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Red Soup, and More
The "Red Soup" for the soup course serves as a substitute for the clear soup. We actually serve it at the restaurant, and it's quite popular — it…
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Ginza Hikari
The "Red Soup" for the soup course serves as a substitute for the clear soup. We actually serve it at the restaurant, and it's quite popular — it…

Ginza Hikari
This is the appetizer course. For the grilled sea cucumber dressed with its own innards, we slit open the sea cucumber's belly, clean it, skewer it…

Ginza Hikari
First, the appetizer course. For the snow crab momiji-ae, snow crab and vegetables would normally be dressed together in a fragrant…

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As an appetizer, the clam and hoshiko layers might be a bit extravagant, but it's a delicious dish. For the king crab, aromatic-grilled with egg-yolk…

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For the simmered course, we assembled the standard New Year's dishes. For the Ise lobster gusoku-ni, we split the Ise lobster lengthwise like a pear…

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This is the grilled course. The tilefish tsuke-yaki is tilefish that has been salted and lightly air-dried, then finished by basting and grilling it…

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For the ebi-imo (shrimp-shaped taro) and foie gras yaki in the grilled tray course, I considered simply placing foie gras on top of the ebi-imo, but…

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For the grilled course, the roast duck (aigamo) chive roll: clean the duck, score the fat, sear it once in a frying pan, sandwich it with vegetable…

Ginza Hikari
For the ebi-imo (shrimp-shaped taro) and foie gras yaki in the grilled tray course, I considered simply placing foie gras on top of the ebi-imo, but…

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The soup course is tilefish shiba-mushi. With the image of a pile of gathered dry branches and twigs, five to six servings' worth of tilefish are…

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The clear-soup course is quail shinjo in habutae style, with iwatake (rock tripe, a rare mountain lichen) added, finished in a white miso base. We…

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This is the vinegared dish. The salted whale skin is slowly reconstituted over four to five hours in rice-bran water that is changed three to four…

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For the deep-fried course, choose large icefish (shirauo), stretch the raw flesh thin, coat it with cherry blossoms, and deep-fry.

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For the simmered course, the beef kaburi (cheek cut) rolled with spring daikon: sear the beef kaburi in a frying pan, then cook it in a pressure…

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This is the vinegared dish. For the icefish, we line them up one by one on a bamboo sushi mat and blanch them in sugar water. I was taught long ago…