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'Whale' — whale throat cartilage (Onagawa's traditional food culture: 'Whale')

This is the appetizer course. Taking as its theme the 'whale culture' rooted in Onagawa, a town on the eastern side of Miyagi Prefecture, I hoped…

• Serves 1 · ¥398

• Cook time 2 days

New Onion with Parmigiano

As June approaches, the sharp morning and evening chill settles down, comfortable days increase day by day, and there are even days when the heat of…

Chilled Kamo eggplant, Saikyo-miso-simmered

A confident signature dish that has been on the menu since the restaurant first opened.

Sweet shrimp and scallop with egg-yolk vinegar sauce

The cashew nuts are deep-fried in cold oil in a pan for about 25 minutes. This significantly increa…

Smoked Scallop, Autumn Cloud

These days we welcome a wide variety of guests, foreign guests included. I have been working on how a dish is staged and served, and I would like to…

• Serves 1 · ¥447

• Cook time 1 hr

Shijimi Clam Soup

Under the theme 'counter work that creates repeat guests,' I introduce simple dishes with a playful touch that please guests already well accustomed…

• Serves 1 · ¥80

• Cook time 1 min

Eggplant, deep-fried and marinated in dashi

This is eggplant agebitashi. I use Kumamoto's 'aka-nasu' (a red-skinned Kumamoto eggplant variety) because it's easy to work with. I peel the skin…

• Serves 4 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Spring Three-Kind Assortment — Spring Vegetable Ohitashi, Kinome Miso, Hassaku and Snow Pea Shira-ae

This is a three-item assortment using wild mountain vegetables, vegetables, and fruit that grow more delicious in spring. With the freshness of the…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 1 hr

Buen-gatsuo Tartare

This is a tartare made with Kagoshima 'buen-gatsuo' (bonito that is caught, flash-frozen, and shipped unsalted — 'buen' is local dialect for…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 30 min

Lotus Root Manju

This is a dish making use of autumn ingredients. Sanko-yasoku refers to delicious foods gathered from mountains and open fields, a phrase meaning the…

• Serves 1 · ¥105

• Cook time 30 min

Spring greens and firefly squid

We value the green fragrance and refreshing texture of the wild mountain vegetables.

Wagyu Lean-Meat Namerō

This is a dish perfect alongside a drink, its summery, colorful use of a Japanese-style salsa sauce stirring the appetite. So guests can tell what's…

Keiju egg mousse, sea urchin, shrimp with savory dashi sauce and wasabi

This is a signature dish of sorts at our restaurant, served year-round and well received by guests. The eggs we use are called Keiju-tamago, produced…

• Serves 20 · ¥580

• Cook time 30 min

Butter tea tofu — ice-cellar style

This is an appetizer course from a set of Japanese dishes built around black tea. (Black tea, 50 g: ¥1,200.) I made 'butter tea,' as drunk in Tibet…

• Serves 9 · ¥40

• Cook time 40 min

Fish somen made with all-purpose surimi powder

This time, I thought about how Suzuhiro Kamaboko Co., Ltd.'s "All-Purpose Surimi Powder" — I'll call it "surimi powder" from here on — could be put…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 15 min

Pan-seared kneaded buckwheat dumpling

This is Pan-Seared Soba-gaki. 'Soba-gaki' usually means a warm dish eaten with buckwheat dough ladled over it, but here I sautéed it to make…

• Serves 1 · ¥319

• Cook time 15 min

Grated Daikon Pickle

Let me introduce some of the everyday vegetable work we do at 'Yonemura.' For the grated daikon pickle, we grate the daikon along with its juice, add…

• Serves 4 · ¥200

• Cook time 1 days

Shijimi Clam Chawanmushi, Cauliflower Surinagashi

This appetizer is a dish we also served during our pre-opening. The image is of something like a 'Japanese-style clam chowder.' The potato added to…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 1 hr

Clam and bamboo shoot grilled with sansho-leaf miso, fava bean, Kyoto carrot, and mountain udo

At our restaurant we normally serve three appetizer courses, but through March and April it still gets cold at night, so we serve something warm as…

Sakura shrimp and Malabar spinach ohitashi

This is a dish where the savory aroma of fried sakura shrimp and the crisp crunch of the vegetables combine exquisitely. The tsurumurasaki is boiled…

• Serves 7 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Chilled Corn Chawanmushi

For the season when the heat increases, I devised a dish that lets you savor, with a smooth, pleasant swallow, the aroma and gentle sweetness of…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 1 hr

Soy milk yuba tofu with tortoiseshell glaze, wasabi

Tags & categories related to this post : December, January, February, elegant, creamy, simple, comforting, kaiseki cuisine, traditional, sakizuke —…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 10 min

White asparagus mold — clam clear-broth sauce, spicy-simmered wasabi flower, soy-marinated salmon roe, shiso flower spike

Once the clams have opened, add kudzu and chill the pot, but be careful not to let the flesh get to…

Akagai and Urui with Tosa-Vinegar Jelly

This dish allows you to fully enjoy the unique soft and crunchy texture of ark shell and the crispn…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 12 hr