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Milt Tofu

Today, I have prepared a dish to pair with the white wine produced in Yamanashi Prefecture, where my workplace is located. First, this is the…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 1 hr

Omi beef, sea urchin, and bamboo shoot roll, grilled, topped with the aroma of sansho flower

The harmony of aromas conducted on the iron griddle is outstanding. Ōmi beef with just the right marbling, bamboo shoot wrapped in the flavor of…

Ise lobster shell-simmered, turnip sauce, bottarga kōsen

For the additional course, I use a whole Ise lobster, gorgeously and extravagantly. I express the image of 'brocade autumn' -- yellow maple leaves…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,020

• Cook time 20 min

Fugu milt and karasumi, steamed rice

Among all the delicious qualities of in-season fugu, this is a luxurious dish that lets you enjoy the rich umami of the milt -- called 'a jewel of…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Autumn-leaf assortment: pine-cone-grilled tilefish, chestnut, ginkgo nuts on a pine-needle skewer, eggplant dengaku, baby taro steamed in its skin, Fushimi pepper grilled and dashi-steeped, maple-leaf wheat gluten, sweet potato chips, lotus root chips, sudachi

At our restaurant, Nihombashi Oikawa, we're mindful of theater and presentation in front of the guest, offering a comprehensive dining experience…

• ¥8,000

• Cook time 30 min

Charcoal-Grilled Tiger Fugu Milt, Fresh Green Laver Sauce, Wasabi

This dish is inspired by the image of a high-quality Japanese-style risotto, made with the rich, me…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 40 min

Sushi, sushi, sushi, sushi — the incoming boat, the outgoing boat

As an innovation for the rice course, I devised this from chirashi-zushi. Between layers of sushi rice, I press in dry-roasted items — dry-scrambled…

• Serves 4 · ¥12,000

• Cook time 1 hr

December sashimi selection: tiger fugu, bluefin tuna, blackthroat seaperch, truffle, finger lime, nori tsukudani

I generously use luxury fresh fish whose umami increases in the cold of winter, plating it in a showy way — mindful of visual impact — without being…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,450

• Cook time 15 min

Softshell Turtle and Lotus Root Shinjo

The softshell turtle's simmering liquid is drawn out with sake and water for 30 minutes, skimming off the scum as it goes, then seasoning is added…

• Serves 20 · ¥6,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Winter cod deep-fried in fine rice-cracker crumbs, fan-shaped deep-fried milt

This is the deep-fried course. For the kandara mijinko-age, every January in the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture, the Kandara Festival is held…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Eel Hot Pot

Throughout the year, our restaurant serves a hot-pot-style dish within the tasting menu that focuses on seasonal ingredients. This time it's a hot…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Late-season pike conger and early matsutake teapot-steamed soup

A repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. Why it resonates: the pairing of two luxury ingredients, pike conger and matsutake…

• Serves 1 · ¥550

• Cook time 1 hr

Shark fin and fish-paste dumpling, rolled in yuba — crab-and-chrysanthemum thin kuzu sauce, saimaki prawn, carrot, ginkgo-leaf cut, wood ear mushroom

When boiling the chrysanthemum petals, we add a very small amount of vinegar to stop discoloration and keep the color vivid. We bring out the ginkgo…

Beef Tenderloin Stone-Grilled, Sea Urchin

This is a yakimono. Tenderloin Stone-Grilled is built on the concept of eating meat with in-season shiomizu uni, salt-water sea urchin, as the…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 3 min

Tiger pufferfish aspic

I devised this dish under the theme of "A Restaurant's Work, Ever-Changing." My restaurant, Wangu, will mark its 45th anniversary since founding in…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 1 hr

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

Pike Conger Chakin with Molokheiya Surinagashi

This is a soup course. I designed it with women in their fifties and sixties in mind, as a molokheiya surinagashi. Molokheiya is a vegetable rich in…

• ¥750

• Cook time 2 hr

Ayu Nibitashi Spring Roll

Gently simmering ingredients in a seasoned broth is a technique with a long history, and I think it makes a very delicious dish that many people…

• Serves 10 · ¥5,000

• Cook time 3 hr

Wagyu grilled with miso

From the summer course menu, this is the wagyu miso hot pot (gyū-nabe). We get many overseas guests at our restaurant, and sukiyaki is often…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,400

• Cook time 2 hr

Abalone Shabu-Shabu, 'Shuto Sauce,' 'Liver Soy Sauce'

By slicing the abalone extremely thin and preparing it shabu-shabu style, heat is added in a way that increases the original texture and umami…

Karasumi cured in shuto, new bamboo shoot with flowering sansho, and Ise lobster with sea cucumber roe

This is an appetizer meant to accompany sake. For the first dish, I serve something that conveys the season. Since guests are still drinking tea at…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,300

• Cook time 2 days

Joshu Black Wagyu Low-Temperature Roast Beef

This is a shiizakana, a hearty course. This dish is themed around Gunma Prefecture's Tomioka Silk Mill, famous for sericulture. By braiding Joshu…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,120

• Cook time 1 hr

Tea-fragrant grilled spiny lobster and abalone, miso-glazed baby eggplant

The grilled dish is 'Tea-Fragrant Grilled Spiny Lobster and Abalone.' I used Darjeeling, known for its pale orange color and fruity aroma…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,800

• Cook time 1 hr

Abalone shinjo

This is the simmered soup bowl course. The dried sea cucumber ovary isn’t fully dried — it’s more of a half-dried, still somewhat raw state. At the…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr