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Turn your ideas into dishes and systems that hold their standard in service.

Once your concept is defined, this is where the food takes shape. We translate ideas into real dishes — tested in your kitchen, refined through tastings, and built for consistency, flavour, and flow. Each menu is designed around Japanese logic: balance, umami, and restraint — so it performs in service and feels true to its roots.

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Who It’s For

  • Operators developing or refreshing a Japanese menu.
  • Founders moving from concept to dishes.
  • Groups rolling out multi-site menus needing repeatable systems.
  • Contract caterers or airline caterers needing quality audits and improvements.

How It Works

Menu Workshop

Development Tastings

Translate concept into categories, menu balance and signatures.

Refine flavour balance, umami depth, and service flow in real conditions.

Stakeholder Tastings

Finalise dishes and presentation with decision-makers.

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Operational Setup

recipes, costings, and suppliers in place for rollout readiness.

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You Will Leave WIth

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Why It Matters

  • Japanese menu– Japanese sensory balance across the categories and the dishes .
  • A Complete Recipe Pack – tested recipes with photos and glossary.
  • Operational Readiness – costings, sourcing, and systems ready for service.
  • Food That Works – authentic, consistent, suited to your kitchen’s reality.
  • Consistency is the real measure of success in Japanese food.
  • Menus built on clear principles and adapted to fit locally make memorable food experiences

Next Steps 

Once your menu is created, we can continue into:

  • Team Training – embedding skill and knowledge in your chefs.

  • Evolve&innovate – refining and innovating as you grow.

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Explore our work

See how HH has helped restaurants and operators bring Japanese food to life — from fine dining to scalable formats, each project grounded in authenticity, adaptation, and craft.
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Food Concept To Launch:
Wagyu Sukiyaki

Food Concept to Launch: SupaSan

WASO:
Product Development

Every HH project begins with your vision and ends with Japanese food that works in your world — food that holds in service and lingers in memory.
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