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I honestly don't know what umami is so I'll start with that. I think it just means unique flavors. And the most unique ingredients are in Asian food. I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but I've experimented with some of these ingredients you'd find interesting.
For staples, miso paste, Korean red pepper paste, dashi/bonito flakes. For spices, Chinese five-spice, Korean red pepper, anise all have really unique properties.
Lots of interesting dried ingredients at an Asian grocery store. Dried mushrooms of every kind. Dried shrimp.
Vegetables, I started putting perilla in lots of things. Gives a different bite to everything.
Finally, food substitutes. Fish sauce for salt. Sesame oil for olive oil. Kimchi for sauerkraut or relish.
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