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I realized the importance of putting effort into convenience store bento

I generally don't eat convenience store bento unless I have no other choice.
This is not as strict as "I will never eat it",
This is because I never feel like it's delicious when I eat it.
Despite that, I had no choice but to buy a convenience store bento for lunch at the eco village yesterday.
And for breakfast this morning, the only place open late last night was a convenience store.
The convenience store bread. I ate convenience store food for two days in a row.
long time no see.
The reason why convenience store food is not tasty isn't because of the menu.
It doesn't matter if it's rice, bread, or a side dish. Why?
Is it because it contains chemicals? I don't know the exact reason,
Even in family restaurants, which are not as bad as convenience stores but are similar to fast food restaurants,
I have a similar sentiment.
This is just my speculation, but do you think it was made with human hands or emotion?
I think this is a very big thing. What are the reasons and justifications?
I have no idea. It's true that cooking by an individual can be good or bad.
However, rather than ordering a 900 yen menu at a family restaurant, I would rather have the neighborhood auntie
I've never had the experience of making a 600 yen set meal at a restaurant and feeling much more satisfied with it.
I think everyone has experienced this at some point.
When Director Miura of Shinken Housing gave a speech together the other day,
He talked about the "it's good enough" syndrome, and I found it very convincing.
We live surrounded by things that were made with the compromise of "this is good enough"
If you keep eating like this, you'll start to feel like "this is good enough" and you'll start to decline in many ways.
On the contrary, things that are carefully made enrich our emotions. That's what it seems to be.
I think convenience store bento boxes are a perfect example of this.
Mr. Miura also mentioned that manufacturers mass-produce houses.
There is almost no passion being shown in the homes from the people in charge anymore.
This is the same phenomenon as the hygienic but tasteless bento lunches at convenience stores.
I think not.

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