Located in Azabudai Hills, near TeamLab Borderless, is Dashi Okume - a shop in Tokyo that dates back to 1871 and is known for quality dashi and a curated selection of additive-free food products. The Azabudai location opened in March 2024 and offers custom made dashi packs with a selection of 36 varieties of dashi ingredients.
You can make reservations for the custom session online at tablecheck.com or walk-in. Our group of three were walk-ins and waited about 20 minutes. When it was our turn, the staff presented a large paper menu of ingredients divided into 4 groups and explained how to make our selections. We were able to smell each ingredient and if needed she would give us recommendations on what would be complementary with our chosen ingredients. Since we were bringing the dashi packs back to the Hawaii, we could not choose dried chicken.
The price is dependent on the ingredients you choose, but typically run about 3500-4000 yen for 210 grams of ingredients to make 30 dashi bags according to Okume's golden ratio. It took about 40 minutes for our orders to be processed so we had lunch nearby. I had more fun than I expected in this activity and I look forward to tasting my custom dashi!
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