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Japanese hamburger steaks of beef and pork with sauteed onion, panko and nutmeg, steamed in red wine after searing. A glossy ketchup, tonkatsu sauce and red wine pan sauce is spooned over the patties.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7367 · Hand-built original
Cornstarch-coated chicken thighs pan-fried, simmered with onion in dashi, soy and mirin, then finished with softly set egg and served over rice.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-10839 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-1216 · Hand-built original
Peeled cherry tomatoes marinated at least an hour in a soy, honey, plum syrup, rice vinegar and lemon dressing with shiso leaves, served chilled with green onion.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-10840 · Hand-built original
A soft, pillowy loaf made with a tangzhong paste cooked from flour, milk and water before the dough is mixed. Three rolled logs proof side by side in the loaf pan, giving the baked bread its pull-apart sections.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-7368 · Hand-built original
Blanched asparagus chilled in ice water, then tossed in a dressing of miso paste, yuzu sesame dressing, sesame oil and black pepper.
Main ingredient: pound asparagus
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-10841 · Hand-built original
Half-mashed potatoes folded with mayonnaise, cucumber, carrot and ham — creamy with deliberate chunks.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: fried chicken, tonkatsu, steamed rice
HB-5600 · Hand-built original
Jalapeño-flecked bagel dough rolled around a cream cheese filling, boiled in sweetened water, topped with shredded cheese and baked.
Main ingredient: cheese
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-10844 · Hand-built original
Pumpkin bagel dough rolled around a cream cheese filling, boiled in sweetened water, topped with pumpkin seeds and baked.
Main ingredient: cheese
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-10845 · Hand-built original
A Kyoto-style stew of sesame-fried tofu, aubergine, leeks and shimeji mushrooms in miso, mirin and soy, with simmered lotus root folded in. Crisp lotus root chips seasoned with shichimi togarashi crown each bowl.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-18324 · Hand-built original
Eel grilled from raw the kabayaki way — sake-steamed first, grilled plain, then brushed and grilled six times with a tare of turbinado and dark brown sugar, sake, mirin and soy.
Main ingredient: eel
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickled ginger, clear soup, seaweed salad
HB-18523 · Hand-built original
Japanese croquettes of mashed steamed kabocha squash mixed with sautéed onion and bacon, shaped into balls, chilled and deep-fried until golden and crisp.
Main ingredient: bacon
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-7383 · Hand-built original
Assorted sashimi-grade seafood sliced over warm rice, with a simmered soy, sake, mirin and dashi sauce finished with sesame oil and served alongside for dipping.
Main ingredient: seafood
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18510 · Hand-built original
A single-serving bowl of rice topped with tuna, salmon, a head-on prawn and scallop, finished with whole sea urchin and salmon roe and served with shiso, soy sauce and wasabi.
Main ingredient: seafood
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18511 · Hand-built original
Japan's beloved fried chicken: ginger-soy marinated thigh pieces in a light starch crust.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: steamed rice, miso soup, cabbage salad
HB-5621 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1252 · Hand-built original
Crisp pork cutlets under a thick, mild Japanese curry sauce with potato and carrot, over rice.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: pickles, miso soup, green salad
HB-5578 · Hand-built original
Chicken katsu in soft white bread with crunchy cabbage, a reduced nanban sauce, homemade tartare sauce and tonkatsu sauce.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14260 · Hand-built original
A Japanese rice bowl topped with a crisp panko pork cutlet simmered briefly in dashi, soy, mirin and sake with onion, then covered with softly set egg.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-7387 · Hand-built original
Fried pork cutlet simmered briefly in a savoury dashi sauce and bound with egg, served over rice.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickles, green salad
HB-5581 · Hand-built original
A seaweed-wrapped rice sandwich layered with pan-fried kimchi, perilla leaves, crisp Spam and cucumber, rested and cut in half.
Main ingredient: cucumber
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-10851 · Hand-built original
Udon crowned with sweet simmered fried tofu — the 'fox udon' of Osaka.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: tempura, pickles, onigiri
HB-5613 · Hand-built original
Japanese potato croquettes with a savoury beef, onion, carrot and shiitake filling, chilled, crumbed in panko and deep-fried until crisp and golden.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-7424 · Hand-built original
A tableful of fillings is set out for building lettuce wraps: miso-glazed pork mince, sesame vermicelli, cooked rice, fried eggs, vegetables, herbs, pickles and condiments. Diners load their own lettuce leaves, mixing textures and flavours as they go.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-14367 · Hand-built original
A vegan miso ramen where tofu, tamari, miso and lime fry with chilli and ginger before the broth goes in, with shimeji mushrooms and gluten-free noodles. Pak choi, carrot, coriander and spring onion greens top each bowl.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-18320 · Hand-built original
Sashimi tuna slices are marinated for 10–15 minutes in sake, mirin and soy sauce, then arranged over bowls of cooked rice with nori strips, sesame seeds and chopped shallots. No cooking is involved beyond boiling off the alcohol in the marinade.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-7533 · Hand-built original
Tuna marinated for 30 minutes in a boiled shoyu, mirin and sake marinade steeped with kombu, served over warm rice with sesame, shiso and an optional egg yolk.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickled ginger, seaweed salad, edamame
HB-18566 · Hand-built original
Tofu simmered in a spicy, savory ground pork sauce with doubanjiang, garlic and ginger, in the Japanese mapo style. Served over rice.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-4667 · Hand-built original
Vivid green tea ice cream — bitter-edged, creamy and not too sweet.
Main ingredient: matcha
Pairs well with: dorayaki, fresh berries, mochi
HB-5620 · Hand-built original
Soft Japanese-style rolls made with a cooked tangzhong paste worked into a milk, egg and butter dough, with an optional garlic butter brushed over the warm rolls.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-10387 · Hand-built original
Scored aubergine halves soak up a miso, honey, yuzu and ginger marinade before grilling over white-hot coals. Sesame seeds and shredded spring onions finish the charred flesh.
Main ingredient: ¾oz miso paste
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-18018 · Hand-built original
Grilled miso-glazed aubergine served over rice noodles with mangetout, sesame and coriander.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-14534 · Hand-built original
Cold cooked rice fried in browned butter and folded through with a white miso, soy and honey sauce and soft scrambled egg. Thinly sliced scallions finish the pan.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-7632 · Hand-built original
Charred corn and bacon tossed in miso butter with garlic, sake and green onions.
Main ingredient: corn
Pairs well with: steamed rice, grilled chicken, miso soup
HB-5253 · Hand-built original
Sweetcorn in a white miso vegetable broth over ramen noodles, finished with a knob of butter melting into each bowl.
Main ingredient: sweetcorn
Pairs well with: edamame, seaweed salad, pickled ginger
HB-5560 · Hand-built original
Udon noodles in a browned miso butter sauce with leek and chilli, topped with tuna, soft-boiled eggs and spring onions.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-14535 · Hand-built original
Chicken thigh strips and shiitake mushrooms marinated in miso, soy, oyster sauce and Shaoxing wine, then cooked directly over jasmine rice with ginger. Scallion greens scatter over the finished pot.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7633 · Hand-built original
Japanese-style miso chicken with shallots, walnuts, butter and red grapes.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-4019 · Hand-built original
Chuck roast braised in orange juice, soy sauce, white miso and ginger until it shreds, with an optional broiled finish for crisp edges.
Main ingredient: gin
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-11810 · Hand-built original
A sharp, nutty miso and ginger dressing with rice vinegar, sesame oil, lime and honey, shaken together in a jar.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-14536 · Hand-built original
Salmon fillets marinated for at least an hour in white miso, mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar, then baked until the glaze caramelizes.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-10388 · Hand-built original
Thick slices of crusty bread baked in a miso, honey and butter coating until crisp and caramelised, sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: toast
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, coffee
HB-14538 · Hand-built original
A Sapporo-style ramen with a pork and miso base stirred into chicken stock, bean sprouts and garlic chives flash-cooked in the broth. Bowls are garnished with sweet corn, ground sesame, sansho pepper and scallions.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7634 · Hand-built original
Salmon steaks marinate in white miso, sake, ginger and sugar, then bake and grill until the glaze turns golden. Lime halves squeeze over the finished fish.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-18021 · Hand-built original
A dashi broth of kombu and bonito under red or white miso, finished with cubed tofu, wakame seaweed and sliced scallions.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-10389 · Hand-built original
The everyday Japanese soup: dashi broth whisked with miso, carrying tofu cubes and wakame seaweed.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, pickles, grilled fish
HB-5575 · Hand-built original
Miso and lemongrass broth soaks dried noodles while aubergine and cashews brown in coconut oil with pak choi. Ginger, garlic and red chilli sharpen the finished bowls.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-18016 · Hand-built original
Comforting, simple and full of healthy veggies, this easy ramen uses a rich broth flavoured with miso and gochujang. Each serving provides 450 kcal, 25.9g protein, 26.7g carbohydrate (of which 7g sugars), 25.1g fat (of which 4.7g saturates), 7.5g fibre and 4.21g salt.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-3074 · Hand-built original
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