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CIBI Recipe: How to make Miso Soup

March 4, 2025

HOW to MAKE DASHI and MISO SOUP Miso shiru (miso soup) is an everyday soup that accompanies rice. Every family has a signature recipe, adding tofu, wakame, vegetables and more. It is ...

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CIBI Recipe: How to make Tamago-yaki (Japanese Omelette)

March 4, 2025

Tamago-yaki is cooked in a special square pan that gives it a rectangular shape. We use a 15×15 cm (6×6 in) pan. Each Japanese family has a different recipe for this omelette, but this is simple an...

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CIBI Recipe: How to cook rice with a donabe

March 4, 2025

  Rinse 3 cups of rice with water, drain well and leave for about 5 mins or until the water runs mostly clear.      Please note that 1 Japanese cup = 180ml. Add 3 cups of water and soak rice ...

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CIBI Recipe: Spicy Miso Eggplant and Peppers

February 27, 2025

This dish always comes to mind when I see a freshly picked eggplant. Growing up in Okayama, my grandmother would make this when I came home from school in the summer. All the vegetables she cooked ...

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CIBI Recipe: Roasted shio-koji pork belly

August 1, 2024

Cooking with Nagatanien roasting pot donabe, the perfect way to enjoy wholesome winter dishes. Roasted shio-koji pork belly is a simple, quick and delicious.Rub chopped pork belly with CIBI’s Shio ...

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CIBI Recipe: Perfect Chawan-mushi

April 2, 2024

Perfect Chawan-mushiCooler evenings call for cosy warm food. Chawan-mushi perfectly suits to nurture yourself and your family. Chawan-mushi is a Japanese savoury egg custard dish steamed in pot. A...

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When Robin Boyd Went to Japan

March 4, 2024

| Exhibition | When Robin Boyd Went to Japan 18 February - 10 March290 Walsh Street, South Yarra CIBI lands at Walsh Street House, you're invited!CIBI in collaboration with the Robin Boyd Foundat...

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New Arrivals from Japan, CIBI Design Month, Winter Comfort Recipe

May 19, 2023

CIBI Design Month is officially on!  CIBI Home Living and Japanese Design We're excited to invite you to CIBI Design Month, from 18 May - 26 June in the CIBI Design Store. Featuring selected wor...

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