Culinary Development Lab Recipes

Sweetfish fermented-dashi soup

At this time of year, we always serve sweetfish salt-grilled with tade vinegar — the classic pairing — but I wondered if there might be another…

• Serves 2 · ¥328
• Cook time 20 min

Swordfish baked with rice-bran koji

Since Japanese seasonings like soy sauce and miso are built on koji, I wondered if I could make something using koji. I use a rice-bran pickling bed…

• Serves 2 · ¥456
• Cook time 15 min

Seared and Smoked Beef Tataki, Finished with Gyūbishio

Wanting to create an interesting soy sauce, I devised a "beef soy sauce" (gyūbishio) made using beef. Beef is said to be the meat that pairs with red…

• Serves 1 · ¥726
• Cook time 45 min

Kamo eggplant pureed soup

This dish uses no seasonings whatsoever. I thought that if a cook can draw out an ingredient's own character — its five tastes and aroma — to the…

• Serves 1 · ¥482
• Cook time 40 min

Uchimame Multigrain Rice

Dried ingredients inevitably take extra effort, but I wanted to deliberately think about a time-saving dish. Normally, cooking rice takes time…

• Serves 6 · ¥920
• Cook time 15 min

Dried herring in sansho oil

The only dishes I knew that used dried herring fillets were sweet syrup-simmered preserves and steamed-and-simmered dishes, but it occurred to me…

• Serves 5 · ¥490
• Cook time 15 min

Soy Milk Hot Pot — Using Fish Maw

Swim bladder is a luxury ingredient in Chinese cuisine, but we came up with this dish with the idea…

• Serves 3 · ¥740
• Cook time 15 min

Tilefish grilled with seaweed

As a way of using wakame differently from usual, I thought about turning it into a paste. Making use of the alginic acid in wakame, I created a…

• Serves 3 · ¥1,700
• Cook time 15 min

Dressed with "Dried-Fruit Miso"

Dried persimmon and dried apricot are rich in beta-carotene. Dried mango has one of the highest vitamin A contents of any fruit; dried fig is rich in…

• Serves 3 · ¥380
• Cook time 10 min

Fresh Zenmai and Chrysanthemum-Petal Roll

Dried zenmai lets you taste the true texture of a wild mountain vegetable. Dried edible chrysanthemum has a vivid color, a distinctive flavor, and a…

• Serves 1 · ¥490
• Cook time 10 min