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Grilled fat greenling with sansho leaf, summer vegetable stew

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…

Horikawa Gobo Wrapped in Brown-Rice Mochi, Isobe-yaki

Shokuyo cuisine — called macrobiotic in the West — doesn't mean giving up fish and meat; it means eating in balance. We also follow ichibutsu-zentai…

Grilled White Tilefish and Matsutake Roll, with Marinated Manganji Peppers

White tilefish (shiro-amadai) is wonderful for its rich fattiness and the clear, pale beauty of its scales when scored into a pinecone pattern, so…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,800

• Cook time 30 min

Heshiko-Style Grilled Eel, Nigari-Cured Overnight-Dried Eel, Sansho and Herb-Flavored Grilled Eel

These are three grilled dishes for "Shin Unagi-ryori" (new-style eel cuisine). Under the theme "Japan's Preserved Foods," I devised three grilled…

• Serves 1 · ¥5,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Hairy Crab and New Lotus Root, Molded and Oven-Baked (Funka Bay, Hokkaido)

From the proposal of dishes using the seafood that represents Hokkaido in early summer, this is the grilled course (yakizakana). For the hairy crab…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 30 min

Charcoal-Grilled Ayu with Aonori and Clam Porridge

The ayu is first filleted and de-boned, then its innards — soaked in sake and wind-dried — are carefully returned to the fish. It's a labor-intensive…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 20 min

Salt-Grilled Ayu (Mikadoya)

Salt-grilled ayu is the true essence of Mikadoya. The fish are kept in tanks for one to two days to fully purge any muddiness, and their size, shape…

• Serves 5 · ¥5,000

• Cook time 30 min

'Ancient-Style' Grilled Beef, Himuro Pork with Rock Salt, Ash-Dried Fish (The Handwork of Japanese Cuisine)

This time, from the handwork of Japanese cuisine, work centered on dried foods—meat dishes. For the beef, I use pieces aged with sand from a…

• Cook time 5 hr

Wagyu with Egg-Yolk Dressing, Soy Sauce Foam

This is a sauce chosen by color—an expression through color. For this grilled course, the key to making the yolk sauce is to simmer it directly…

• Serves 1 · ¥870

• Cook time 50 min

Roasted Kyoto Duck

This is a grilled course (yakimono) built around the theme "sauces chosen by color," or ways of expressing color. It's roasted Kyoto duck with cassis…

• Serves 2 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 30 min

Charcoal-Grilled Young Sweetfish

Under the theme "sauce," I also looked at some Western-style recipes for reference. I personally enjoy creative-style cooking too, so even though…

• Serves 2 · ¥800

• Cook time 30 min

Lattice-Grilled Tilefish

From the theme "sauces chosen by color," or ways of expressing color, this is the grilled course (yakizakana). For the lattice-grilled tilefish…

• Serves 1 · ¥950

• Cook time 45 min

Mallard Duck Loin with Fig

This is an arrangement using mallard duck for repeat customers. The duck used this time is again the Zao Shinzan Chikutansui duck from Zao, Yamagata…

• Serves 1 · ¥480

• Cook time 1 hr

Grilled Hachiku Bamboo Shoot and Mallard Duck Sandwich

This is an arrangement using mallard duck, for repeat customers. The grilled hachiku bamboo shoot and mallard duck sandwich is a preparation I hadn't…

• Serves 1 · ¥520

• Cook time 1 hr

Baked Local Hamaguri Clam with Ginjo White Sauce

This is a dish proposal for repeat customers. This time the ingredients chosen were bonito, clam, and mallard duck. This one is a dish using local…

• Serves 1 · ¥580

• Cook time 1 hr

Charcoal-Grilled and Fried Kosandake Bamboo, Five Sake-Lees Sauces Made with Tosazuru Sake Lees from Kochi Prefecture

A dish born from creative work with bamboo shoot. With the arrival of spring, ingredients across Shikoku come into season, enjoyed with cooking…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,050

• Cook time 1 hr

Gassan Bamboo Shoot Baked in a Salt Crust

A dish born from creative work with bamboo shoot. I developed it with the image of new shoots emerging and growing after the snow has melted. This is…

• Serves 1 · ¥950

• Cook time 2 hr