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Black Sesame Tofu, Fugu Milt, Monkfish Liver Himuro-Style, Pan-Seared Salmon Roe Sushi, Bottarga with Ginjo Sake

This is a shunsai, a seasonal assortment. The black sesame tofu is made from a ratio of 7 parts kombu dashi, 1 part kuzu starch, and 1 part black…

• Serves 10 · ¥80

• Cook time 20 min

Roasted wagyu fillet, bottarga sauce

I consider it the value of dining out at our restaurant to create theater in serving dishes that lets guests feel something out of the ordinary…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 50 min

Tilefish and karasumi clear-soup, finished with more karasumi and a yuzu crowning garnish

The balance between the saltiness of the karasumi and the flavor of the tilefish is superb.

House-made ponzu monkfish liver, grated turnip, amigasa yuzu, squid kombu-jime, sweet shrimp kombu-jime, salt ponzu, bottarga

We have prepared a selection of homemade delicacies that are sure to please customers who enjoy dri…

• ¥350

• Cook time 2 hr

Charcoal-grilled splendid alfonsino and abalone

For the charcoal-grilled kinmedai and abalone, the smoky aroma of the charcoal grilling layers over the flavor of the miso, bringing out the…

• ¥1,385

• Cook time 1 hr

Chilled verdant egg custard, sardine simmered Arima-style with sansho pepper, pumpkin castella sponge cake, coin-cut octopus fragrant fried, white melon tossed with bottarga, asparagus and bacon egg-yolk grilled, cheese tofu, pork belly simmered Yoshino-style with a kuzu-thickened sauce, hydrangea-style egg, and squid two-color grill

This is the appetizers course. For the chilled verdant egg custard, after making an egg tofu, I puree it in a mixer, combine it with gelatin and…

• ¥300

• Cook time 2 days

Bottarga and cheese sandwich, deep-fried

For the bottarga (karasumi) and cheese sandwich, deep-fried, karasumi is usually paired with something light and refreshing like daikon, but this…

• ¥320

• Cook time 20 min

Rice, Rice, Rice

Rice is an inseparable presence in Japanese cuisine, so as a chef standing in a position connecting producers and consumers, I created this dish with…

• Serves 2 · ¥400

• Cook time 40 min

Dried persimmon, golden sea cucumber, and walnut salad, monkfish liver wine terrine, smoked silver-shimmer fish styled as a winter camellia, yellowtail sushi fingers rolled kimono-sleeve style, snow crab deep-fried and wrapped in yuba, dried roe deep-fried in a fan-shaped coating, vegetables in a sweet-and-sour achara pickle, freeze-dried konjac and a prized fatty whale cut simmered Yamato-style

For the dried persimmon, golden sea cucumber, and walnut salad, I use a local specialty dried persimmon. The golden sea cucumber is thoroughly…

• ¥950

• Cook time 3 hr

Milt daifuku

This is the soup-bowl course showcasing true cod milt in season. True cod milt is called “kumoko,” “yukiko,” or “kikuko” depending on its shape, and…

• Serves 1 · ¥220

• Cook time 1 hr

Kisu and Summer Vegetable Kakiage, and Kisu Hasami-Age

For the whiting and summer vegetable kakiage, I wanted to bring out the natural umami of the whiting, so I combined it with shiso, myoga, and corn —…

• ¥560

• Cook time 30 min

Ise spiny lobster grilled with golden egg yolk, seared Sendai beef, bottarga, yuzu-grilled winter yellowtail, kombu-cured herring roe, seven-treasure namasu, lantern-shaped herring, miso-marinated winter cod milt, grilled sea urchin, teriyaki monkfish liver

This is the celebratory platter from Miyagi's New Year cuisine. For 'Golden-Grilled Ise Spiny Lobster,' I paid close attention to the heat so the…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,700

• Cook time 1 hr

Walnut tofu, whelk with vinegar-miso, sea cucumber intestines, savory egg parcel, rolled cured salmon, jellied small abalone, bottarga with daikon, aromatic deep-fried tiger prawn

The appetizer course begins with walnut tofu. We roast the walnuts, puree them, thin the paste with kombu dashi, and knead in sake, Yoshino kuzu…

• Serves 100 · ¥920

• Cook time 1 hr

Abalone with liver soy sauce, chamame beans simmered with sansho, bottarga sushi, vinegar-pickled myoga, kuruma prawn tofuyo-style, tonburi, Kaga lotus root with pike conger roe, layered chrysanthemum petals

Tags & categories related to this post : October, elegant, cute, kaiseki cuisine, pre-hassun, appetizer, photogenic, recipes from famous restaurants…

King salmon cold-smoked and vinegar-cured, bottarga cold-smoked and vinegar-cured, small sea bream cured with bamboo grass, butterfish vinegar-cured, barracuda rolled with chrysanthemum, Japanese mountain yam with salmon roe sauce, and vinegar-set yam

Let me start by explaining the vinegared dish course. As for the king salmon ogawa-jime, the king salmon is soaked in a soy sauce saumure…

Cherry sea bream steamed with festive red rice

This warm small bowl course expresses ‘nostalgia.’ In the present day, festive red rice with azuki beans is nothing special — it can be eaten any…

• Serves 1 · ¥315

• Cook time 1 hr

Ezo Abalone and Sesame Tofu with Arima Sansho Shark-Fin Sauce

For the Ezo abalone and sesame tofu with Arima sansho shark-fin sauce, raw abalone has a crisp, springy texture, and cooking it makes it tender, but…

• ¥770

• Cook time 1 hr

Ise lobster shell-simmered, turnip sauce, bottarga kōsen

For the additional course, I use a whole Ise lobster, gorgeously and extravagantly. I express the image of 'brocade autumn' -- yellow maple leaves…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,020

• Cook time 20 min

Autumn Raw Seafood Hassun

The dry-ice presentation contributes to the excitement of the banquet.

Fugu milt and karasumi, steamed rice

Among all the delicious qualities of in-season fugu, this is a luxurious dish that lets you enjoy the rich umami of the milt -- called 'a jewel of…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Jellied deep-sea eelpout, whitefin trevally egg-yolk sushi, yellow sea bream pressed sushi, baby spear squid, sea sculpin, and salmon roe salad, goatfish fried and marinated in sweet vinegar, bracken fern shoots wrapped in a thin kombu sheet, and daikon radish dressed with bottarga

Under the theme of coping with rising food costs, I used trawl-caught fish from off Nadachi, Niigata. The wide variety of inexpensive fish caught by…

• Serves 1 · ¥432

• Cook time 2 hr

Sushi, sushi, sushi, sushi — the incoming boat, the outgoing boat

As an innovation for the rice course, I devised this from chirashi-zushi. Between layers of sushi rice, I press in dry-roasted items — dry-scrambled…

• Serves 4 · ¥12,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Bamboo shoot in a boat-shaped presentation, shrimp crystal-coated in gelatin, broad bean simmered in syrup, rapeseed blossom topped with snowflake meringue and served with egg-yolk mustard, three-color cherry-blossom tofu, and spring baby turnip three-color cherry-blossom-viewing dumplings

For the appetizer course, the bamboo shoot funamori is bamboo shoot rehydrated in rice bran, then rinsed of the bran and shaped into a boat. For the…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 2 hr

Tiger pufferfish aspic

I devised this dish under the theme of "A Restaurant's Work, Ever-Changing." My restaurant, Wangu, will mark its 45th anniversary since founding in…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 1 hr