Fukuoka, Japan · since 1980
The dressing that makes you want to eat more salad.
Taste it. Love it. Take it home.
You’re already eating it at Davelle.
We use PIETRO Sesame Miso Dressing on both our dine-in salads and Grab & Go salads. At Davelle, you can taste PIETRO before you ever buy a bottle.
Loved in Japan for more than 40 years, PIETRO did not begin as a food company.It began in the kitchen of a small restaurant.
This dressing was born in a restaurant
A salad for the ten-minute wait
01Pasta, cooked to orderIn 1980, chef Kunihiko Murata opened a 36-seat pasta restaurant in Fukuoka. Guests waited about ten minutes for their meal.
02A dressing of his ownHe wanted them to enjoy that time too, so he served salad — with a dressing made in the kitchen from plenty of onion and a soy sauce base, not the French-style dressings common in Japan then.
03Guests loved itSome said children who normally avoided vegetables would eat salad with this dressing.- 04Poured into wine bottlesOthers asked to take some home. Murata filled empty wine bottles from the restaurant and shared it with customers.
- 05On sale the next yearDemand kept growing, and PIETRO began selling the dressing the following year.
It was not created because someone decided to launch a product.It became a product because people tasted it and wanted to take it home.
Where it started
1980
the restaurant opens in Fukuoka36
seats~10 min
the wait for pasta cooked to order40+
years loved in JapanNo MSG. Gluten-free.
But first, it has to taste good.
The PIETRO dressings selected for Davelle Ya are No MSG and Gluten-Free. But PIETRO is not defined only by what is left out — it began as a restaurant, and that restaurant mentality still matters today.
Three flavors for your kitchen
One Fukuoka kitchen, three bottles
FukuokaPIETRO, since 1980
Sesame MisoThe one we serve at DavelleToasted sesame meets the savory depth of miso. Salads, chicken, tofu, roasted vegetables, noodles or grain bowls. Trying PIETRO for the first time? Start here.
ShoyuConnected to PIETRO’s original flavorSoy sauce-based, with balanced umami and acidity — versatile with salads, meat, fish, vegetables and marinades.
LemonBright citrusA bright citrus aroma with refreshing acidity. Green salads, seafood, chicken, or dishes that benefit from a lighter finish.
One bottle. More than salad.
An easy way to bring Japanese umami into everyday cooking
ChickenSesame Miso
NoodlesSesame Miso
Roasted vegetablesShoyu
SeafoodLemon
What is omotenashi?
It is often translated as Japanese hospitality. At its heart, it means paying attention to the person in front of you and asking: “What could make this person a little happier?” For Murata, the answer was once as simple as serving salad while a guest waited for pasta.
A brand built around making the customer happy
Hospitality is not something added to the product. Hospitality is why the product exists.
That small act — a salad for a waiting guest — eventually became PIETRO Dressing.
The founder is gone. The spirit remains.
Omotenashi became culture
- 1980Kunihiko Murata opens a small pasta restaurant in Fukuoka.
- 1981The dressing guests kept asking for goes on sale.
- 2017Murata passes away suddenly. PIETRO inherits more than his recipes.
- TodayHis ideas continue through PIETRO SPIRITS, which guides training, recognition and everyday behavior inside the company.
President Yasuyuki Takahashi describes its heart in one word: gratitude. For the customers who came to the first restaurant, for the people who continue to choose PIETRO — and a responsibility to think about what might make them happy.
Experience it at Davelle
Taste it here
- Sesame Miso Dressing on our dine-in salads
- Sesame Miso Dressing on our Grab & Go salads
Toasted sesame. Savory miso. Umami. Bright acidity.
Take it home · Davelle Ya
- Sesame Miso Dressing · the one we serve
- Shoyu Dressing · PIETRO’s original flavor
- Lemon Dressing · bright citrus
Why Davelle Ya chose PIETROThe first reason is simple: we tasted it, and it was delicious. No MSG. Gluten-free. Easy to use at home, and useful far beyond salad. Behind that flavor is more than 40 years of restaurant hospitality — PIETRO became a product because customers tasted a restaurant dressing and wanted to bring it home. At Davelle, we want guests to have that same experience.Making people a little happier through delicious food.
Eat it here. Love it. Take it home.
TasteUmamiOmotenashi
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