Reducing the glaze
Ninety minutes of soy, mirin, sake and cane sugar, compressed into three. The spoon test at the end is the whole job.
Three passes of the brush, live coals underneath, and about four minutes from raw to lacquered. Here is what happens in the kitchen the morning after you order.
A morning on the charcoal line, from marinade tubs to sealed delivery boxes. Four minutes, no narration.
We film the things people ask about most: the sauce, the char, and how a bowl survives the trip to your desk.
Ninety minutes of soy, mirin, sake and cane sugar, compressed into three. The spoon test at the end is the whole job.
Why the glaze goes on in thin layers instead of one thick coat, shot close enough that you can see it set.
Pressing, scoring and grilling firm tofu hard enough to build a crust that holds the glaze.
How last night's orders turn into portioned trays, labelled boxes and two delivery runs.
Glaze on the side, greens in their own tray, rice underneath. The reason it does not arrive soggy.
Forty heads, one trestle table and twenty minutes. What a catering set-up actually looks like.
People assume teriyaki comes out of a bottle. We would rather show you the pot, the coals and the brush than argue about it.
Short cuts on Instagram and TikTok, full films on YouTube. Order tonight and watch tomorrow's lunch being made.