SEARCH

Eel steamed with lotus root, wood ear mushroom, trefoil, wasabi

This time, for the steamed course, I learned from Chef Miyabe of Nihon Ryōri Wadakura at the Palace Hotel Tokyo. I feature an eel and lotus root…

Light kuzu-thickened broth with tilefish and lotus-root mochi, bracken fern, carrot, and fava bean

This time, on the 'clear-soup course,' I learned from chef Igawa (Nihonbashi's 'Nihon Ryōri Kafū'). This time I take up 'usu-kuzu-jitate.'

Winter Melon Simmered to Absorb the Broth

I developed this dish using in-season autumn ingredients, aiming to reduce the number of steps while still giving guests an impression through aroma…

• Serves 3 · ¥50

• Cook time 1 hr

Kochi Tebako Pheasant 'Zōni'

This is the simmered dish from Kochi's New Year and regional home-style cuisine. Tebako Pheasant Zōni uses 'Tebako pheasant,' raised on Mt. Tebako at…

• Serves 1 · ¥555

• Cook time 40 min

Abalone tempura, Inaniwa udon, grated daikon, aromatics

This time, the basic rice course is 'Inaniwa udon.' We have guests eat it simply, with grated daikon and aromatics, but the temperature and time used…

• Serves 4 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Bamboo Shoot Manju

This is a dish where you can fully enjoy the aroma and deliciousness of bamboo shoot, a representative ingredient of spring. So that you can fully…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 20 min

Shijimi Clam Soup

Under the theme 'counter work that creates repeat guests,' I introduce simple dishes with a playful touch that please guests already well accustomed…

• Serves 1 · ¥80

• Cook time 1 min

Kawamata shamo chicken nanban with perilla-seed sauce, warm udon

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dishes: jūnen cold-sauce udon and egoma (perilla seed) dishes Fukushima Prefecture covers a large…

• Serves 2 · ¥450

• Cook time 50 min

Lily Bulb Manjū with Suppon Poured In, Chrysanthemum-Style, Plum Flesh

For the simmered-soup course, the softshell turtle lily bulb manjū gets a chewy texture and more substance by adding a little mochi flour to the lily…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 10 min

Soba shinjo, quail dumplings, late-season matsutake

This is the soup course. The soba shinjo uses soba, mochi flour, and Japanese mountain yam, so it uses every part that makes up the character for…

• Serves 4 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Pan-seared kneaded buckwheat dumpling

This is Pan-Seared Soba-gaki. 'Soba-gaki' usually means a warm dish eaten with buckwheat dough ladled over it, but here I sautéed it to make…

• Serves 1 · ¥319

• Cook time 15 min

Shijimi Clam Chawanmushi, Cauliflower Surinagashi

This appetizer is a dish we also served during our pre-opening. The image is of something like a 'Japanese-style clam chowder.' The potato added to…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 1 hr

Soy milk yuba tofu with tortoiseshell glaze, wasabi

Tags & categories related to this post : December, January, February, elegant, creamy, simple, comforting, kaiseki cuisine, traditional, sakizuke —…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 10 min

Steamed and simmered shark fin (Kesennuma's traditional food culture: 'Shark')

This is the simmered dish. Taking as its theme 'shark,' the food culture of Kesennuma City — Japan's top producer of shark fin — I've proposed this…

• Serves 1 · ¥987

• Cook time 2 days

Corn Mineoka Tofu with Charcoal-Scented Sauce

Wrap the corn in plastic wrap while still in the husk, steam it for about 20 minutes, and once it's cooled enough to handle, clean it and separate…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 40 min

Walnut tofu, chewable dashi jelly

For the appetizer that marks the start of the meal, I always think about wanting to serve something with impact that leaves an impression and lifts…

Teapot-steamed soup of peak season and first harvest, kuzu-dusted Ise lobster, abalone, matsutake, spinach, julienned yuzu

This is a dish where you can enjoy together the deliciousness of Ise ebi lobster and abalone, whose umami increases as the cold season approaches…

• Serves 1 · ¥8,000

• Cook time 30 min

Black-Roasted Brown Rice Coffee and Tea Snack

Black-roasting is a technique that has existed in Japan since ancient times; I first learned of it while studying macrobiotics. Carbonizing…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 5 min

Dōman-Gani, Taro Manjū

So that the flavor of Dōman crab -- said to be a phantom crab -- comes through firmly, I wrap the crab meat in taro that's been pressed through a…

Steamed Abalone, Lotus Root Mochi, Baby Mustard Greens

By steaming the abalone with absolutely no seasoning at all, I concentrate the umami the ingredient naturally has. I shave katsuobushi right in front…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 10 min

Oil-cured Pacific saury, duck cutlet sandwich, monkfish liver in a hollowed yuzu shell, and saikyo-miso-cured monkfish

This is the winter course. The Oil-Cured Pacific Saury is made the way oil-sardines are made, but using saury instead of sardine. Soaking it once in…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 1 hr

Steamed Turnip, Dried Shrimp Soup

For the steamed turnip, we normally combine grated turnip with egg white, but since our restaurant serves a large number of guests and needs a…

• Serves 1 · ¥475

• Cook time 12 min

White sesame mizu-yokan (fig purée, strained red bean paste, kuzu-starch noodles, toasted sesame)

This confectionery technique is one I learned from Mr. Oguma, who has looked after me since I was young. It was a mizu-yokan (a chilled, lightly set…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 1 hr

Freshly Made Sesame Tofu, Sea Urchin, Kombu-Water Jelly Broth

We insist on sesame that's 'freshly toasted, freshly pressed' and tofu that's 'freshly kneaded': we knead it fresh every day, one hour before…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr