An Australian mother was shamed by a teacher in Japan for giving her son a Vegemite sandwich for lunch instead of a homemade box of bento. ABC journalist Catherine Taylor said her son had just started pre-school in Toyko when she was reprimanded by a male teacher. The teacher then showed her pictures of bento depicting popular Japanese cartoons such as Hello Kitty and the Pokemon Pikachu, indicating that she should follow those standards. Ms Taylor said she had originally packed her son a lunch of Vegemite sandwiches, a banana, muffin and capsicum slices and admitted that it looked 'very yellow'. Ms Taylor told the ABC she eventually enrolled in a bento-making class so she could keep up with the high standards.

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2019 00:42 UTC