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King crab and lotus root manju, chrysanthemum-cut daikon in sake-lees pickle, millet wheat gluten Dutch-style simmered, bamboo-leaf-cut kabocha

This time, on 'simmered dishes,' I learned from technical director Saito (Nihon Ryōri Kinari). This time I take up 'renkon manju.'

Warabi Mochi

Warabi mochi is a standard item at our restaurant. We knead it up using unrefined brown sugar, which has solid depth but a clean sweetness, and…

Gyokuro Soup, White-Simmered Mountain Yam

I devised a dish that is unusual yet distinctive enough to make people want to try it, combining a serving style well received as a hot-weather soup…

• Serves 1 · ¥320

• Cook time 50 min

Swordfish baked with rice-bran koji

Since Japanese seasonings like soy sauce and miso are built on koji, I wondered if I could make something using koji. I use a rice-bran pickling bed…

• Serves 2 · ¥456

• Cook time 15 min

Chilled Golden-Wave Soup; Crystal Ise Lobster

One egg to two go of stock is too soft; just under two go works better, served warm or chilled. For crystal Ise lobster, we pick apart the meat, bind…

Fava bean pureed soup, fat greenling, steamed sea urchin, new-season water shield, cherry tomato, yuzu

Fava beans are also called satsuki-mame, or "May beans," an ingredient at its best around May. This time I used them for their fresh green color, but…

White Miso Broth, Softshell Turtle Wrapped in Mochi

This is a soup course. This is a technique that Chef Yamamoto, whom I trained under, often used: he would steam cut rice cakes in happō dashi until…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 2 hr

Seared-skin fugu, sudachi, milt sauce

Fugu has more umami and flavor the more you chew it, so at our restaurant we grill it over charcoal with the skin left on. Grilling firms up the…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 40 min

Buckwheat dumpling with shark fin in thick sauce

I created this dish to satisfy both heart and stomach, combining soba-gaki achieving a crispy-outside, fluffy-inside texture with a luxurious thick…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 40 min

Tilefish, kombu-cured, with Yamato-style fresh nori terrine, kombu-cured white melon, flower-cut cucumber, needle-cut myoga, and kombu-vinegar sauce

This time, on 'vinegared dishes,' I learned from chef Nakamura (Ryōtei Chiyoda). This time I take up 'kombu-jime.'

Green Tea-Style Soup

For the Green Tea-Style Soup, we used Chiran tea from Kagoshima in place of a clear soup. The garnish is dried chicken tenderloin and knotted kombu…

• ¥16

• Cook time 10 min

Tazuru Farm Shōgoin Turnip

For the Tazuru Farm Shōgoin turnip, I peel it with a thicker cut and simmer it down slowly with no seasoning added at all, drawing out the gentle…

• Serves 1 · ¥250

• Cook time 1 hr

Smoked fugu milt sushi

Mixed with the sushi rice in equal proportion, so it takes on the aroma of the shirako.

Softshell turtle egg tofu (Japanese Cuisine and Yakuzen)

This is an application of yakuzen within Japanese cuisine. This is a steamed dish. The Softshell Turtle Egg Tofu is a steamed dish meant to support…

• Serves 1 · ¥370

• Cook time 1 hr

Fugu, Individual Hot Pot Style

The deliciousness of in-season fugu, with its plump, springy texture, is harmonized with and heightened by a rich stock taken from fugu bones. It's…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,200

• Cook time 1 hr

Kombu soup bowl, made with salted kombu

From the theme of traditional heritage cuisine, this is a kombu soup bowl. It is a simple dish in which a delicious clear-soup stock is poured over…

• Serves 1 · ¥120

• Cook time 20 min

Ezo Abalone Risotto

After cleaning the Ezo abalone, we steam it in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes to extract its stock, and cook the rice in that abalone stock…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Steamed Cod Rice, Cold-Smoked Cod, Cod Cracker

This is a way of making use of the winter ingredient cod. The appetizer is designed to feel like a single course in itself. As a proposal for using…

• Serves 1 · ¥650

• Cook time 1 hr

Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke

This is a rice-course dish developed using jasmine tea. (Jasmine tea, 30g: 350 yen.) For Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke, I used heshiko, mackerel cured…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 30 min

One-Bite Black Truffle Soba

A new possibility for soba. Truffle, soba, bonito, soy sauce — all these aromas mutually enhance each other.

Tomato and Onion Droplet

I devised this as the zatsuke (the first dish served at the start of a banquet) within a summer set menu. This is a chilled soup course. For the…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 2 hr

Whole Simmered Round Eggplant

From "Early-Autumn Eggplant Dishes, a Variety," this is a simmered dish. Whole Simmered Round Eggplant is a dish in which the round eggplant is…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Monkfish hot pot

Monkfish hot pot is usually made with bonito or kombu dashi, but this time I roast the monkfish bones and simmer them in a pressure cooker to draw…

• Serves 1 · ¥850

• Cook time 50 min

Grilled Char with Shincha, Shirobai Liver Grill, and Okaki-Crumb Deep-Fried River Shrimp

This is a proposal for using char across its first-of-season, peak-season, and end-of-season stages. This time it is a dish that makes use of char in…

• Serves 1 · ¥790

• Cook time 1 hr