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Niukawa Ayu Ochazuke

This is the rice course from Yamagata's local cuisine. For the Niukawa Ayu Ochazuke, ayu swim upstream in the rivers of the prefecture, so fishing…

• Serves 4 · ¥2,017

• Cook time 2 hr

Hairy Crab Daikon Mochi and Hikina-mochi

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dishes: hikina-mochi (mochi rice with shredded dried vegetables), akasuji daikon mochi (made from…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 50 min

Amazake, Ramune Mizu-Yōkan with Mango and White Wine Jelly

In the old days, dessert too was called a "water sweet," and melon and strawberries were an acceptable choice, but that's no longer acceptable today…

• Serves 1 · ¥480

• Cook time 3 hr

Glossy rice wrapped in egg yolk, liver nori senbei, turban shell congee dip

I tried various test versions this time, but with the main focus on preserving the rice's sweetness as much as possible, I decided to use the rice…

• Serves 1 · ¥295

• Cook time 30 min

Kamo eggplant and whale in a small hot pot

This is a hot pot dish. For the Kamo eggplant and whale small hot pot, the Kamo eggplant is deep-fried once and then the excess oil is removed…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 3 hr

Moray Eel Shio-Koji Grill

This is a regional New Year's dish from Kochi Prefecture. Beyond the nationally famous seared bonito, I wanted to introduce more of Kochi's charm, so…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 5 hr

Misaki-gazami Kora-yaki, Grilled in the Shell

Building on autumn ingredients, I used Misaki-gazami, a treasure of the sea from Oita Prefecture, where my workplace is located, to devise a set of…

• Serves 1 · ¥380

• Cook time 1 hr

Monkfish tomozu

At the restaurant where I work in Oarai, Ibaraki, monkfish is an ingredient we use often during its harvest season, from November through March. By…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 40 min

Roasted Bryde's Whale with Aromatic Vegetables

This is a grilled dish, built on the concept of "protecting the ocean environment." For the roasted Bryde's whale with aromatic vegetables, the idea…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 50 min

Sixteen-grain Fukagawa rice, mushroom and egg soup (Japanese Cuisine and Yakuzen)

Seven or eight years ago, I brought to life a recipe by Ms. Taniguchi, and it sold extremely well. Seeing that sparked my interest in yakuzen. Since…

• Serves 1 · ¥530

• Cook time 35 min

Free-range chicken Kansai-style seasoned rice with bamboo shoot, carrot, burdock, thin fried tofu, shiitake, and mitsuba

This time, on 'shokuji,' I learned from chef Tamura (Shiodome, Conrad Tokyo's 'Nihon Ryōri Kazahana'). This time I take up 'kayaku gohan.'

Sakura shrimp soba (green laver tempura crumbs and egg, scallion)

This is a dish that could be called our restaurant's signature. We serve it as something you can only eat here. It's a sakura shrimp soba: sakura…

• Serves 1 · ¥280

• Cook time 1 hr

Grilled sweetfish with bitter uruka

Under the theme "Relief from the Fierce Summer Heat," I wanted to offer a moment during the summer season where guests could forget the heat. There…

• Serves 1 · ¥260

• Cook time 40 min

Softshell Turtle Takikomi Gohan

In the past, our restaurant served a clear-soup course with large pieces of softshell turtle, but since some guests found the appearance off-putting…

• Serves 5 · ¥3,500

• Cook time 4 hr

Zucchini blossom stuffed with scallop fish-paste dumpling and monkfish liver

This is the fried course. Once a little food or beer is in your stomach, your appetite really picks up, and I think fried food tastes better eaten a…

• ¥510

• Cook time 40 min

Simmered Daikon

Encountering Yushima daikon from Kumamoto Prefecture was what led me to think about how best to make the most of a daikon so juicy and sweet it's…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 3 hr

Akashi sea bream, spring-haze steamed

This is a warm dish timed to the season when the cherry blossoms open. As for the Akashi tai harugasumi-mushi, this is normally a dish made with…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 30 min

Roe-Bearing Ayu Simmered and Steeped, Claypot Rice

I designed this as a repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. The reason it resonates with that generation is the value proposition of…

• ¥1,140

• Cook time 40 min

Oil-grilled pike conger, salt-grilled striped jack

For the grilled course, the salt-grilled shima-aji, we serve the collar of the shima-aji salt-grilled. Then there's the hamo. By September, if we…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,160

• Cook time 20 min

Green-tea soba with simmered herring

This is freshly hand-cut cha-soba, made with particular care for both matcha and buckwheat flour. It's a dish enjoyed with a fragrant dashi made by…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 30 min

Late-Spring Clay-Pot Rice

As part of using spring ingredients at their shun, hashiri, and nagori, this uses the nagori of sakura shrimp. This is the rice course. For the…

• Serves 1 · ¥310

• Cook time 30 min

Seared pen shell clam and sea urchin hand roll

The distinctive crunch of the pen shell clam and the crisp bite of Manganji pepper are gently wrapped in the mellow sweetness of sea urchin. Searing…

• ¥500

• Cook time 20 min

Scallop Ganmodoki, Curry-Flavored

This is the simmered course, another new way of serving seafood. For the Scallop Ganmodoki, Curry-Flavored, I took a hint from seafood curry and…

• Serves 1 · ¥485

• Cook time 40 min

Quail meatball

This is an introduction of a dish paired with the white wine produced in Yamanashi Prefecture, where my own workplace is located. This is a…

• Serves 1 · ¥250

• Cook time 30 min