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Box-cut shrimp-shaped taro simmered in savory sauce and deep-fried in a cracked-mochi coating; spiny lobster deep-fried in egg yolk

The masu-cut shrimp-shaped taro simmered in savory sauce and coated in cracked mochi and deep-fried, served in place of a standard fried course, was…

Crumbled tofu in a snow-flurry presentation, oil-simmered lotus-root mochi, and cod milt simmered in sake

Tilefish and Yuba Sandwich-Grilled

For the grilled course, tilefish and yuba sandwich-grilled: fillet the tilefish, salt it lightly, sandwich it with freshly gathered, soft yuba and…

Chicken Tenderloin Cured with Kelp Tea, Flame-Seared, Served with Oil Namasu

For the chicken tenderloin cured with kelp tea, flame-seared, served with oil namasu: the light, seared-and-chilled (yakishimo) chicken tenderloin…

Mustard Cream Salad

The mustard cream used in the mustard cream salad has sour cream mixed in, giving it acidity, so it's light and very easy to eat.

Conger eel, firewood-bundle style; pike conger deep-fried with plum fragrance; edamame kakiage; deep-fried lotus root; wild garlic deep-fried in egg-yolk batter

Pufferfish first-snow fry, surf clam and shredded burdock, firewood-bundle fry, Annō sweet potato rice-cracker-crumb fry, hon-shimeji mushroom, and soy-flour fry

For the deep-fried course, the fugu hatsuyuki-age uses the collar of the fugu. For deep-fried dishes, the collar really is the tastiest part. The…

Soup Course: White Miso Broth with Seared Matsutake Mushroom

With the theme of the season turning from autumn into winter, we made three recommended dishes using ingredients of the moment. As the weather is…

Peanut tofu

We use Chiba Prefecture's specialty peanuts in the appetizer, the deep-fried course, and the vinegared dish: raw peanuts in the appetizer's peanut…

Vinegared water caltrop and maple leaf, Jiro persimmon mallet-shaped roll, red taro stem and fried wheat gluten with pear dressing, Chinese yam, sweet potato, and kabocha lightly seared, frozen konjac set in amber jelly

The Kintoki carrot used in the water caltrop and maple-leaf namasu is from last year's crop. We make a lot of Buddhist vegetarian dishes here, so…

Autumn Brocade Salad

Sweet-Simmered Yatsugashira Taro

This is the simmered course. I wash the yatsugashira (a large branching taro), let it dry overnight, then simmer it. Once it comes to a boil I add…

Herring kombu roll, shrimp-shaped taro, deep-fried tofu fritter

This is the simmered course. For the herring kombu roll, the herring is cleaned and soaked in rice-rinsing water, then reconstituted in hot water…

Tilefish steamed with autumn colors

This is the clear-soup course. For the tilefish steamed with autumn colors, the tilefish is steamed together with colorful vegetables. The tilefish…

Nankan-age conger eel Hakata-style, yellowtail and daikon, kabocha squash, Kyoto mibuna greens

This is the simmered course. For the Nankan-age conger eel Hakata-style, I used Nankan-age — a thin, crisp fried tofu from Nankan in Kumamoto — which…

Sado Island raw oyster in amber jelly, persimmon shell presentation, kinu-otome taro boiled in its skin, nanban shrimp with fermented salted-roe dressing, smoked salmon

Grilled Clam Variation, Sawara Cherry-Blossom Grill

This is the grilled course. For the grilled clam variation, the clam is first cooked through in sake diluted with water, given a little color under…

Fermented Sesame Tofu, Mock Taro Natto, Grilled Vegetables Dusted with Shrimp Powder

First, three small dishes. For the fermented sesame tofu, we first toast polished sesame seeds and let them soak up water for about a day, then cook…

Horse mackerel, Kokura-style azuki, and mountain yam

For the horse mackerel with Kokura-style azuki and long mountain yam, the horse mackerel is filleted into three pieces and minced, combined with…

Deep-fried corn

Shrimp-shaped taro, deep-fried, blanched taro shoots with thick sauce

Dried chestnut and day lily buds, dressed madder-red; paper-thin dried bottle-gourd shavings and autumn eggplant with walnut sauce; kombu-cured cod with its own reduction sauce; spanner crab and cold-dried daikon; eggplant calyx and dried scallop mustard dressing

Five small appetizer dishes. First, the dried chestnut and day lily bud dressed madder-red: since the hardened dried chestnuts are tough, they are…

Ise Lobster Sea-Urchin Yaki, Ebi-Imo and Foie Gras Yaki, Tender-Simmered Kurobuta Pork in Potato Sauce, Chrysanthemum-Steeped Dish Served in a Bitter-Orange Shell, Brandy-Steeped Chestnuts with the Inner Skin On

For the ebi-imo (shrimp-shaped taro) and foie gras yaki in the grilled tray course, I considered simply placing foie gras on top of the ebi-imo, but…

Thread-wound tilefish, octopus hidden in seaweed, white taro stem, tube-cut burdock, maple-shaped fu

The simmered course I've named thread-wound tilefish. I wrap the tilefish in winter melon, and over that I wind strands of fish worked into…