🍜 Weekly meal plan
Asian Food Tour
Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, India and Indonesia on your plate. Seven days of Asian flavours, spices and cooking techniques.
📅 Full weekly plan
| Day | Lunch | Dinner |
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| Monday |
Pinakbet
Pinakbet is the vegetable stew that best represents the culinary identity of the Ilocos region in northern Luzon, an area known for its simple,…
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Kottu
Kottu roti is Sri Lanka's most recognisable street food — a chopped mixture of roti bread, eggs, vegetables, and chicken or beef stir-fried on a hot griddle.
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| Tuesday |
Leche Flan
Leche Flan is the creamy dessert staple of every Filipino celebration, a denser and richer version of the Spanish flan carried over through Spain's…
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Kimbap
Kimbap — literally seaweed rice — is South Korea's national snack and the perfect food for picnics, long journeys, or a quick lunch.
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| Wednesday |
Coconut Rice
Coconut rice is a staple across Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Caribbean cuisines — a simple technique with a surprisingly aromatic result.
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Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki means cook what you like — an instruction, not a name.
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| Thursday |
Chicken Curry
This North Indian-style chicken curry traces its soul to the Punjabi kitchen, where cooks perfected the bhuna technique — frying aromatics until…
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Yakitori
Yakitori is the bar food of post-war Tokyo: small skewers of chicken grilled fast over high heat, eaten one at a time with cold beer or sake.
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| Friday |
Miso Ramen
Miso ramen is Sapporo's invention, born in the 1950s when a Hokkaido noodle-stall owner began adding fermented soybean paste to the broth on a cold winter evening.
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Onigiri
Onigiri are older than sushi: rice balls shaped into triangles, discs or barrels with a salted plum, grilled fish or seaweed at the centre have been…
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| Saturday |
Shoyu Ramen
Shoyu ramen is Tokyo's style and the oldest of the major ramen families — the bowl that set the template when Chinese noodle stalls opened in the…
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Tempura
Tempura is Edo-period street food at its most refined: a lace-thin batter that crackles around prawns, sweet potato and kabocha rounds, and slim Japanese eggplant.
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| Sunday |
Tonkotsu Ramen
Tonkotsu ramen comes from Hakata — now the Fukuoka railway district — where a bowl of milky pork-bone broth has been the working lunch since the 1940s.
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Sushi
Modern sushi was perfected in 18th-century Edo — present-day Tokyo — where speed and precision were the craft, and the rice was the art, not the fish.
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🛒 Complete shopping list
All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€50–65 for 2 people.
~€50–65 / week
164 ingredients
- Vegetables & herbs
- Meat & fish
- Dairy & eggs
- Dry goods
- Sauces & oils
- Miscellaneous
- Pantry staples
Why plan meals in advance?
- Reduce food waste by up to 30%
- Save time and money — one shopping trip
- Eat healthier
- Eliminate the daily "what should I cook?" stress