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We enable busy individuals to experience harmonious community through the sharing of Japanese home-style meals. Harmonious Kitchen provides catering/meal delivery services, cooking classes, healthy recipes, and sells specialty ingredients with the focus on Japanese food with vegan/vegetarian offerings.
We also love to see young people develop healthy eating habits in a fun way with easy-to-make and well-balanced delicious Japanese home-style meals. Harmonious Kitchen has participated in TABLE FOR TWO USA’S Wa-Shokuiku: Learn, Cook, Eat Japanese in Washington DC since the program’s inception.
Try our delicious and well-balanced Japanese home-style meals using traditional food ingredients such as kombu (edible kelp), salt koji, and soy sauce koji!
Healthy and Balanced Meals
Harmonious Kitchen’s motto is “You are what you eat.†We strive to prepare and eat healthy and balanced meals which are based on the five basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. Harmonious Kitchen uses no additives and no preservatives. Instead, we use natural seasonings, such as salt koji, soy sauce koji, and kombu soup stock. Salt and soy sauce koji are natural seasonings used to marinate, tenderize, and enhance the umami or savory flavors (one of the five basic tastes) in foods. We also use kombu water, which consists of kombu kelp broth made with pre-shredded kombu and water. Kombu is a great source of umami flavor because of its high glutamate content (amino acid). After using kombu to make broth (or “dashi†in Japanese), the leftover kombu is placed in a jar with olive oil. We use this olive oil kombu to marinate and stir fry foods, so no food is wasted! We only use olive oil (healthier oil) in all of our recipes, except when we cook gyoza. Several of our dishes are vegan-friendly. Although Japanese soup stock typically uses a combination of kombu and dried bonito flakes which are derived from fish (bonito flakes is another umami source in the form of inosinic acid). Harmonious Kitchen does not use bonito flakes in its meals.
Originally, Harmonious Kitchen offered no deep fried food on our menu. However, our Japanese customers told us they wanted fried food in their bento boxes. In an effort to provide tasty items that meet our customers interests while remaining true to our beliefs, we have created a series of “non-deep-fried†products, such as “oven-baked chicken thigh (Karaage唿šã’),†“oven-baked pork cutlet (豚カツ), “oven-baked chicken cutlet (ãƒã‚ンカツ), and “oven-baked breaded burger (メンãƒã‚«ãƒ„). In order to provide a healthier alternative to a fried coating, we make our own bread crumbs from our home-made bread. We bake the bread crumbs in olive oil, coat the meat with them, then bake the meat in the oven. They are not deep-fried, so they are low-calorie, low-fat and healthy–yet there is no compromise in taste! Our customers have given us great reviews on our non-fried products; many have shared that they do not miss the fried versions at all!
Community-Building through Japanese Food
People start smiling when they eat tasty food. We sincerely hope that we may help to expand communities through Harmonious Kitchen’s authentic Japanese home-style meals and bento boxes. Our desire is to increase the circle of smiling faces around the dinner table while eating our food.
We want to encourage more people to participate in Harmonious Kitchen’s activities, not only preparing and cooking our meals, but also marketing our services to potential new clients. Although there are many professional women who work for the federal and state governments, international corporations and organizations in this area, some women may desire to work, but cannot work full-time due to their personal responsibilities such as caring for their children. If you are interested in learning more about part-time opportunities with Harmonious Kitchen, or you know someone who may be interested, please let us know. We would welcome the opportunity to share how you may get involved with Harmonious Kitchen!
We do not use outside delivery services such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, for they are quite expensive given our existing business model. However, as a result of our delivery service, we have gained an unexpected benefit, i.e., connecting with our customers on a personal level. Our personal delivery service further demonstrates that Harmonious Kitchen is founded on caring and trustworthy relationships among our staff members and customers.
Living in Harmony with Nature
In addition to building a harmonious community that is based on trustworthy relationships, Harmonious Kitchen believes that it is important to live in harmony with nature. As previously mentioned, we are committed to reducing the amount of wasted food as evidenced by our use of the leftover kombu with olive oil to marinate and stir fry our foods. Additionally, we use the organic produce delivery services of Hungry Harvest and Imperfect Produce, whose missions are to eliminate food waste and end hunger. Both of these services provide fruits and vegetables that may be slightly scarred, smaller/larger than normal, or oversupplied, but they still are fresh, seasonal produce that are full of nutrients. They deliver their products directly to subscribers rather than the grocery store. Given the variety of produce that is delivered, Harmonious Kitchen uses this opportunity to try some new and exciting menu items. It is fun to do online research on unfamiliar fruits and vegetables and their recipes, then provide the best ones to our customers. Finally, Harmonious Kitchen also uses compostable and biodegradable packaging materials to reduce environmental burden. Although these materials cost more, we believe the extra cost is worth spending to do our part to live in harmony with nature.
We would be elated if you decide to purchase Harmonious Kitchen’s products and participate in its operations, such as cooking, delivery services, and marketing! Your participation would make a difference at the grassroots and global levels by expanding our caring eco-friendly community. Harmonious Kitchen is looking forward to being the company that brings a circle of smiles to your dinner table in the near future.