“Baon” means packed food in Tagalog. Last trip Dad took this was the pile of food, seen here cooling/chilling in the snow-cold outside air in the patio. (No room in the fridge, and he’s leaving in a few hours anyway.)

The idea was to give him lots of choices for food for a week, he had a separate container for heating things up in the hotel microwave, then his trusty bento to pack himself a nice hot lunch to take to work. Lots of cooking time for Mom prior to his leaving, but it also gave us lots of leftovers so I didn’t have to cook much at all last week. It was good to take a break from the kitchen.