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Pike Conger Blanched, Local Octopus Seared, Kuruma Prawn Oil-Blanched

For the kuruma prawn oil-blanched, we cook the prawn by passing it briefly through oil. With the pike conger, octopus, and kuruma prawn alike, not…

Bamboo shoot grilled in sweet white miso, baby turban shell in golden egg-yolk dressing

Sesame Miso Bed, Sesame Tofu, Kuruma Prawn

This is the mukōzuke, the sashimi course. Normally one would use azuki beans, but at my restaurant we always use Tamba black soybeans.

• ¥740

• Cook time 30 min

Deep-Fried Tuna Steak

Even a veteran master chef can encounter dishes whose cooking method is impossible to grasp just by hearing about it or seeing it once. This Pro's…

Cool-Breeze Jelly

We cook and sieve rice porridge, season with happō dashi (all-purpose dashi), add curled shrimp, ginkgo nuts, and okra, then chill-set with gelatin.

Shrimp deep-fried in kuzu crumbs

This is the fried dish course. For the shrimp seta-age, I finely crush Yoshino kuzu starch and coat kuruma shrimp with it along with potato starch…

Sea Urchin and Abalone "Ichigo Steamed Sushi"

Sea urchin and abalone ichigo-ni is a traditional local dish of Aomori, and this time we've arranged it into a rice course. The sea urchin and…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,200

• Cook time 2 hr

Turban shell, grilled in the shell

This is a grilled dish designed with the presentation in mind. Turban shell tsubo-yaki (grilled in the shell) expresses old-fashioned "nostalgia."…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 30 min

Ayu Arai, Octopus and Summer-Vegetable Nanban Jelly, Chilled Scallop-and-Cauliflower Purée

Naturally I wanted diners to savor the season, but I also wanted to offer a kind of psychological healing — settling summer fatigue and bringing a…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 30 min

Shrimp in a light, misty-textured broth

This is the clear-soup course. For the shrimp oboro-style, peel raw small-grade kuruma prawn, mince it with the back of the knife, and briefly cook…

Ezo Abalone Grilled with Crab Roe

This is a supplementary course. For Ezo abalone grilled with crab roe, I steam the Ezo abalone in a convection oven, then quickly sear it in a frying…

• ¥1,350

• Cook time 1 hr

Oku-Izu Hyotan Squash Yuzu Furofuki

This is an additional hearty course. We prepared hyotan squash from Oku-Izu as a furofuki. We combine 300 g of saikyo miso with 30 cc of mirin, 30 cc…

• ¥480

• Cook time 1 hr

Eel and Winter Melon, Hakata-Style

This is the simmered dish for new-style eel cuisine. "Eel and Winter Melon, Hakata-Style" was inspired by gisei-dofu (mock tofu), with eel folded…

• Serves 10 · ¥4,500

• Cook time 1 hr

'Kasube' Aspic (from Wakkanai, Hokkaido)

This time, in keeping with our restaurant's theme of using many ingredients from Tōhoku and Hokkaido, I'd like to propose dishes using the seafood…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Beltfish and Snap Peas, Grilled and Steeped in Dashi

By deliberately setting the dashi gelée soft and loose rather than firm, the beltfish (tachiuo) and kuruma prawns take on the seasoning fully while…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 20 min

Herring and Eggplant

In keeping with the theme of cold cuisine, I took a dish I myself would want to eat in summer, gave it a slight twist as a 'heat-relief dish,' and…

• Serves 1 · ¥328

• Cook time 30 min