Japan & Korea Essentials Cooking Hamper | Sushi, Bibimbap & More with Video Class
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Bring the vibrant flavours of Asia’s finest kitchens straight to your home. Embark on a delicious culinary journey starting in Japan, where you will season premium Koshihikari rice with house sushi vinegar, roll perfect maki on your own bamboo mat, and craft a comforting miso soup from authentic dashi. 🍣
Then, travel to Korea to create a sizzling bibimbap drizzled with rich, house-made gochujang sauce, alongside crispy-edged kimchi pancakes. With ingredients designed to complement each other, you will enjoy a waste-free cooking experience that is as rewarding as it is delicious. 🥢
The Gourmet Menu
- Sushi maki rolls and temaki hand rolls
- Miso soup with tofu and spring onion
- Bibimbap with rich gochujang sauce
- Crispy kimchi pancakes
What is Included in Your Box
- Koshihikari sushi rice
- Spiral nori seaweed
- Otao sushi vinegar
- Tosa joyu sushi soy and wasabi
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Mushroom dashi kit and genmai miso
- House-made gochujang bibimbap sauce and toasted sesame oil
- Korean pancake mix and gochugaru chilli flakes
- Bamboo sushi mat, yours to keep forever
- Recipe cards, fresh shopping list, and a QR code for the video class
Fresh Ingredients to Prepare
You will need to buy: sashimi-grade salmon or tuna (or tofu), 200g beef mince or thinly sliced beef, 2 eggs, cucumber, avocado, carrot, spinach, bean sprouts, zucchini, spring onion, silken tofu, and 150g store-bought kimchi.
Required Kitchen Equipment
Equipment: saucepan with lid, frying pan, mixing bowls, sharp knife, cutting board, and cling wrap.
How the Experience Works
Cook on Your Own Schedule: Your box arrives packed with all the essential dry ingredients and sauces, plus a QR code linking to the fully recorded class. Open it the day it arrives, or save it for a cosy rainy Sunday. Pause, rewind, and cook at your own comfortable pace. 📦
Simple Fresh Additions: Just grab a few fresh ingredients from your local shop. Your shopping list is included in the box and your booking confirmation, making it easy to prepare in advance.
Pricing and Delivery: Only $159 per person, plus $20 handling and postage per order. Dispatched every Tuesday and Wednesday via Australia Post. Free pickup is also available from Abbotsford, Thursday to Sunday.
The Perfect Gift: Surprise a loved one by sending this box directly to their door, or purchase a gift voucher to let them choose their own culinary adventure.
Additional Information
Your class link
Join at meet.zoho.com.au/otaokitchen with the password otaokitchen.
Recipes
Ramen | Dumplings | Vietnamese | Bushfood | Mexican | Pasta | Sushi
Before class
Classes run 1 to 2 hours. Measure your ingredients into small bowls and have your knife, board, pans and utensils ready. For dietary needs, please advise.
Changes
Can’t make it? Pass your spot to a friend for free. If we cancel, we’ll offer a new date or a refund. A replacement food box costs $99 including delivery.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Booking Terms – Online Classes
This is a summary of our Terms & Conditions. By booking, you accept them for everyone in your booking.
- Payment: Your place is confirmed on full payment at the time of booking.
- More than 14 days before your class: One free transfer to another date, or a credit valid for 12 months.
- 7 to 14 days before: Transfer to another date on payment of the $49 per person change fee, subject to availability.
- Less than 7 days, or non-attendance: No refund, credit or transfer of date. You may pass your spot to someone else at no charge.
- Changes and cancellations: All changes and cancellations must be requested in writing and are effective only once confirmed.
- Illness, bereavement or other exceptional circumstances: We may waive these conditions at our discretion and may ask for supporting evidence.
- If we cancel or reschedule: You may choose a full refund, a credit or a transfer to another date.
- Dietary requirements: Must be advised at least 10 days before the class. Hamper ingredients are not packed in an allergen-free environment.
- Third-party bookings: Bookings made through a third-party platform are also subject to that platform’s terms; refunds and changes must be arranged with them.
Nothing in these terms affects your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. Full Terms & Conditions are available on our website.
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They also provide takeaway containers, which was a nice touch. It’s a fantastic activity for couples, friends, or even doing solo. There’s a great variety of other classes too, although starting with the dumplings was definitely the right choice for us. Drinks were included per person, and the staff were incredibly friendly throughout the whole experience. Highly recommended!
We made sushi, miso soup, okonomiyaki, and soba with tempura. Each dish was hands-on, and I loved that Dylan taught tips and techniques you wouldn’t normally get from a recipe. My favourite part was learning how to roll sushi properly — it was surprisingly beginner-friendly with his guidance.
The class also included free drinks, and I really enjoyed the wine.
Overall, it was a great experience and I’d definitely recommend Chef Dylan’s class to anyone wanting to learn Japanese cooking in a fun, relaxed, and welcoming environment.
Dillian was a great teacher who was engaging and didnt overwhelmed the class with too many directions at one time.
Even when our ramen noodle dough went a bit south he swooped in to help us out and encouraged us until we saved it.
Thanks again. Will be back!
The only constructive feedback / improvements worth to look at is that every student should have their own dedicated board when hand made their own pasta or pasties. At the moment all these are done on the cooking/dining table and we see it with possible hygiene issues. Hope to see this new change in our next classes, thanks
The only constructive feedback for improvement - All students should have dedicated board to hand make their own pasta and pastries instead of on the cooking table as it will be more hygiene
Large, well stocked kitchen, plenty of time to cook 4 different dishes.
Fun, interactive, well paced, Cooking demonstrator and assistant friendly and suportive.
very enjoyable evening
Highly recommend this cooking experience.
Had a great night learning to cook Japanese meals, the set up was fantastic and the class ran amazingly well, a lovely way to spend a friday night.
Anan was a great teacher and fun person to learn to cook from!
We'll be back for another type of cuisine soon I'm sure.
I could not fault it.
No one in our group had ever prepared dumplings the only experience we had was eating them in restaurants.
The chef was so thorough in his explanations, patient answering questions and helping novices correct technique.
We enjoyed the process and we were rewarded with a delicious lunch, washed down with our choice of wine or soft drink. Plus we were provide with containers to take home the remainder of the dumplings.
Excellent morning - thanks chef.
Anan was super generous with his time, you end up with a great amount of food to eat and take home as well
The facilities were clean and well set out. We had all the equipment needed to carry out the preparation and cooking of the meals. The drinks provided certainly helped to create a very relaxed and inclusive atmosphere. And, to finish things off, we were able to enjoy a very tasty dinner.
I can not recommend this experience highly enough. We would be more than happy to partake in another one of these courses.
Thanks again to Anan and the team at Otao.
Cheers,
Michael and Tatiana
I felt it was rushed and because I was paired up with someone that they did the majority of the cooking.
For what I was looking for, I felt like the $200 price was not worth it.
This review is in no way a reflection of the chef that demonstrated the class, but only my experience.
Throughout it all Dylan attentively makes sure we are all across the assembly and cooking steps. I thoroughly recommend this for all, from new to seasoned cooking enthusiasts!!
We would use this company again
The OTAO chopping knife is a handy souvenir I recommend you take home :-p
The preparation beforehand was excellent and we’ll be back again for sure
We wish it had been longer and our daughter's aged 14&12 loved the experience as well
Attention to detail and the help working through the courses was great.
We are confident that we can now make dumplings at home from scratch.
We bought the experience for our daughter as a birthday present we had a fantastic time and can't wait to return to Otao Kitchen with the whole family for another class.
Great fun, high energy, inclusive, an the food that resulted was delicious.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.















