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Pufferfish milt, plum turnip, pufferfish deep-fried in rice cracker crumbs

Under 'counter work that creates repeat guests,' this time it's a steamed dish. We char-grill fugu shirako, set it on kombu, grate Shogoin turnip and…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 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

Crispy deep-fried tilefish with bottarga sauce

The small tilefish is deep-fried in high-temperature oil so that its scales stand up crisply, conveying a sense of crunchiness at a single glance…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 30 min

Kombu-Grilled Duck

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 2 hr

Shrimp, pumpkin, fu, and green beans in tofu dressing

This is about pumpkin (kabocha). Looking into the literature, there are fairly well-established temperatures and times at which pectin sets, and…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Wagyu rock-salt grill, wagyu vinegar pickle

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 · ¥1,500

Kabocha Squash with Sesame Dressing, Molded and Deep-Fried

This is a kabocha squash dish. Consulting the literature, the temperature and time at which pectin hardens and at which a vegetable breaks down are…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 5 min

Tender Duck Loin, Apple Sauce

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr

Duck tataki with sansho pepper

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 15 min

Kobako crab in a grated-yam fritter, baby sardine cracker with Parmigiano Reggiano, Shogoin daikon simmered and topped with miso, fresh wood-ear mushroom and paprika sautéed sweet-savory, smoked pond smelt tempura, dried persimmon butter, winter greens blanched and dressed, baked sweet potato and ginkgo, and yam bulbils and sea urchin, baked

We prepare nine dishes to accompany drinks, but serve three to five depending on the guest. We always have several kinds ready in advance. Since our…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 min

Octopus, Taro, Kabocha Squash, Green Beans, and Yuzu

This is a kabocha squash dish. Consulting the literature, the temperature and time at which pectin hardens and at which a vegetable breaks down are…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 1 hr

Duck Hot Pot

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 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 min

Flounder, Ark Shell Clam, and Tiger Prawn with Kombu Aroma

From 'counter work that creates repeat guests,' this is the fresh-fish course. One of the strengths of a counter is being able to serve sashimi cut…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 1 min

Pike conger karaage

This is the prep work for hamo. At my restaurant we process hamo by boiling it whole, so when I source hamo, I ask the supplier not to remove the…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 5 min

Pike conger simmered with egg yolk

This is the prep work for hamo. At my restaurant we process hamo by boiling it whole, so when I source hamo, I ask the supplier not to remove the…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 5 min

Pike conger peony

This is the prep work for hamo. At my restaurant we process hamo by boiling it whole, so when I source hamo, I ask the supplier not to remove the…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 40 min

Yuzu Cup, Snow Crab in Grated Daikon, Grilled and Marinated Kuruma Prawn, Oyster Grilled with Shichimi Pepper, Persimmon and Bottarga Mountain Yam Roll, Miso-Grilled Lily Bulb, Deep-Fried Chestnut

For the appetizer course's grilled and marinated kuruma prawn, the kuruma prawn is soaked in sake-salt water to bring out its aroma, then grilled and…

Oyster and Kombu Boat Grill

As the hearty course, this is oyster and kombu boat grill. We put sweet miso, oysters, scallion, and fresh wheat gluten onto a kombu boat and grill…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

Soft Sesame Tofu

My restaurant serves kaiseki cuisine, but our style has become more like counter-style fine dining -- sourcing good ingredients and cooking while…

Suppon-Broth Dashi-Rolled Omelet Age-Dashi, Soft-Shell Turtle Kakiage, Soft-Shell Turtle Croquette

Next is soft-shell turtle. For the whole dashi-rolled omelet age-dashi, we make a soft-shell turtle soup, crack in egg, add flaked soft-shell turtle…

Grilled pine mushroom and chicken tenderloin chrysanthemum salad

As for the grilled matsutake and chicken tenderloin dressed with chrysanthemum: when matsutake is served blanched and dashi-marinated, I always grill…

Persimmon with Yuzu Miso

Crystal sea urchin

This is summer. I think Kuze eggplant, one of Kyoto's heirloom vegetables, is the best suited to somen (thin wheat noodles) of any of them. It's cut…

Abalone, Kuruma Prawn

New spring onions are thinly sliced, dusted with kuzu starch, and boiled in water thinly thickened with kuzu. Since the stock carries a firm…