Whole small ayu sushi, flower-shaped lotus root, sweet-simmered runner beans deep-fried in new-tea-leaf batter, tender-simmered summer octopus, sirloin grilled with sweet white miso, skin-on Japanese flying squid grilled with sansho pepper, Naruto-swirled whiting fried in a toasted rice-cracker crumb coating, taro boiled in its skin, chopped vegetables, grilled chicken tenderloin, half-ground white sesame