Sustainable Food Asia has added "Umamo", a tasty ingredient from Okinawa, which is made from Awamori lees that have been disposed of, to the new menu of omusubi at "Sustena Omusubi", an omusubi shop based on the concept of sustainability in the "Sustainable Food Museum" in the Shinbashi and Toranomon area of Tokyo. Umamo", a delicious ingredient from Okinawa that utilizes Awamori lees, which have been discarded until now.
UMAMO" IS A KARAZUMI-FLAVORED POWDER CONTAINING RICH NUTRIENTS SUCH AS DHA, WHICH IS SPRINKLED ON TOP OF THE SALTED MUSUBI TO ENHANCE ITS FLAVOR.
Cold miso soup and four kinds of cold sencha tea are also available as a side menu for the summer season. On-site catering is also available and can be delivered with "cutting-edge food tech" sustainable food in addition to omusubi.
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Menu Outline and Prices (All prices include tax)
Sold individually
Sustained rice balls 350 yen
Stewed Fruit Meat
Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
Other individual rice balls (ume plum, salmon, kelp, takana, salt) 280 yen
Cold miso soup 180 yen
Mizudashi Sencha (4 kinds) 300 yen
Asa steamed, hojicha, Earl Grey sencha, jasmine sencha
Set
Sustena set 800 yen
(1 Sustained Omusubi + 1 other Omusubi of your choice + cold Miso Soup)
OMUSUBI SET A 720 YEN
(2 omusubi of your choice + cold miso soup + assorted side dishes)
OMUSUBI SET B 660 YEN
(2 omusubi of your choice + cold miso soup)
*The menu is current as of August 28, 2023. Contents are subject to change without notice.
Sustained Catering (on-site delivery service)
In August, we started "Sustena Catering," an on-site delivery service. In addition to omusubi (rice balls), we can deliver a set of our partner company's "cutting-edge food tech" sustainable foods to corporate events, etc. We can also provide a set of our partner company's "cutting-edge food tech" sustainable foods for social gatherings and exchanges at SDGs and sustainability-themed events and workshops, or for corporate training and management camps where you can enjoy lunch and coffee breaks while enjoying foods that are kind to the earth and your health. We hope you will use this service for your lunch time or coffee break while enjoying our earth and health friendly food.
Contact form: https://www.sustainablefoodasia.com/contact
Please make a reservation at least one week in advance. Delivery area is limited to the Tokyo metropolitan area, so please inquire.
Event Summary
We will invite Mr. Takada, representative of AlgaleX, Inc. which develops Umamo, the Umamo seaweed used in Sustained Omusubi, and hold a talk session and tasting event "Sustainable Food NIGHT".
Date and Time: Thursday, August 31, 2023 [Registration starts at 17:45 18:00~20:45].
Venue: Sustainable Food Museum
(New Tiger Hut https://visit-minato-city.tokyo/ja-jp/places/475)
UR SHINTORA-DORI MACHIZUKURI OFFICE 1F, 2-18-7 NISHI-SHINBASHI, MINATO-KU, TOKYO
Participation fee: 5,000 yen
*Includes drinks and food at the reception after the talk session.
Sponsored by Sustainable Food Asia Co.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: PLEASE REGISTER AT THE URL BELOW BY AUGUST 30, 2023
URL: https://museum0731.peatix.com
Program: ・Introduction of the business of AlgaleX Inc.
Talk session, "Will the Tastes We Have Now Last Forever?"
Reception with tasting
Talk Session Guest:
Mr. Daichi Takada, Representative Director, AlgaleX, Inc.
Shuhei Tsukada, Executive Officer, LIVERNESS Co.
Kei Unno, President, Sustainable Food Asia K.K.
Store Outline
Sustainable Food Museum opened in June 2023 as a "Machinaka Showcase" to exhibit and introduce new ideas and services of various companies including start-ups in the food tech field. Sustaina Omusubi" is a rice ball shop that uses ingredients that are carefully selected with consideration for the global environment, human life, and society, and products made in collaboration with some of the sustainable ingredients on display are available for purchase.
Name： Sustena Omusubi
Place: UR Shintora-dori Machizukuri Office 1F, Shintora Hut "Sustainable Food Museum
Location: 2-18-7 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business hours: Weekdays 11:30 a.m. - (ends when sold out)
The Sustainable Food Museum is open from 11:00 to 17:00 on weekdays.
Events may be held outside of the above hours.
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
Opening date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Store management: Sustainable Food Asia Co.
Phone number: 080-1479-7886
URL: https: //www.sustainablefoodasia.com/sustainablefoodmuseum
Instagram: https: //www.instagram.com/sasutenaomusubi_toranomon/
MAP: https: //goo.gl/maps/CjQ71fDReXePZZst8
TRANSPORTATION: 5 MINUTES WALK FROM TORANOMON STATION, 6 MINUTES WALK FROM TORANOMON HILLS STATION, 7 MINUTES WALK FROM UCHISAIWAICHO STATION, 11 MINUTES WALK FROM JR SHIMBASHI STATION
