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Omi beef, sea urchin, and bamboo shoot roll, grilled, topped with the aroma of sansho flower

The harmony of aromas conducted on the iron griddle is outstanding. Ōmi beef with just the right marbling, bamboo shoot wrapped in the flavor of…

Herring roe and wasabi in tofu dressing, pine-needle skewers, cod grilled with saikyo miso glaze, a twist on namasu, amber-marinated quail egg

For the herring roe and wasabi shira-ae — herring roe is used in New Year's cooking for its meaning of "many children" — this time I bring in a hint…

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

Ark shell and spring greens with scrambled egg, arrow-fletching-cut mountain yam grilled with egg yolk, tree-ring-cut spring daikon, new water shield, abalone steamed with sake, matcha tofu, bamboo-wrapped sea bream sushi, black-tea-smoked salt-cured pork

For the accompanying dishes, I used green tea and black tea. For the ark shell and spring greens with scrambled egg, I hold the mountain leek in a…

Egg tofu with water shield, radish, myoga, trefoil, yuzu, and flavorful dashi

This time, on 'steamed dishes,' I learned from instructor Hiratsuka (Hattori Nutrition College). I take up 'tamago-dōfu.'

Tomato Purée

This is a chilled dish. For the tomato purée, I blanch tomatoes and press them through a sieve. Since there is a lot of liquid, I knead half of it…

• ¥150

• Cook time 20 min

Corn Mousse, Sea Urchin and Chamomile Gelée

The corn mousse lets guests enjoy the sweetness of the corn in a refreshing way, through the fragrance of chamomile. We used soy milk rather than…

Abalone, Sea Urchin, and Scallop Croquette

The croquette is deep-fried slowly over medium heat for about 4 minutes; once it is about 80% fried, it is placed on the grill stand to cook it…

Mochi-kujira whale in vinegar-miso dressing, chicken breast in steamed white-loin style with yuzu chili paste oil, pressed vegetables, arrowhead bulb balls, wax-glazed grilled shrimp, monkfish liver kintsuba, Omi konjac, whelk deep-fried in seaweed batter, lily bulb monaka, plum-flesh swirl, layered egg

As for the mochi-kujira in vinegar-miso dressing, whale is rarely used these days because of the whaling ban, but since it's a nostalgic ingredient…

Beef Tenderloin Stone-Grilled, Sea Urchin

This is a yakimono. Tenderloin Stone-Grilled is built on the concept of eating meat with in-season shiomizu uni, salt-water sea urchin, as the…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 3 min

Pike Conger Chakin with Molokheiya Surinagashi

This is a soup course. I designed it with women in their fifties and sixties in mind, as a molokheiya surinagashi. Molokheiya is a vegetable rich in…

• ¥750

• Cook time 2 hr

Edible sea urchin and abalone soup, seaweed-flavored pureed soup, grilled scallop with sea urchin, and abalone simmered to absorb the sauce

This is a modern arrangement of a local dish. We wanted to newly express, using the techniques of Japanese cuisine, the local dish ichigo-ni that has…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 1 hr

Black-skinned kabocha squash simmered with lemon, fat greenling and sea urchin simmered together, new burdock root filled with sakura-shrimp shinjo, small eggplant Dutch-style simmered

This dish expresses Japanese cuisine through dark tea (Fu brick tea). For reference, Fu brick tea, 50 g: ¥1,620. This is an assortment of separately…

• Serves 1 · ¥489.5

• Cook time 1 hr

Turnip steamed with soy milk

This is the appetizer course. The key to the turnip steamed with soy milk is the turnip's moisture. After grating the turnip, we lightly squeeze out…

Ayu Namerou with Finger Lime

I devised this dish as a new way of serving seafood. My focus is on a new, refreshingly summery aroma and flavor, and a new combination of…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 30 min

Fugu milt tofu, highland scarlet runner bean simmered in black tea, grilled fugu milt, sea urchin cracker, pine-needle-cut green beans, black tea sauce

For the fugu milt tofu, I add Kōzu Jersey milk, a local prefectural product, to fugu milt — a signature winter ingredient — to achieve a rich depth…

• ¥350

• Cook time 3 hr

Butterfish grilled in a miso-citrus marinade, beltfish grilled with chili and leek, autumn salmon grilled with a vegetable-filled roll, taro grilled with sea urchin

This is the grilled course. The butterfish used in the miso yuan-yaki is a fish in season in summer; as frozen food distribution has improved its…

• ¥835

• Cook time 2 hr

Abalone shiokara, fish roe Matsumae-style pickle, bottarga, squid shiokara variation, salted sea urchin, konowata

Abalone shiokara is a delicacy I learned from the first head chef I trained under. I make it by jarring live abalone liver. It has a distinctive…

• ¥1,500

Sea bream takikomi chirashi rice — Flavor Signs (The Spread of Flavor)

I consider the value of dining out to be dishes that only our restaurant can serve, and service that stays close to the guest. This time, taking a…

• Serves 2 · ¥490

• Cook time 30 min

Sesame-milk tofu, kintsuba-style, butterbur miso, flame-seared sea urchin, grilled bamboo shoot, fried scallion, cherry-blossom petals

When making sesame tofu, soaking the sesame overnight in kombu dashi before blending it makes the sesame plump back up and brings out its flavor more…

Grilled Eggplant Mousse

The key point is the fragrant, toasty aroma of the grilled eggplant.

Monkfish liver rolled like folded paper, quick-blanched crab claw, crab roe with sea urchin, raw cod roe simmered to infuse flavor, snow-ring lotus root vinegar pickle, served in a hollowed yuzu shell

The monkfish liver hosho-maki is a longstanding technique, but I thought pairing it would let guests enjoy not only its rich umami but also the…

• ¥430

• Cook time 20 min

Yellowtail shabu-shabu with grated daikon

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. Here, this stands in for the sashimi course rather than a hot pot. For the yellowtail…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,600

• Cook time 4 days

Fava bean pureed soup, fat greenling, steamed sea urchin, new-season water shield, cherry tomato, yuzu

Fava beans are also called satsuki-mame, or "May beans," an ingredient at its best around May. This time I used them for their fresh green color, but…