Adam Liaw Everyday Noritake Dining Set
The inspiration behind Adam Liaw's Everyday Tableware Series is rooted in adapting to our modern dining habits. This innovative tableware is perfect for any meal and dining style.
The Benefits of Adam Liaw's Noritake Tableware: Why It's a Kitchen Must-Have
Last updated: 8 July 2026
Adam Liaw designed the Everyday range with Noritake around how people actually eat at home — the same plates handling chopsticks one night and a knife and fork the next. What follows is our own assessment of the range after stocking and using it.
Our specialist, Kai, wrote this guide to the Adam Liaw Everyday range. In this guide:
- Small pieces — 13cm and 16cm, built for rice and side dishes.
- Medium pieces — 17cm and 21cm, the everyday workhorses.
- Large pieces — 23cm and 25cm, plus the oval servers.
- The two finishes — the original white and the amber Aemyu.
- Plates as lids — the stacking system, and its heat limit.
Small Bowls & Plates: Built for East Asian Meals
The 13cm bowl and 16cm plate are sized for the way Chinese, Japanese and Korean meals are served — rice eaten with chopsticks, and several small dishes rather than one large plate. They also work for desserts and afternoon tea.
The material is commercial-grade porcelain, the same specification used in restaurants, which is what gives it its chip resistance in daily use.
Medium Plates & Bowls: The Everyday Size
The 17cm bowl covers most of what a household needs day to day: instant noodles, cereal, donburi. With the 21cm plate, it also handles leftovers in the fridge and reheating afterwards.
Both sizes fit a dishwasher rack without the wedging that oversized bowls cause.
Large Plates & Bowls, and the Oval Servers
The 25cm plate gives you dinner-plate space without the bulk. The centre is flat so sauce stays where you put it, and the raised edge gives you something to grip when the plate is full.
The 23cm bowl pairs with it in either direction — sitting on the plate or under it — and takes everything from pasta to South-East Asian dishes.
Since the range launched, an oval serving bowl (24cm) and oval platter (26cm) have been added for dishes shared at the centre of the table.
The Two Finishes
The original range is deliberately plain: white, understated, nothing that competes with the food or with the rest of your table. That is what lets it mix with Japanese tableware you already own, or stand on its own at a more formal dinner.
The second finish, Aemyu, goes the other way — a deep amber-brown glaze with a glossy surface, carried right across the piece. The shapes and sizes are identical to the white range, so the two stack and pair together: amber bowls over white plates read as a deliberate choice rather than a mismatch. Against food, the darker glaze does what white cannot, giving pale dishes such as rice, tofu and steamed fish an edge to sit against.
Aemyu is currently offered as a 12-piece set only, while the white range is available piece by piece.
Plates That Double as Lids
Each plate covers the bowl of the same size — small with small, medium with medium, large with large — so a meal goes into the fridge without plastic wrap, and comes back out ready to reheat.
One limit worth knowing: the porcelain is oven safe to 160°C, not to any temperature. It is made for reheating and gentle baking rather than high-heat roasting. Dishwasher and microwave use are unrestricted.
The range is designed in Japan by Adam Liaw with Noritake, and manufactured in Thailand.
See the full Adam Liaw Everyday collection.
About the Author
Kai, the author of this guide, is our product specialist at My Cookware®. For any questions, email hello@mycookware.com.au or use the chat box on this page.
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