Plant-based yakitori-style seitan skewers with glossy glaze, served with cucumber salad and Japanese pickles on a blue plate

Manami’s Kitchen

Japanese-inspired, plant-based street food. Made from scratch.

Based in Gloucestershire - taking bookings from June 2026

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What’s on offer

Nourishing, vibrant and balanced - Japanese street food rooted in home cooking.

Honest ingredients, always plant-based, and made for all.

Close up of plant-based yakitori-style seitan skewers with glossy glaze, served with cucumber salad and Japanese pickles on a blue plate

‘Yakitori’ seitan skewers

Japanese-inspired grilled skewers. Made from scratch and glazed to perfection.

Choose your glaze:

Original Yakitori: Rich, tamari-based and bursting with umami

Apple Yakiniku: Savoury and tangy, made with fresh apple

Japanese ongiri rice balls with seasonal plant-based fillings, served on a blue ceramic plate

Seasonal Onigiri

Hand-shaped rice balls with rotating fillings, made with purple rice.

Sample fillings:

Miso aubergine / Chickpea ‘tuna’ mayo

Japanese plant-based bento with onigiri, glazed seitan skewers and small bowls of fresh vegetables and pickles

Manami’s Bento

A little bit of everything.

Bento boxes with:
– Yakitori-style skewers
– Seasonal onigiri
– Fresh pickles and sides

About Manami’s Kitchen

My roots

My dad’s Japanese, so I grew up around a lot of Asian home cooking. But eating more veg-based, I realized I missed dishes like yakitori — glazed, grilled skewers that are simple, delicious, and nostalgic

Then a solo trip to Japan in 2025 to see family sparked some ideas. I discovered veg-based versions of the food I’d grown up with, came home inspired, and started recreating it — making seitan skewers from scratch, perfecting pickles, and hand-shaping onigiri.

Why vegetables?

My cooking adventures began after leaving UK city living in my late twenties, when I moved to the west coast of Canada.

I found myself working at farmers' markets, cooking at a vegan cafe, and was surrounded by nourishing, seasonal, happy produce. I was eating my veggies at last, with more connection to what I was eating, and an excitement about food.

Now I’m based back in the UK, it’s all come together in Manami’s Kitchen — vibrant, home-style Japanese cooking, made to nourish and made with heart.


Jess from Manami's kitchen preparing vegetarian Japanese- inspired street food at an outdoor event

Contact Manami’s Kitchen

June 2026 launch

I cater for food markets, private and outdoor events.

Please fill out the contact form for enquiries or email:

manamiskitchenUK@gmail.com