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Winter Melon Simmered to Absorb the Broth

I developed this dish using in-season autumn ingredients, aiming to reduce the number of steps while still giving guests an impression through aroma…

• Serves 3 · ¥50

• 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…

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…

Crab, Local Clam and Rapeseed Blossom Crystal Aspic

“Knorr® Chicken Consommé” makes generous use of extract from fresh, domestic mature hens (“rōkei”), together with chicken meat and chicken fat…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 3 min

Grilled Clam Jelly with Wild Mountain Vegetable Salad

For the grilled clam jelly with wild mountain vegetable salad, clams are usually made into a clear soup, where the broth carries a lot of nutrition…

• ¥520

• Cook time 30 min

Simmered and steeped — white asparagus, clam, wasabi flower, soy-marinated salmon roe, shiso flower spike

This time, we learned about "sakizuke" (the appetizer course) from Technical Director Yoshiaki Masumoto (Norinchukin Bank Meguro Branch Office). We…

Hamaguri Clam Fragrant Fry

The hamaguri clam fragrant fry is a dish you can recognize as hamaguri at a glance, but the moment your chopsticks pierce the panko-crusted lid, the…

• ¥559

• Cook time 1 hr

Clam in clear seafood broth

Guests enjoy the natural, deeply concentrated umami of Kashimanada clams, carefully drawn out through meticulous preparation, together with crisp…

• Serves 2 · ¥3,500

• Cook time 45 min

Snow crab cedar-plank bake, duck roast with black pepper, tilefish ponzu jelly, clam kuzu simmer, sake-simmered saimaki prawn, rolled plum sheet and sake lees, Hakata-style, sweet chestnut mash, apple and dried persimmon in tofu dressing

For the snow crab cedar-plank bake, I use snow crab at its best during the Minor Cold season, in early January, and steam-bake it on a cedar plank to…

• ¥900

• Cook time 30 min

Finely scored abalone, clam with mugwort kuzu noodles and raw sea urchin, beach silvertop, udo

I made mugwort-flavored kuzu strips. I thought about whether I could make something that even guests who visit several times a month wouldn't tire…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Hamaguri and Bamboo Shoot Takiawase

A stock taken from the hamaguri's fringe is combined with the soup used to simmer the bamboo shoot, and poured over at the finish. Hamaguri and…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 1 hr

A Soup Course Styled After Hanabira-Mochi, with Butterbur Sprout Tofu

This is a soup course styled after hanabira-mochi, the petal-shaped mochi confection eaten in January. I slice turnip somewhat thickly and let it…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Hoshiko fish-paste dumpling, kuzu-dusted clam, daikon

This is a unique winter soup dish that uses Hoshiko dried roe, a luxury delicacy, as the topping, a…

• ¥520

• Cook time 1 hr

Clam shinjo

I pictured the beautiful April season at the restaurant where I work in Chiba, with cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers in full bloom, and expressed…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr

Clam shinjo, turnip simmered with a hint of plum

With the presentation in mind, I set out to express both the gorgeous fragrance of cherry blossoms and vivid coloring. For the clear-soup course, I…

• Serves 1 · ¥280

• Cook time 40 min

Spring-mist clear soup, local clam poached in kuzu starch

The spring-mist clear soup is made with dashi taken from the local clams renowned in Kujukuri, combined at a ratio of 5 parts dashi to 1 egg.

• Serves 10 · ¥3,360

• Cook time 40 min

Peach-scented sweet fermented rice drink, clam grilled with potato, crab roll wrapped like ceremonial paper, diamond-shaped tricolor mochi, icefish five-color fritter, dried persimmon with cheese

The peach-scented amazake, inspired by the peach blossoms that bloom in March, we finished as a pale pink, alcohol-free drink with a smooth mouthfeel…

Grilled spring pancake, duck, cucumber, scallion, cherry leaf, clam simmered Arima-style, sansho peppercorns

If you overcook the clams they turn tough, so I think it's best to just barely warm them through in the marinade. I have the impression that Arima-ni…

Bamboo shoots simmered in clam brine, clam fried in egg-yolk batter, kuruma prawn Shiba-style simmered

As for the bamboo shoots simmered in clam brine, they are normally simmered with bonito dashi and wakame to make wakatake-ni (bamboo shoots and…

• ¥1,300

• Cook time 1 hr

Maki-grade kuruma prawn fried in a rein pattern, sea bream roe wrapped in coarse glutinous rice, fava bean sandwiched fritter, angelica-tree shoots dressed with tofu, and clam fried in egg-yolk batter

This is the appetizer course. For the shrimp tazuna-age, the shrimp is flattened, dusted with flour, and wrapped with three colors of thin noodles…

• ¥150

• Cook time 20 min

Clam shinjo

This is the clear-soup course. Stock from clams steamed with sake is combined with bonito dashi to make the soup base.

• ¥312

• Cook time 25 min

Ise Lobster and White Asparagus Hanami-Style Grill, Five-Ingredient Chicken Tsukune with Golden Cream, Kintoki Carrot Simmered with Fragrant Plum and Butterbur Miso, Spring Daikon Stuffed with Crab in a Three-Color Skewer Arrangement, Clam and Wild Rocambole Fragrant Grill

This is the grilled seasonal-assortment course, written in the menu with celebratory kanji. For the Ise lobster and white asparagus hanami-style…

• ¥640

• Cook time 1 days

Clams from Futami, Mie, oil-steamed, shrimp and asparagus fried in a bread-crumb coating

This is the fried course. For the Futami clams oil-steamed, the clams are left in their shells and cooked sous-vide in salad oil with capers added…

• ¥1,500

• Cook time 2 hr

Clam and wild mountain vegetable takikomi rice — wasabi leaf, fiddlehead fern, butterbur sprout, angelica-tree shoots

They order delicious varieties of rice from all over Japan depending on the season. At the time of …