recipes

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drinks start your dinner right!

papaya, mango, lime, carambola rum
disarrono seven
honey lemon shochu highball

soups
beef and barley soup with star anise, cloves, ginger
buddae jiggae (soldier hot pot)
ca ri ga (Vietnamese chicken curry)
carrot & ginger soup
chicken & cream soup
miso soup
minestrone
nabe (hot pot)
vegetable veloute soup
Vietnamese chicken noodle soup

salads
hijiki slaw
hiyashi chuuka (chilled ramen/ramen salad)
honey-lemon insalata caprese
honey-thyme fruit salad
matcha vinaigrette dressing
panzanella
paprika namul salad
pear & parmesan salad
tomato mariné salad
warm fava bean salad

small dishes
atsuage (deep fried tofu)
bacon wrapped asparagus
cucumber crostini
cucumber and wakame sunomono (vinegared salad)
curried edamame frittata
daigaku imo (candied potatoes)
enoki to kombu no tsukudani (enoki and kombu preserves)
garlic mizuna with kohrehgusu
gobo chips
ingen no gomaae (sesame coated green beans)
kale chips
ninjin no kinpira (glazed carrots)
renkon no kinpira (glazed lotus root)
spicy cucumber hiyayakko (cold tofu)
super easy guacamole
tamagoyaki (Japanese omelet)

breads
avocado toast
burgers with mushroom sauce
grown-up grilled cheese sandwiches
kinako toast
korean burgers, with pork patties and kimchi
steak sandwich with salmorigano
sweet and sour kale

rice and noodles asian carb-loading.
cheddar cheese spaghetti
chicken curry with poached egg
chirashi sushi
curry-yaki udon (curried udon stir fry)
dry curry (Japanese-style ground meat curry)
edamame risotto
fancy tuna macaroni
green tea onigiri (green tea rice balls)
Hayashi rice
heirloom tomatoes & edamame pasta
Japanese mushroom pepperoncini pasta
Japanese mushroom risotto
jewel box onigiri (rice balls with green beans and salted kombu)
kimchee fried rice
kimchee pepperoncino
lazy fried rice
lemon garlic gnocchi / lemon garlic spaghetti
lemongrass hiyashi udon (cold udon with lemongrass chicken)
pancetta & butterbur zosui (rice soup)
pasta alla carbonara, smoked salmon
spaghetti gamberi e rucola
spaghetti with shiso pesto
spicy spaghetti bolognese
shio-yaki soba (stir fried noodles)
shio-yaki udon (stirfried udon)
somin champloo (Okinawan somen stir fry)
tomatamabon (tomato, eggs, somen stir fry)

donburi rice bowls for the big eaters.
Basil Donburi
Buta-Don (Pork Bowl)
Buta Kimchi-Don (Pork and Kimchi Bowl)
Curry-Don (Curry Bowl)
Hamburg-Don
Horohoro Oyako-Don (Tofu & Chicken Omelet Bowl)
Ninniku Buta-don (Garlic Pork Bowl)
Shigure-Don (Beef & Burdock Bowl)
Sanshoku Soboro-Don (Tricolored Ground Meat Bowl)
Sukiyaki-Don (Sukiyaki Bowl – simmer beef and vegetables)
Tanin-Don (Beef Omelet Bowl)
Vietnamese Soboro-Don (Vietnamese style Ground Beef Bowl)
Yasai Donburi (Vegetable Bowl)

fish just keep swimming…
baked tilapia
foil-pouched miso salmon
Japanese-style salmon mueniere
lemon, onions, salmon mille-feuille
sabamiso-ni (stewed mackerel in miso)
shiro maguro no tataki (seared albacore tataki)

meats carnivores, unite!
beef tataki
bo kho (Vietnamese beef stew)
braised beef, red wine sauce
braised chicken with tarragon and leeks
buta kimchi (pork and kimchi stir fry)
buta kimchi tacos (pork-kimchi tacos)
buta to shouga no nimono (stewed pork and ginger)
ca ri ga (Vietnamese chicken curry)
chicken namban with egg tartar
chicken mizore-ni (chicken with grated daikon sauce)
coq au vin
enoki burgers
gotta-ni (stewed/kindled everything)
gyoza (pot stickers)
gyuu to ninnikuno me no nikomi (beef braised with garlic greens)
gyuu to renkon no ninniku miso itame (beef and lotus root garlic-miso stir fry)
gyuu no shiso-maki (shiso wrapped beef sausages)
herbed batapon itame (herbed butter-ponzu stir fry)
karaage (fried chicken)
lemongrass chicken
mapo tofu
mushi dori (steamed chicken with shiso sauce)
nikomi hamburg (braised hamburg steak)
nikujaga
okonomiyaki (Japanese griddle cake)
miso glazed drumsticks
sesame ribs
thit kho (Vietnamese braised pork & eggs)
torihamu (chicken “ham”)
tori to renkon no nimono (stewed drumsticks and lotus roots)
tori to renkon no takiawase (kindled chicken and lotus roots)
tonkatsu (pork cutlet)
ume kakuni (plum wine braised pork belly)

desserts save the best for last.
apple and sweet potato pound cake
apricot sorbet, hefeweizen float
bacon fudge
baked french toast
banana muffins
banana truffles
caramel banana loaf
carrot sesame cake
fig & almond rolls
ginger sesame carrot cake
hachimitsu remon (honey-lemon syrup)
honey lemon loaf
honey panna cotta with marmalade
kumquat polenta cake
lemon olive oil cake
mikan cheesecake (mandarin cheesecake)
mikan sandies (mandarin sandies)
nutella cookies
persimmon loaf
quince jam
roasted pumpkin cheesecake
sangria tartlettes
scones a la mode
strawberries and milk
strawberry & prosecco jelly
starfruit chips
Thai blondies
yuzu daifuku (mochi balls with yuzu-infused red bean filling)
zunda mochi (mochi balls with edamame sauce)