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A Japanese hot pot of thinly sliced beef seared in a sweet soy sauce, then simmered at the table with napa cabbage, tofu, mushrooms, shirataki noodles and burdock. Cooked udon noodles finish the meal in the remaining broth.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-8499 · Hand-built original
A celebratory tabletop hot pot: paper-thin beef and vegetables simmered in a sweet soy broth, dipped in beaten egg.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: steamed rice, pickles, miso soup
HB-5582 · Hand-built original
Paper-thin cucumber and wakame in a sweet-sharp vinegar dressing — the palate cleanser of the Japanese table.
Main ingredient: cucumber
Pairs well with: grilled fish, steamed rice, miso soup
HB-5599 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame, lemon wedges
HB-2262 · Hand-built original
A baked casserole of seasoned sushi rice layered with nori and a crab and shrimp filling bound with mayonnaise and cream cheese, baked until golden. Spicy mayo and unagi sauce are drizzled over the top with avocado, green onion and sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: crab
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-8511 · Hand-built original
Japanese short-grain rice cooked in dashi with chicken, shiitake mushrooms, burdock, carrot, konnyaku and aburaage, then folded together and garnished with mitsuba.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8542 · Hand-built original
Crisp, golden balls of dashi batter filled with boiled octopus, green onions and pickled red ginger, served with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes and aonori.
Main ingredient: octopus
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-8543 · Hand-built original
Golden balls of batter with octopus, ginger and spring onion, made in a takoyaki pan and sauced generously.
Main ingredient: octopus
Pairs well with: miso soup, cucumber salad, edamame
HB-5617 · Hand-built original
The layered Japanese omelette: sweet-savoury eggs rolled into a golden log and sliced.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: steamed rice, miso soup, pickles
HB-5592 · Hand-built original
Spicy ramen in a sesame-rich broth of chicken stock and oat milk, topped with crispy pork cooked in doubanjiang, blanched greens and scallions.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8545 · Hand-built original
Ground pork in a creamy sesame and soy milk broth with chilli oil and bok choy, finished with crushed peanuts.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: edamame, pickled cucumber, gyoza
HB-5557 · Hand-built original
A fiery Japanese ramen with frozen noodles and baby bok choy in a miso and chicken broth, topped with ground pork cooked in tobanjan, hoisin and sesame oil.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8549 · Hand-built original
Sashimi-grade tuna given a three-to-five-minute toss in soy sauce, mirin and sake, served over steamed rice with green onion, nori, sesame and shiso.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18513 · Hand-built original
Tuna and avocado marinated together with wasabi beaten into the soy marinade itself, served over hot rice with scallions and nori.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18515 · Hand-built original
Tuna slices rested for 30 minutes in a soy marinade deepened with dashi powder and sesame oil, served over rice layered with shredded nori, with the leftover marinade poured over.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18514 · Hand-built original
A hand-rolled sushi cone of nori wrapped around warm sushi rice, shiso and fresh tuna, with wasabi and soy sauce for dipping.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-8556 · Hand-built original
A mixed tempura of prawns, eggplant, enoki mushrooms, carrot and shiso in a light lumpy batter, served with a dashi dipping sauce and grated daikon with ginger.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-8557 · Hand-built original
A light, lacy batter mixed over ice coats squid, shrimp and four vegetables for a mixed tempura fry. Everything is served the moment it drains, before the crisp coating softens.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-17146 · Hand-built original
Shrimp and vegetable tempura fried in a sparkling-water batter, served over rice scattered with crisp tempura flakes and a syrupy soy, sake and mirin sauce.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickled radish, seaweed salad, green salad
HB-18519 · Hand-built original
A two-bowl tendon with a batter of half cake flour and half potato starch, fried at 375°F and dipped in a warm sauce brewed from real bonito dashi before it goes over the rice.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickled radish, seaweed salad, green salad
HB-18521 · Hand-built original
Prawn and vegetable tempura in an egg-free mayonnaise batter — purple sweet potato, lotus root, green beans, shiitake and shiso — served over rice with a shirodashi sauce.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickled radish, seaweed salad, green salad
HB-18520 · Hand-built original
Cold soba noodles served with crisp battered shrimp tempura and a chilled dashi, soy, mirin and sake dipping sauce.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-11102 · Hand-built original
Chicken thigh fillets marinated in a homemade teriyaki sauce of soy, mirin and sake, pan-fried and glazed until dark and glossy.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-15525 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2316 · Hand-built original
A baked casserole of cooked rice and chicken with peas, broccoli and green onions in teriyaki sauce and soy sauce with sesame oil, with an optional homemade teriyaki sauce made from soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger and cornstarch.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8989 · Hand-built original
Four make-ahead bowls of rice, seared chicken, steamed broccoli and snap peas, each portioned with teriyaki sauce for reheating through the week.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-15526 · Hand-built original
Plump chicken meatballs browned then simmered in a glossy homemade teriyaki sauce of soy, sake, mirin and sugar, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8558 · Hand-built original
A quick rice bowl of jasmine rice and Tenderstem broccoli topped with chicken thigh pieces glazed in a sticky soy, mirin, sake and honey sauce, finished with toasted sesame seeds.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8559 · Hand-built original
Chicken thigh and green onion skewers marinated in soy sauce, mirin, oyster sauce and honey, seared in a cast iron skillet, finished in the oven and brushed with a soy-honey glaze.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-11546 · Hand-built original
Oyster mushrooms torn into strips and fried until caramelised, glossed with a thickened teriyaki sauce of soy, honey, ginger and mirin.
Main ingredient: sesame oil
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-15527 · Hand-built original
A pressed layer of sushi rice topped with teriyaki-coated salmon and broiled until the edges crisp, finished with avocado, green onions, furikake, crispy onions and a blended spicy cottage cheese sauce.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-12176 · Hand-built original
Salmon portions marinated in a soy, ginger and brown sugar teriyaki, seared on all sides and served with a dollop of sriracha mayonnaise.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-8560 · Hand-built original
Sushi bowls are a fast and inexpensive alternative to your favourite sushi bar. They’re easy to put together, and you can customise the ingredients to your liking. Each serving provides 495 kcal, 23g protein, 62g carbohydrates (of which 19.5g sugars), 16g fat (of which 3g saturates), 6.5g fibre and 1.1g salt.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-3248 · Hand-built original
A hearty Japanese pork and root vegetable miso soup with burdock, taro, daikon, carrot, konnyaku, aburaage and tofu, finished with ginger and miso off the boil.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-8651 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-2379 · Hand-built original
Double-crumbed pork loin steaks fried until extra crisp, served with shredded Chinese cabbage, spring onions and a simmered ketchup, sake and ginger tonkatsu sauce.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-8653 · Hand-built original
Panko-crusted pork cutlets fried shatteringly crisp, served on shredded cabbage with tonkatsu sauce.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: steamed rice, miso soup, potato salad
HB-5576 · Hand-built original
A no-cook Japanese dipping sauce of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and oyster sauce sweetened with brown sugar and chilled so the flavors meld.
Main ingredient: ketchup
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-10472 · Hand-built original
A milky, long-simmered pork bone broth served over ramen noodles with rolled char siu pork belly, soy-marinated nitamago eggs, wood ear mushrooms, nori and pickled ginger.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-8654 · Hand-built original
A rich, creamy-style pork broth with sesame paste, tender pork belly, soft eggs and pickled ginger over ramen noodles.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: gyoza, pickled ginger, seaweed salad
HB-5549 · Hand-built original
A Japanese soy milk hot pot: dashi and kombu broth enriched with miso and soy milk, simmering pork, tofu, shiitake and winter vegetables at the table. Diners cook and serve themselves round by round, with shichimi for heat.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-15629 · Hand-built original
A chopped negitoro and diced-sashimi bowl in the Tokyo zeitaku-don style, served over sushi rice with a sesame sauce and an egg-yolk soy sauce, then finished with hot dashi poured over the second half.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, seaweed salad, pickled ginger, edamame
HB-18512 · Hand-built original
Cold ramen noodles served beside a concentrated hot dipping broth of tonkotsu stock and a sesame, miso and pork mince tsukedare base, with marinated pork belly and a halved boiled egg.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8666 · Hand-built original
Soft chicken meatballs with chicken fat, grated onion and ginger juice, poached first, then skewered and grilled with repeated bastings of a reduced soy and mirin yakitori sauce.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8667 · Hand-built original
Hand-pressed rice triangles filled with tuna mayonnaise and wrapped in crisp nori.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, pickles, green tea
HB-5593 · Hand-built original
Tuna Poke Bowl is an Asian, Hawaiian, Japanese(ish), Western mains built around salmon.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-2419 · Hand-built original
Seasoned sushi rice topped with creamy sesame tuna and a quick-pickled cabbage and cucumber salad. Crisp nori and pickled ginger add crunch and brightness to every bite.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-15658 · Hand-built original
The nigiri are topped with tuna, sea bass or lightly cured trout, with wasabi, shiso and yuzu. The tuna rolls combine three cuts of tuna in a chequerboard pattern. Serve with homemade tsukuri soy sauce and pickled ginger.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: miso soup, steamed rice, pickled vegetables, edamame
HB-2423 · Hand-built original
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