Haikyuu Characters That Can Cook/Bake
(Just my opinions, only Osamu’s is supported by actual canon lmao)
- But ofc, first on our list is Osamu
- He literally owns a restaurant??
- His favourite food is food??
- He could probably cook a meal in his sleep and it’d be the best thing I’ve ever eaten
- Hell yeah this dude can cook
- Probably doesn’t cook everyday or something but I think he can make most basic foods and if he has a recipe he can probably make that too
- I can see him making his own bento boxes on some days and bringing extra for Bokuto (with a cute drawing in the rice and the octopus sausages)
Specialty: Character bento (imagine a rice ball shaped to look like Bokuto)
- Like Akaashi, don’t think he’s a pro chef by any means but has probably made food for the team
- Probably also bakes although not that rarely
- EVERYTHING HE COOKS IS SPICY
- I mean he likes super spicy mapo tofu and pretty sure it’s just a commonly accepted headcanon at this point
- I can totally imagine really domestic fluff with Suga making a nice dinner and Daichi literally dying over how spicy it is
Specialty: Any spicy food but especially mapo tofu and spicy miso ramen
- Don’t think he cooks that often, probably enjoys it to a certain extent
- I think he likes doing household chores sometimes, since it’s therapeutic for him, but not necessarily a hobby
- 100% can see him volunteering to cook for Suga because he can’t handle the spice, even if the food itself is delicious
- I honestly had a hard time deciding whether or not Ushijima can cook to be honest (and not just because he’s my favourite)
- Like Daichi I just feel like he can do most household chores
- I can see him being able to cook a lot of traditional Japanese meals (but idk if he’d do it well or not?)
- He’s into farming, probably into wheat, wheat makes flour, this man can bake
- It probably plays really well with his strengths
- It may seem tame but you really need muscles for a lot of things, especially if you don’t have a stand mixer
- Baking also requires following the recipe pretty closely, whereas cooking can vary a lot more based on individual taste and so forth
- Ushijima seems like he’d be really good if he has detailed and precise instructions
- Also it’s extremely hands on and honestly I really love the imagery of Ushijima making baked goods for all of the members and they’re so surprised because like who wouldn’t want pastries??
Specialty: Bread (especially milk bread which he definitely uses to try to bribe Oikawa)
- This sweet boy definitely learned how to cook from his grandmother
- Like Ushijima, I imagine his specialty would be traditional Japanese dishes, especially dishes that can be shared amongst a family
- The type of person who’ll spend a whole day making mochi for the team when they go on away games
- It hypes the boys up so much and also manages to keep Osamu and Atsumu quiet for a little while before they’re on the last piece and fight over it (oh well the peace was nice while it lasted)
- DEFINITELY makes soup and a little care package for each member of the team
- Also he’s a rice farmer so of course he knows how to cook rice, spent an entire week trying out different rice and soil combinations to find the best types to grow
- Everyone knows that he’s a chemistry nerd, and you know what’s just a lot of chemistry? BAKING
- You know what Kuroo’s good at?
- Not baking this man cannot bake for the life of him (he definitely tried though)
- He’s actually pretty terrible at baking and most cooking to be honest (he just usually gets distracted by something or his hand just slips somehow)
- However, he is surprisingly good at making soups and porridges
- It started because Kenma got sick and was home alone, so being the good friend he is he decided to try making okayu (rice porridge) to bring over to him
- Simple enough, right? It was actually pretty terrible the first time because he literally just dumped rice in water (not even hot water at that) and called it a day
- But after that failure he actually became determined to at least make something edible so he spent the entire weekend searching up different recipes and experimenting with different things
- And now he can make basically any water based dish and gets sort of excited when Kenma’s sick since it gives him a chance to ~flex his cooking prowess~
- He will definitely mention it as a way to taunt Suguru and has gotten into fights with Yaku over who is the better cook
- Everyone thinks he’s good since he has all of these random cooking facts memorized and always talks about the Maillard reaction, but he’s pretty hopeless
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Specialty: miso soup (usually eaten with grilled mackerel for breakfast, which is his favourite food)
- I get the feeling that his rage would transfer over to grilling food very easily
- Like imagine Yaku glaring at Lev with flames in his eyes as he pulls out a pair of tongs like they’re a knife
- The team has get togethers every few months and usually have a beach barbecue day during the summer
- And of course as the team mom and one of the only people on the team who can be trusted to handle an open flame, Yaku’s on grilling duty
- Is actually very good at keeping an eye on both the meat and the team, can both give a lecture and flip patties at the same time
- He’s pretty sure he’s a better cook than Kuroo since steak is harder to get right than soup
- For his birthday Kuroo got him an apron
Specialty: Yakiniku (grilled beef)
