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Beltfish and Asparagus Roll, Deep-Fried

For the beltfish and asparagus roll, deep-fried: boil the asparagus and let it soak in kombu dashi. Fillet the beltfish into three pieces, season it…

Yamame Trout with Butterbur Miso, Gyoden-Yaki Style

For the grilled course, the yamame trout and butterbur miso gyoden-yaki is made using a mukimono knife (a thin blade used for decorative vegetable…

Ridged-eye flounder thin slices, rinsed scallion, red grated daikon, and ponzu

Yellowtail grilled kuwayaki-style

Simmered, Grilled, Fried — Recommendations

Chrysanthemum-cut potato and turnip stuffed in a nested-case shape, Orido eggplant simmered with sesame

The Orido eggplant used in the simmered dish course is from the Orido district of Shimizu — the eggplant Tokugawa Ieyasu was said to have especially…

Tilefish, pine-cone-style grilled; plain-grilled clam; surf clam isobe-yaki

For the grilled course, I called it hōraku-yaki. The original hōroku-yaki lays kombu over black gravel in a hōroku (earthenware roasting dish) and…

Flounder and Gion-bo dried persimmon, nori-wrapped and fried

For the fried course's flounder and Gion-bō nori-wrapped deep-fry, the Gion-bō is a dried persimmon with natural sweetness, so it can be enjoyed just…

Grated, simmered udo, vegetables and conger eel bundled and set in yuba

For the udo oroshi-ni — a grated-vegetable simmer — the udo is lightly parboiled and run through a food processor, then prepped Ise lobster is added…

Red-spotted masu salmon grilled with foie gras miso

As for the grilled dish, satsuki masu grilled with foie gras miso: satsuki masu carries a certain amount of fat, but seasoning it with just a light…

Hamo Jelly Terrine

At our restaurant, the appetizer course is normally served as three items: something plain like tofu, something briny with a bit of a kick to go with…

Kuzu-thickened summer beans

Our restaurant has its roots as a sukiyaki establishment founded more than fifty years ago, and while it is normally used mainly for entertaining…

First-frost mountain yam terrine

Our guests are mostly somewhat older women visiting on pilgrimage during the day, and business parties such as client entertaining in the evening…

Savory teapot-steamed soup

Okara and Konjac Nishiki Kinpira

(A drink shared over delicacies for the twelve zodiac animals, looking back on the year — all of it gentle on the body and low in calories.) We have…

Layered serving paper and folded paper

Shiwasu, the old name for December, is said to come from a time of year so busy that even priests, or shi, are said to run about, or hashiru — though…

Icefish wrapped and deep-fried, and kuruma prawn and shiitake roll in overlapping thin layers, deep-fried in a thin batter

Tofu prepared with nori seaweed

For isobe tofu, I crumble tofu and combine it with raw fish and wakame (seaweed), then run it through a food processor for a light, fluffy texture…

Basil Sauce Grilled Scallop

The appetizer course's basil sauce grilled scallop brings in an Italian influence. For the sauce, I finely mince fresh basil and combine it with…

Butterbur set in white vinegar dressing, bamboo shoot and rapeseed blossom cured with kombu, udo pickled in plum vinegar

For the vinegared dish's kombu vinegar: add vinegar to the clear liquid that rises when boiling zenmai (royal fern fiddleheads), and mix in a touch…

Edamame and Shiratama Dumplings

The dashi-vinegar broth for the edamame shiratama dumplings is diluted with dashi and seasoned, since it would be a shame to waste the brine from the…

Salt-pounded spiny lobster

Ark shell, cockle, and rapeseed blossom in vinegar-miso dressing

Ark shell, cockle, and rape blossom teppai is a dish dressed in vinegar-miso; it normally uses scallions, but here we used rape blossoms instead.

Sakura bamboo shoot, and more

For the clear-soup course, we used a dashi made by dry-grilling (su-yaki) local-fish bones and head trimmings, then rounded out the flavor with…