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Persimmon and turnip in a binro-style dressing, kabosu-shell cup with seared kombu-cured pufferfish, chestnut-burr mound of white-puffed deep-fried sweet chestnut paste, crab cake baked with a poppy-seed-studded cracked top, roe-bearing ayu kelp roll, stone-wall-arranged yam bulbils, skewered

For the appetizer's seared kombu-cured fugu, I take fugu that has been kombu-cured in the usual way, sear the surface, and serve it together with a…

Lean beef with seafood dashi

This is the appetizer course. As for the lean beef with seafood dashi, these days one often sees dishes with raw uni placed on top of beef. Beef and…

Rolled shrimp and foie gras aspic, pork in green terrine, scallop shinjo with egg-yolk glaze, Yoro tofu with sea urchin, baby turban-shell aspic

This is the appetizer course. As it is Tanabata, we wanted to tie the dishes to tanzaku (paper strips for wishes). We made five terrine-style dishes…

Sea urchin terrine; herring roe on kelp stuffed into udo; mantis shrimp with young greens; octopus in jellied simmer; young ayu simmered Koshu-style; halfbeak cured shobu-style; duck 'rock' terrine

For the appetizer's young ayu simmered Koshu-style, since it is young ayu the bones are not much of a hindrance, but I still simmer it until tender…

Autumn mackerel pressed into a kimono-shaped sushi, Pacific saury simmered Arima-style with sansho pepper, pinecone-cut arrowhead bulb, chestnut cracker, yam-bulbil fish-paste dumpling, persimmon wrapped paper-fold-style, persimmon-shaped quail egg, ginkgo-leaf-cut taro, maple-leaf-cut carrot, kuruma prawn deep-fried in a straw-bundle shape, pine-needle soba

Wakasa flounder with sansho-leaf vinegar, tilefish grilled Arashiyama-style, beef tongue set into a square, kuruma prawn simmered shiba-style, smoked salmon and cucumber rolled in kombu

This is the grilled-dish hassun course. For the Wakasa flounder with kinome vinegar, I grind kinome in a suribachi mortar and mix it with grated…

Abalone liver tofu, new-season bottarga wrapped in lettuce, eel grilled with an egg-yolk glaze, cod milt grilled with cheese, Pacific saury ogawa-style, winter duck leek roll, and sweet shrimp in a fragrant marinade

Starting with the tray course, the abalone uro tofu. Uro refers to the liver; we use abalone liver saved from summer and set it with gelatin. For the…

Chilled Manganji Pepper Surinagashi, Hairy Crab and Tender Abalone in Kagen-zu Jelly

This is two appetizer dishes. For the chilled Manganji pepper pureed soup — Manganji is a mild Kyoto chili — the peppers are seeded and deep-fried…

Spanish mackerel grilled with a vegetable stuffing and sweet potato, aigamo duck "spring mountain", peeled tomato in a yuzu-citrus vinegar, pufferfish milt in a cloth-wrung purse, sweet shrimp with egg yolk and salted fish innards, roe-bearing ayu simmered with sansho pepper, thin daikon tied into firewood bundles

First, the appetizer is a seven-item assortment. For the Spanish mackerel kenchin-yaki with sweet potato, the Spanish mackerel is prepared…

Wakame and halfbeak, amber-jellied prawn with egg-yolk sushi, tokishirazu salmon wrapped in lotus root, pike conger roe in savory aspic, mountain stream crab simmered to a glossy sheen, vine vegetable in hydrangea style, bamboo shoot and taro mochi, asparagus

For the young-shoot-style halfbeak, fillet the halfbeak into three pieces, season lightly with salt, rinse it in a seasoned liquid, mix new-tea…

Karasumi sake-lees pickle, longan-shaped shrimp and cheese, aori squid pine-cone cut, young ayu simmered Arima-style, green plum ayu-shaped confection, slender bamboo shaped as field horsetail, and asparagus wrapped in paper-thin kombu

For the appetizer's karasumi sake-lees pickle, the mullet roe used here is made from broken scraps gently rolled together and kept frozen. For the…

Yuzu castella, pinecone-shaped fish-paste dumpling, persimmon-style manganji pepper, deep-fried yam bulbils in egg-yolk batter, barracuda persimmon-leaf sushi, smoked autumn duck

These are the appetizers. For the persimmon-style Manganji pepper — a Kyoto sweet pepper — we roll dehydrated cream cheese into a ball. The seeded…

Ginkgo Tofu; Oyster and Fig Dengaku; Pacific Saury Simmered Arima-Style; Grilled Duck with Western Vegetables; Crab and Chrysanthemum Greens with Tonburi

This is the seasonal-vegetable course. I plate the ginkgo tofu and top it with a round-cut piece of tofu-dressed salad made from persimmon that has…

Abalone steak with liver dressing, Japan whiting baked with sea urchin, eel-rolled egg, chicken baked matsukaze-style, deep-fried long-armed prawn, edamame fried in roasted grain flour, sweet long pepper fried and marinated, and Japanese bayberry wine jelly

This is the grilled hassun course. For the abalone steak with liver dressing, the abalone is removed from its shell, rinsed, and slowly simmered for…

Five-color grilled squid, shrimp / herring roe on kelp / okra set in jelly, loach-stuffed burdock Owari-style simmered, carrot mousse, summer duck and zucchini sesame-grilled, mini kabocha squash, pike conger cut into icicle strips

For the appetizer's five-color grilled squid, this time I air-dried the thick part of the red squid's flesh a little, cut it into strips, and colored…

Young kuruma prawn grilled with an egg-yolk glaze, duck layered and steamed Hakata-style, ginkgo cracker, tube-cut burdock, grilled turnip bed-pickled, and ginkgo-leaf tofu

For the saimaki kimi-yaki, I take the core removed when making the kuda-gobō and let it absorb a thin happō-dashi. I use raw fish paste mixed with…

Yuzu Cup, Snow Crab in Grated Daikon, Grilled and Marinated Kuruma Prawn, Oyster Grilled with Shichimi Pepper, Persimmon and Bottarga Mountain Yam Roll, Miso-Grilled Lily Bulb, Deep-Fried Chestnut

For the appetizer course's grilled and marinated kuruma prawn, the kuruma prawn is soaked in sake-salt water to bring out its aroma, then grilled and…

Turban shell with sansho, kōtake mushroom with amber egg, foie gras and lily bulb, green plum and hamo, octopus ogura-ni, saimaki shrimp and white asparagus, eel and burdock

This is the ice tray course. I arranged savory fish aspic in ice water, portioning it out with the image of a summer festival stall's marble-scooping…

Walnut tofu, small abalone steamed with sake, roe-bearing sweetfish simmered and steeped, chrysanthemum petals lightly steeped, Pacific saury rolled with burdock root, crab and tofu skin egg-yolk-batter fried, pine-needle-style skewer

Abalone tororo, pike conger roe and white melon kaminari-boshi, green plum sliced into candied rings, and more

This is an appetizer course. For the abalone tororo: fresh black abalone is cleaned, firmed up thoroughly with salt, then grated. It's combined with…

Sakura shrimp pureed dashi soup

This is the soup course. For the sakura shrimp surinagashi: fillet the ainame (fat greenling) into three pieces, score the bones finely, salt it…

Conger eel two-piece roll with burdock, oil-simmered kuruma prawn, tender-simmered octopus, hijiki wrapped in fried tofu skin

This is a simmered dish. The tender-simmered octopus is made using the very first method I was ever taught. For the hijiki shinoda-maki, I used soft…

Monkfish liver, hakata-style, eel fish cake, end-of-season ayu grilled with its own roe and a fermented soybean condiment, kobako crab ground into a puree soup, smoked salmon, soybean pulp

Mackerel kinuta-maki, hairy crab, egg-yolk vinegar

This is the vinegared course (sunomono). For the mackerel kinuta-maki — rolled around a filling in a shape named for a fulling block — the mackerel…