
Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
Yurikamome, sukiyaki-style stew
This is a novelty hot pot. Since I'm fond of the yurikamome, a black-headed gull, I've re-read the character suki — normally written with the…
Shinji Kajiwara

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
This is a novelty hot pot. Since I'm fond of the yurikamome, a black-headed gull, I've re-read the character suki — normally written with the…

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
The simmered dish is Ise spiny lobster, Rikyu-style simmered (rikyu-ni, a classic preparation named for the tea master Sen no Rikyu). I lightly grill…

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
For the seared flathead cured with kombu and consomme jelly glaze: I filleted the flathead into three pieces as usual, removed the skin, and cured it…

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
I hollow out a fruit tomato and grill it, and inside I put a summer vegetable stew made from the hollowed-out tomato flesh, seasonal asparagus…

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
For the conger eel with ginger foam jelly, the conger eel is cooked the same way as nitsuanago, the soy-simmered conger eel used for sushi. Take…
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