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Chirimen-style pike conger with seared tofu, kosode-cut winter melon, hama-bofu, and ume-kosen

The hamo clear-soup course is one standard piece of work always served once early summer arrives. Most people probably pair hamo with plum, but I…

Sea Cucumber with Soy pulp, Abalone Liver with Butter, Black Sesame Egg with a Touch of Rin Glaze, Arihei-Style Squid, Yellowtail and Bettarazuke Hakata-Style, Plum Monaka, Matcha Kinton with Budou-mame, Herring Roe Namasu

This is the course preceding the hassun course. For the sea cucumber with soy pulp, I put the sea cucumber in a bamboo colander together with round…

• Serves 1 · ¥830

• Cook time 1 hr

Sashimi: Daikon Wrap

This is the sashimi course. I added a twist to the presentation, bringing some fun to an otherwise ordinary sashimi course. Which fish is inside is a…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 15 min

Tilefish Grilled with Shuto-Koji, New Bamboo Shoot Grilled with Sake and Salt

For the tilefish grilled with shuto-koji, I use amazake (fermented sweet rice drink). To make the amazake, I cook rice porridge at a ratio of three…

• Serves 1 · ¥650

• Cook time 1 hr

A Soup Course Styled After Hanabira-Mochi, with Butterbur Sprout Tofu

This is a soup course styled after hanabira-mochi, the petal-shaped mochi confection eaten in January. I slice turnip somewhat thickly and let it…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Corn pureed soup, grilled mochi, quail anpei, thinned mustard

This time, on the 'soup-bowl course,' I learned from technical director Katō (Meguro Gajoen). This time I take up 'surinagashi.'

Winter Peony

This is a fried dish. For the winter peony, we use the lily bulb scales just outside the center, beveling the edge of each one individually. The…

• Serves 1 · ¥550

• Cook time 20 min

Tenjin hot pot

This is a hot pot dish. This time we were given the theme of 'rethinking hot pot,' so we wanted to show a different way of presenting the work we…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,600

• Cook time 1 hr

Spiny lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, deep-fried tofu simmered in soup

For the Ise lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, we coat the lobster meat firmly with potato starch. Coating it too many times deadens the lobster's flavor…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,100

• Cook time 30 min

Smoked duck; black sesame tofu kintsuba; autumn mackerel okara-zushi; turnip surinagashi; persimmon-shaped baby taro; chamame beans simmered tosa-style; ginkgo-leaf chicken liver kan

This is the hassun course served at the start of the meal, arranged on a tray and served as an appetizer. For the smoked duck, the duck is frozen…

Autumn grasses presentation

This is the clear-soup course. Kombu is steeped in water at around 68°C for about thirty minutes to make kombu-infused water. The pike conger is…

Pike conger coated in kuzu starch, reconstituted pickled plum, small melon, Bubu-arare

This time, on the 'soup-bowl course,' I learned from chef Katō (Meguro Gajoen). This time I take up the 'hamo soup bowl.'

Hydrangea-style: corn and foie gras pureed soup, tapioca, quail anpei, ume paste

I used tapioca in place of mochi. It has a translucent look and a cooling feel, so I think it works well in a surinagashi served during the hot…

Millet manju

This is the warm course, millet manju. Normally it is rehydrated with water until it becomes mochi-like, but this time it is deliberately steamed for…

Kabosu vessel; soft-shell shrimp grilled with shuto; tilefish with mushroom mountain

For the kabosu kama, wrapping it in aluminum foil before baking in the oven keeps the color from fading. A torch is used to lightly mark the surface…

White-fan shark fin

This is an additional course. The shark fin is a signature piece built on Chinese technique. To soften it to the utmost, it is sealed for twenty-four…

Beach conger ochazuke

This is the rice course. For the conger eel in the blackened conger eel ochazuke, it is steeped in the base for ten minutes, steamed for twenty…