Top Chef Selection ~Pioneers~ Recipe

Herring roe Tosa-age Ginkgo nuts

Originally, herring roe was a winter delicacy, but there are now times when they are vacuum frozen…

Spinach and chrysanthemum ohitashi White eggplant Creamy scallop soup Okra ohitashi

Malabar spinach is a nutritious summer vegetable with a slightly slimy texture.

Tilefish, kombu-cured and pinecone-grilled, sudachi, clear seafood broth

This is a dish I devised so that guests could enjoy the full deliciousness of tilefish, which comes into season in the cold months. I prepare…

• Serves 1 · ¥750
• Cook time 40 min

Keiju egg mousse, sea urchin, shrimp with savory dashi sauce and wasabi

This is a signature dish of sorts at our restaurant, served year-round and well received by guests. The eggs we use are called Keiju-tamago, produced…

• Serves 20 · ¥580
• Cook time 30 min

Long-aged kombu and mold-cured bonito clear broth, shark fin, soft-shell turtle flavor-change ball, sprouted green onion, hidden ginger

This is another dish we serve year-round, offered as part of our higher-priced course. The key point of this dish is the top-grade first-extraction…

• Serves 1 · ¥600
• Cook time 1 min

Hoshiko fish-paste dumpling, kuzu-dusted clam, daikon

This is a unique winter soup dish that uses Hoshiko dried roe, a luxury delicacy, as the topping, a…

• ¥520
• Cook time 1 hr

House-made ponzu monkfish liver, grated turnip, amigasa yuzu, squid kombu-jime, sweet shrimp kombu-jime, salt ponzu, bottarga

We have prepared a selection of homemade delicacies that are sure to please customers who enjoy dri…

• ¥350
• Cook time 2 hr

The Original Truffle Rice

A songwriter and regular customer, Yasushi Akimoto, gave me an idea after he told me, "It's not eno…

Zuwai crab and seared matsutake layered, raw salmon roe skein, grated yuzu

Tags & categories related to this post : October, November, striking, elegant, snow crab, matsutake, salmon roe skein (sujiko), yuzu, kaiseki…

Seared pike conger, hidden-plum style, Kyoto eggplant, cowpea, end-of-season red Manganji pepper, green yuzu

Tags & categories related to this post : June, July, August, September, striking, elegant, light and refreshing, kaiseki cuisine, lingering…

Abalone with liver soy sauce, chamame beans simmered with sansho, bottarga sushi, vinegar-pickled myoga, kuruma prawn tofuyo-style, tonburi, Kaga lotus root with pike conger roe, layered chrysanthemum petals

Tags & categories related to this post : October, elegant, cute, kaiseki cuisine, pre-hassun, appetizer, photogenic, recipes from famous restaurants…

Fugu shirako soup bowl

This is a winter dish that combines the delicious, rich flavor of pufferfish milt with snow crab, w…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,280
• Cook time 20 min