Convenience foods like store-bought kimbap can still create an elegant and appetizing lunch, with a few pretty touches.

Purple potato and black “forbidden” rice make for an exotic and appealing vegetarian lunch.

jalapeno kimbap from e-mo (a take-out joint in k-town) makes a perfect quick packed lunch!

Add a salami “hood” to an onigiri for a fun fairy-tale themed lunch!

A vegetarian sausage patty easily transforms into a sweet kitty face… a cool lunchtime trick!

No, not a recipe for bear meat sushi… just an easy way to turn your sushi roll into cute bear faces!

Robots in love! This couple can be cut from simple geometric shapes — a great beginner’s bento theme.