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'Whale' — whale throat cartilage (Onagawa's traditional food culture: 'Whale')

This is the appetizer course. Taking as its theme the 'whale culture' rooted in Onagawa, a town on the eastern side of Miyagi Prefecture, I hoped…

• Serves 1 · ¥398

• Cook time 2 days

New Onion with Parmigiano

As June approaches, the sharp morning and evening chill settles down, comfortable days increase day by day, and there are even days when the heat of…

Chilled Kamo eggplant, Saikyo-miso-simmered

A confident signature dish that has been on the menu since the restaurant first opened.

Yellowtail and turnip simmer with snow crab, shiitake, turnip, millet gluten, ginkgo nut, Kujo scallion, and yuzu

This cooking method makes the most of the seafood's flavor. All of the broth is transferred to the …

Juvenile Ayu and Summer Vegetables, Vinegar-Simmered

A device using rice vinegar so that guests will want to drink even the broth.

Kisarazu — Japanese-Style Noodles from the Banzu Tidal Flat

The hotel I work for is in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, and since many guests come from outside the prefecture, I wanted to use appealing local Chiba…

• Serves 1 · ¥730

• Cook time 50 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

Fish Sōmen

From the collection of dishes for beating the summer heat, this is the o-shinogi, a small filling course served partway through the meal. Fish sōmen…

• Serves 4 · ¥0

• Cook time 1 hr

Eggplant, deep-fried and marinated in dashi

This is eggplant agebitashi. I use Kumamoto's 'aka-nasu' (a red-skinned Kumamoto eggplant variety) because it's easy to work with. I peel the skin…

• Serves 4 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Spring greens and firefly squid

We value the green fragrance and refreshing texture of the wild mountain vegetables.

Wagyu Lean-Meat Namerō

This is a dish perfect alongside a drink, its summery, colorful use of a Japanese-style salsa sauce stirring the appetite. So guests can tell what's…

Gozen Soba, Cold Pasta Style

This time I'll introduce a dish made with buckwheat flour: Gozen Soba, Cold Pasta Style. Gozen soba, a refined, fine-milled soba, won't hold together…

• Serves 1 · ¥565

• Cook time 10 min

Shirokane Pork and Apple, Steamed

Wanting to use a seasonal fruit, I experimented and came up with the idea of pairing pork's umami with apple, to see whether I could create a new…

• Serves 1 · ¥330

• Cook time 30 min

Small Eggplant Jelly

We slowly steep the grilled eggplant in a broth with a touch of consommé added, until it becomes soft and infused with flavor.

Fish somen made with all-purpose surimi powder

This time, I thought about how Suzuhiro Kamaboko Co., Ltd.'s "All-Purpose Surimi Powder" — I'll call it "surimi powder" from here on — could be put…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 15 min

Butter tea tofu — ice-cellar style

This is an appetizer course from a set of Japanese dishes built around black tea. (Black tea, 50 g: ¥1,200.) I made 'butter tea,' as drunk in Tibet…

• Serves 9 · ¥40

• Cook time 40 min

Yamayuri pork harami, fruit-miso grilled

We add blueberries and white peaches to the miso base to give the pork a refreshing sweetness witho…

• ¥650

• Cook time 3 days

Crimson-Fuji Inaniwa udon, cloud-white abalone, tempura bits, aromatics

So that it's clear the tanuki — the shape-shifting trickster of folklore — has transformed itself into Crimson Fuji, I scattered tenkasu, the fried…

• Serves 4 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Charcoal-Grilled Wagyu with Summer Vegetable Japanese-Style Salsa

This is a dish with a magnificent array of vitamin-bright colors woven together by summer vegetables, piled on top of well-grilled wagyu. You can…

Sakura shrimp and Malabar spinach ohitashi

This is a dish where the savory aroma of fried sakura shrimp and the crisp crunch of the vegetables combine exquisitely. The tsurumurasaki is boiled…

• Serves 7 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Olive beef rib, loin shabu-shabu in a bowl, water shield, jute mallow, jade eggplant, julienned ginger

"Olive Beef," a premium Kagawa Prefecture Kuroge Wagyu, has a rich body while still tasting refreshingly clean. This is a dish for savoring that beef…

• Serves 1 · ¥280

• Cook time 40 min

Cold-smoked first-catch bonito

For the vinegared course, I designed it with women in their forties in mind, around the concept of “an unfamiliar pairing.” In all my cooking…

• ¥290

• Cook time 1 min

Tilefish fried in its own scales, grilled eggplant, mogusa ginger, fried fresh yuba, shiso flower spike, thickened seasoned dashi sauce

This time, within Japanese cuisine, a proposal from head chef Honda (Ginza U Noki) on the basic dishes of fried food. In cooking, scales are, in…

• Serves 1 · ¥750

• Cook time 30 min

Kuroge wagyu beef tenderloin with apple egg-yolk vinegar, sake-simmered abalone, and Malabar spinach yuba roll

For the Kuroge Wagyu beef tenderloin with apple egg-yolk vinegar, meat is rarely used in a vinegared dish, so I thought I would take this opportunity…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 40 min