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Persimmon with tofu-vinegar dressing

This is an additional hearty course. The persimmon with shiro-zu dressing is made using two kinds of tofu: silken and cotton.

• ¥320

• Cook time 30 min

Clear-stream cold wheat noodles

The hasami (literally 'in-between') is a word I coined myself; it carries a meaning similar to a palate-cleansing bite or a between-course rest for…

Tender-simmered octopus, deep-fried octopus, grilled octopus (the tale of the octopus)

This is the Tale of the Octopus course. Tender-simmered octopus is not very tasty if made too tender, so it is finished with a bit of bite still…

• ¥1,750

• Cook time 3 hr

Swimming crab, layered terrine

This is the vinegared dish course. The myoga (Japanese ginger) is vinegar-pickled. At my restaurant, we parboil myoga in vinegar and pickle it in…

• ¥396

• Cook time 50 min

Tender-simmered beef tendon, Japanese-style demi-glace

This is a supplementary course. For the tender-simmered beef tendon with Japanese-style demi-glace sauce, we take the tendon from the beef fillet we…

Beltfish with fragrant vinegar, orange-flavored sweetfish nanban-zuke

This is the vinegared dish course. For the beltfish with fragrant vinegar, a white balsamic vinegar jelly serves as the fragrant vinegar. A…

Eel and Vegetables in Vinegar Marinade

The vinegared dish is eel and vegetables in vinegar marinade. I hear eel shops were swamped this past summer, but in washoku, eel's true season is…

Monkfish liver, flame-seared scallop with egg-yolk okara dressing, salmon roe marinated in soy sauce

This is the vinegared course. The monkfish liver is wrapped in spinach. It is thoroughly rinsed to remove the blood, salted, and steamed; the spinach…

Kinki rockfish grilled in sweet white miso, plum-flavored rolled egg, plum-blossom-cut carrot vinegar pickle, wild mountain berries in plum wine, pine-needle-cut celtuce mustard pickle, layered kombu cured in sweet white miso, chickpeas in sweet syrup

This is the savory platter course. The plum-flavored rolled egg is made by mixing plum flesh into the egg-roll batter and rolling it up. The…

Arare tofu, hakata-fried tofu, avocado shira-ae

The story of tofu. I recently visited a tofu village in Shanghai, China, and tracing the story of tofu back far enough, it leads to China. For the…

Noppe, Reimagined

A reconstruction of noppe, a Niigata local dish, from "Rethinking the Cuisine Favored in Tokyo and Niigata Cuisine." It is finished as a deep, rich…

• Serves 1 · ¥326

• Cook time 40 min

Corn tofu, fruit tomato stuffed with prosciutto mousse, salt-fermented pike conger roe

What is served in the glass vessel is a small palate-opening course. What is in the hollowed-out kabosu shell is hamo roe shiokara. The swim bladder…

Herring Steamed with Sake

This is the vinegared course. The vessel is a Shonzui-ware square bowl, a piece by Yaguchi Eiju. For the herring steamed with sake, the herring is…

• ¥300

• Cook time 45 min

Grilled Autumn Sweetfish, Marinated in Vinegar

This is the su-zakana (vinegared course). For the grilled ochiayu marinated in vinegar, I plain-grill the ayu, remove the dorsal fin, pectoral fins…

• ¥400

• Cook time 15 min

Smoked Bonito, Seared Live Conger Eel

This is a vinegared course. For the smoked bonito, we smoke the silver skin of bonito that has been briefly blanched in hot water. Line a frying pan…

Akebono Pinecone-Scored Squid Stuffed with Minced Tuna

This is the festive appetizer. For the Akebono Pinecone-Scored Squid Stuffed with Minced Tuna, since it is "akebono" (dawn), the red part — the…

Sailfin sandfish, kombu-cured

This is a palate-settling course themed around Akita Prefecture's local cuisine. For the Sailfin Sandfish Kombu-Cured, I wanted people to enjoy every…

• Serves 1 · ¥520

• Cook time 12 hr

Hadano Mandarin Orange Kuzu-yu

I created this dish under the theme "Ryokan Cuisine Today." This is an in-between accompanying dish. After the grilled, marinated kue, I wanted to…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Squid grilled with sea urchin, rock tripe dressed with sea urchin, kuruma prawns with sea urchin (the way of sea urchin)

This is the Way of Uni course. For squid grilled with sea urchin, a slice of squid is scored with a knife, seared with a torch, and rolled up. Sea…

• ¥3,050

• Cook time 50 min

Ichibo Beef Wrapped in Pastry

This is the accompanying dish (aizakana), the course served between the grilled and simmered dishes. For the ichibo beef wrapped in pastry, rather…

Steamed abalone, pine-needle-skewered ginkgo nut, yam bulbil, Japanese walnut, maple-leaf wheat gluten, arrowhead bulb, ginkgo-leaf-shaped sweet potato, matsutake, soft-boiled egg, sea urchin and liver sauce

Valuing the color of the dish — a key point of Japanese cuisine.

Wagyu Beef Thigh Simmered in Black Vinegar

For the wagyu beef thigh simmered in black vinegar, the meat is soaked for three to four hours, taking time to draw out the fat. It is then simmered…

Thin-Sliced Turnip with Sesame Vinegar Dressing

This time it's a vinegared dish, but at our restaurant we don't force one into every menu — we serve it within the appetizer, or bring it out for…

Abalone and La France Pear

For the final savory course, Nagano Prefecture, along with Yamagata, is a major producer of La France pears. Highland-grown tricolor bell peppers are…