The 1st Railway Bento Festival Kicks Off on July 17 — A Grand Collection of Taiwanese and Japanese Railway Bento Boxes

▲ E7 Series Shinkansen Bento from JR East. (Photo / Courtesy of Taiwan Railways website)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

The “2015 1st Railway Bento Festival” is about to begin. Organized by Taiwan Railways Administration within the “2015 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition” at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 from July 17 to 20, the first-ever Railway Bento Festival has been specially curated, inviting Japan’s JR East, Seibu Railway, and Keikyu Electric Railway to participate. A total of 11 exhibitors will gather, featuring 14 distinctive railway bento boxes.

In addition to inviting Japan’s East Japan Railway Company, Seibu Railway Co., Ltd., and Keikyu Corporation, the “2015 1st Railway Bento Festival” also features participants such as Taiwan High Speed Rail, Nostalgic Platform Train Head Bento, Tang Ji Restaurant, Li Dao Village Guanshan Bento, along with four in-house railway dining restaurants operated by Taiwan Railways.

The featured bento boxes include JR East’s Beef Sukiyaki Bento and E7 Series Shinkansen Bento, Seibu Railway’s Unagi Don (grilled eel over rice), Keikyu Electric Railway’s Tuna...<,Taiwan High Speed Rail’s rustic-style pork cutlet with scallion-infused rice vermicelli bento, scallion-infused chicken cutlet with pumpkin rice vermicelli bento, Taiwan Railways’ Qidu Restaurant’s Yilan cherry duck flavor bento, Taipei Restaurant’s Chinese toon red vegetable and fruit bento and plum meat and preserved vegetable bento, Taichung Restaurant’s vegetable persimmon miso swordfish bento, Kaohsiung Restaurant’s Alishan bento, and others. It also includes the first-time launch of creative rice and bread toast and happy rice balls.

Additionally, there are nostalgic metal box bento boxes from Toufen Train Head Bento, nostalgic platform bento from Tang Ji Restaurant, and Guanshan signature rice from Li Dao Village Guanshan Bento.


▲ The Toona Sinensis and Rainbow Vegetable Bento from Taipei Restaurant of Taiwan Railways. (Photo / Provided by Taiwan Railways)