What gift do you get for a person who already has everything they need? Well if your gift recipient likes food, especially home chefs and Asian foodies, here are some unique, consumable gift ideas they’ll love! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.

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As someone who is a home cook, a foodie, and a lover of Asian food in general, I feel I am well positioned to give some tips on unique gift ideas for your foodie friends. Not only that, but because I have someone found myself in the realm of ~*iNflUENcINg*~ a lot of brands have sent me their best products to try out, meaning I’ve tried expensive foods that you don’t want to risk wasting your money on. In this list, I’ll include some Asian, some non-Asian, and some Asian fusion foods to satisfy any type of foodie in your family or friend group.

Also worth mentioning: this entire list is consumable! It’s great for friends who don’t have a lot of space to store things or maybe don’t need another piece of pottery or kitchen appliance. They’re the perfect gifts for people who have all the stuff they need because you’ll always need to eat! I do plan on creating an updated gift guide for more kitchen items, cookbooks, and Japanese pottery another time if you’re looking for those kinds of gifts. For now, these are all gifts to eat.

So without further ado, here are some of the best gifts for foodies!

1. Fancy Olive Oils by Brightland

A year or two ago, Brightland gifted me a set of their artist series olive oils, which are infused with different flavors such as garlic, lemon, and basil. It retails for $85 and is sold (in addition to their website) at Bloomingdales, so you know this is fancy. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up for myself because of the price tag, but I would absolutely love to receive this as a gift again! It was so good!!! I used up a whole bottle just by using it as a dip for toasted baguettes. Essentially, I was just drinking this olive oil with the bread as a vehicle. I 100% recommend this is as a gift!

2. Chocolate with Asian Flavors

A friend gifted me a unique chocolate bar earlier this year from the company Kessho. It was salted plum flavor! Aka umeboshi! And it was delicious! Kessho is based out of Austin, Texas and boasts many fun, Asian-inspired flavors including black sesame, boba, yuzu, and hojicha! I’ve never seen chocolate like this before, and I think it’d be great as a gift. Bonus – if you use the  code MOCHIMOMMY you get 5% off. I do not have an affiliate partnership with Kessho, so this code is entirely for your benefit.

3. Chili Oils

I feel like chili oils are all the rage right now. There are definitely super affordable supermarket chili oils that have been popular for decades, such as the LaoGanMa brand. But if you’d like to gift something a little more gourmet, you can try Fly by Jing or Momofuku. I’ve tried both and liked both! You can usually find gift sets sold during the holiday season as well. There’s also multiple flavors you can purchase from both companies. I know Momofuku has had some bad press recently with their Trademark controversy, but if you’re a Momofuku fan, you can use my discount code MOCHIMOMMY15 for 15% off.

4. High Quality Matcha

Matcha lovers typically buy their own matcha, so it can be kind of hard to shop for them if you don’t know much about matcha. If that’s the case, you’re safe with choosing a very very high quality, high price point brand. I know I would always be happy receiving anything from my favorite matcha brand, Ippodo Tea. Some other brands that have “gift quality” price points include Kettl and Nekohama. To be frank, I haven’t tried those two, so I can’t really speak to how they taste, but Nekohama sometimes posts snobby videos on their social media accounts about how to make matcha, so I’m less likely to buy from them. Just saying. The most elusive matcha brand is Marukyu Koyamaen, but as far as I know, it’s only sold in Japan.

5. Kuze Fuku & Sons 

Continuing the theme of gourmet Japanese foods to gift, I highly recommend the jams and spreads from Kuze Fuku & Sons. This is a Japanese food company known for their condiments and sauces, but they also have a North American branch and luckily have products that can be found fairly easily at World Market, Muji, Amazon, and other gift shops. Take a look at their fun flavors, including anko, yuzu, matcha, and purple sweet potato!

6. French Butter and Chestnut Spread

This one is kind of a fancy food gift hack: Did you know Trader Joe’s sells high quality French butter?! The Trader Joe’s brand “Cultured Salted Butter” is actually made in Brittany, France and tastes great. But supermarket butter alone is not really enough for a gift, so why not pair it with some French chestnut spread, or creme de marrons? I recently started getting into chestnut spreads as I was developing a chestnut mochi recipe, and it is sooooo delicious. It’s also incredibly hard to find in stores anywhere but is available on Amazon of course! Bundle the butter with chestnut spread, maybe throw in a butter ornament and croissant pillow, and you’ve got the cutest little French food gift basket!

7. British Tea Gifts and Korean Tea Gifts

My husband is notoriously difficult to shop for, but one thing he loves is tea (I mean, I do too). For British tea, we both love Fortnum & Mason, which is fancy and can be found at Williams Sonoma. For a less fancy version, try Taylors of Harrogate, which I might like slightly better to be honest. I also recommend Harney & Sons New York for black teas and jasmine pearl.

If you’re more into Asian teas, have you tried the Korean brand Osulloc? They sell teas from Jeju island in Korea with really interesting flavor infusions, like muscat and Asian pear. I personally really love them!

8. Royce Chocolate

Lastly, I wanted to include Royce Chocolate on this list because my husband always gifts me some chocolate on special occasions, and I have never once been disappointed by this. Royce is a famous Japanese chocolate shop from Hokkaido. They now have several locations throughout the US, but even if you aren’t near one, they also sell on Amazon!

And that’s that for my list! If this was helpful for you or if you have suggestions on items to add, feel free to leave a comment! And stay tuned for a future collection of recipes to make that make great gifts as well.

More Gift Guides

Interested in browsing some of my other gift guides? I have some from years past, so the links may be a little outdated, but they can be fun to get ideas.