in japan people who work in offices often have a bento at midday they do not eat a meal in a restaurant instead they eat a bento in the office they have usually got a menu for the bento in the office and they phone the bento shop to make orders the people at the shop make the bentos and take them to all the offices at noon the bento usually includes a piece of fish or meat in one section some one section some rice in another section noodles with a piece of fish or with vegetables and some sauce or fresh vegetables in another section sometimes it comes with a cup of soup too