Why HamiYami
The neighborhood dinner, rethought.
How it was, what doesn't work today, and how we want to bring it back to the table. With the numbers from our demo.
Chapter 1 of 3
How it was
Good food travelled only a few metres.
Once, there was the kitchen next door.
An extra tray on Sunday, a sauce that stretched to two families: in the neighborhood, home cooking was shared with the people who lived nearby.
Good cooks had a name.
Everyone knew whom to ask for meatballs and whom for fresh pasta. Word of mouth was the shop window, and trust came from knowing each other.
You knew what was on your plate.
Ingredients, cooking times, “is there milk in it?”: you just asked the person who cooked it.
Chapter 2 of 3
How it is now
The kitchens are still there. It's the neighborhood that got lost along the way.
Time
Weekday evenings are short.
People get home late, and the choice is often between cooking while tired and ordering from far away, without knowing who made the dish.
Hidden talent
Talent stays shut indoors.
Plenty of people cook brilliantly but have no simple way to offer a few portions to their neighbors.
Transparency
Price doesn't tell the whole story.
Two dishes at the same price can be very different portions: without a weight or volume, comparing is guesswork.
Trust
Trust is hard.
Allergens, who cooked it, when to collect: the information you need most is often exactly what's missing.
- Allergens?
- Who cooked it?
- When do I collect?
These are the problems we want to solve: the pilot will tell us how much they really weigh.
Chapter 3 of 3
How we solve it
A neighborhood menu, reserved ahead, collected close to home.
A weekly neighborhood menu.
10 dinners on 5 evenings, from 3 cooks in Borgo Lavanda. A few dishes, cooked well, on the evenings that need them most.
- Tue 27 Oct
- Lasagna with ragùMarta · 18:30
- Red lentil soupAmina · 18:30
- Wed 28 Oct
- Stuffed peppersLuca · 18:30
- Chickpea and vegetable curryAmina · 19:00
- Thu 29 Oct
- Lasagna with ragùMarta · 18:30
- Meatballs in tomato sauceMarta · 19:00
- Fri 30 Oct
- Stuffed peppersLuca · 18:00
- Meatballs in tomato sauceMarta · 18:30
- Sat 31 OctNo dinners
- Sun 1 NovNo dinners
- Mon 2 Nov
- Seasonal minestroneLuca · 18:30
- Chickpea and vegetable curryAmina · 19:00
The cook sets the price.
In the demo, dishes range from €6.50 to €9.00 per portion; the middle price is €8.50. No cap: we only ask for confirmation when a price looks like a typo.
See the data
| Dish | Evening | Cook | Price per portion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasagna with ragù | Tue 27 Oct | Marta | €9.00 |
| Red lentil soup | Tue 27 Oct | Amina | €7.00 |
| Stuffed peppers | Wed 28 Oct | Luca | €8.50 |
| Chickpea and vegetable curry | Wed 28 Oct | Amina | €8.00 |
| Lasagna with ragù | Thu 29 Oct | Marta | €9.00 |
| Meatballs in tomato sauce | Thu 29 Oct | Marta | €8.50 |
| Stuffed peppers | Fri 30 Oct | Luca | €8.50 |
| Meatballs in tomato sauce | Fri 30 Oct | Marta | €8.50 |
| Seasonal minestrone | Mon 2 Nov | Luca | €6.50 |
| Chickpea and vegetable curry | Mon 2 Nov | Amina | €8.00 |
Honest comparisons, per 100 grams.
Next to the price we show the portion and what 100 g or 100 ml costs: from €1.44 to €2.57 in the demo. So the tastiest dish at the fairest price can find its way.
See the data
| Dish | Portion | Price per portion | Per 100 g/ml |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonal minestrone | 450 ml | €6.50 | €1.44/100 ml |
| Red lentil soup | 450 ml | €7.00 | €1.56/100 ml |
| Chickpea and vegetable curry | 400 g | €8.00 | €2.00/100 g |
| Meatballs in tomato sauce | 400 g | €8.50 | €2.13/100 g |
| Stuffed peppers | 350 g | €8.50 | €2.43/100 g |
| Lasagna with ragù | 350 g | €9.00 | €2.57/100 g |
Cooked to order.
Reservations close 6 hours before pickup, so cooks know how many portions to make. In the demo, 40 portions are reserved out of 98 planned.
See the data
| Evening | Reserved | Planned |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | 10 | 20 |
| Wed 28 Oct | 9 | 18 |
| Thu 29 Oct | 6 | 20 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 8 | 18 |
| Mon 2 Nov | 7 | 22 |
40portions reserved of 98 planned
- Tue 27 Oct10 of 20
- Wed 28 Oct9 of 18
- Thu 29 Oct6 of 20
- Fri 30 Oct8 of 18
- Mon 2 Nov7 of 22
The right information, before you reserve.
Every dish shows which of the 14 main allergens it contains, pickup times come in 15-minute steps, and every reservation has its own pickup code.
- 14main allergens, flagged dish by dish
- 15minutes between pickup times
- 4characters in the pickup code
- 6hours' notice for the cook
Get a taste of how it would work.
Try the demo: choose a dinner, reserve it, and see what the cook sees. No payment, no sign-up.