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King Crab and Spring Cabbage, Hakata-Style Press

This is a specialty small-plate course. For the king crab and spring cabbage hakata-style press, since there was plenty of body meat from the king…

Uzumi-Style Pufferfish Tofu

For this dish: uzumi-dofu is a regional dish from Kyoto in which freshly cooked rice is placed over tofu and a white-miso-based dashi is poured over…

• ¥1,100

• Cook time 40 min

Cherry-Blossom Daikon Plate, Kombu-Cured Rapeseed Blossoms

The sashimi course is horsehair crab garnished with kombu-cured rapeseed blossoms, crisp udo, and the like. If the ice-water rinse is done too long…

Tender bamboo-shoot sheath with external crab roe, crab shell with wasabi flower, dakimi wrapped in butter mochi

This is an appetizer course. For the white asparagus with uchiko (internal crab roe) topping — the salted uchiko is made by rinsing the uchiko in…

Quail Tofu

For the quail tofu, I combine ground quail meat with twice-ground chicken cartilage, form it into a ball, and wrap it in tofu, the cartilage is added…

• ¥850

• Cook time 50 min

Crab Tofu with Dried Sea Cucumber Roe Garnish

For the crab tofu with bachiko garnish, the idea behind it is a deep-fried tofu fritter. A plain crab tofu fritter wouldn't be very interesting on…

• ¥1,250

• Cook time 40 min

Puréed crab soup

The soup course is crab pureed soup. Raw crab is passed through a fine sieve, ground in a mortar, thinned with dashi, then heated slowly without…

Crab apron with young hosta shoots and crab-tomalley sauce

This is a crab-tomalley dish. The 'apron' refers to the loincloth-shaped flap (fundoshi) on the underside of the crab. With a live crab, the meat…

Red-and-White Tofu

For the genpei tofu, I make tofu rolled and set into a bundle shape using mock tofu enriched with egg, and finish it as a grilled dish. The idea…

• ¥750

• Cook time 1 hr

King crab with young bamboo shoots, new potatoes simmered to soak up flavor, butterbur simmered green

This is a simmered dish. For the king crab with young bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots are simmered so that they soak up the flavor of the king crab.

Horsehair Crab Pressed Sushi Wrapped in Cherry Leaf

This is a small palate-refresher course, horsehair crab pressed sushi wrapped in cherry leaf. The body meat of the horsehair crab used in the sashimi…