbs and Hakka features to decorate the outer box of bento to make it more attractive to customers. In order to preserve Hakka traditional flavor, Chen made a trip back to her hometown,Miaoli city, to learn how to cook in the right way from her mother. In addition to flavor, Chen also pays attention to people's health; therefore all four types of bento have calories information on the outer box. Chen noted that the design concept behind Hakka Bento is to promote Hakka culture by delicious food and innovative box design.