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Tomato-sesame soy milk tofu, end-of-season pike conger and scallion nanba-style fritter

Two appetizers. As a dish marking the end of summer, we have the tomato-sesame soy milk tofu. The tomato juice that forms the tofu's base is made…

Steamed Monkfish Liver, Yuzu-An Style; Walnut Tofu; Persimmon and Pear with Omi Konjac, Rikyū-fu and Ricotta

This is the appetizer course. Ideally, monkfish liver is best served simply steamed, but after two or three days its fattiness starts to smell, so at…

Kanoko-scored butterfish grilled with saikyo miso, nanban-style grilled duck, bamboo-shoot-core and scallop sandwich grilled with sansho leaf, Omi turnip red-and-white checkerboard, mackerel tazuna-style sushi, Sanzan lemon-cup shira-ae, shrimp and sieved-egg fan skewer

In place of the appetizer course, the kanoko-scored butterfish grilled with saikyo miso was inspired by kanoko-mochi, a rice cake often used at New…

Sardine Tsumire

These are the clear-soup courses. For the sardine fish ball in bowl one, I remembered something Ishikawa-sensei, honorary chairman of our study…

Deep-Fried Hamo with Rikyu Sauce

This is the lidded-bowl course. For the deep-fried hamo (pike conger eel) with Rikyu sauce, the hamo is filleted, the fine bones scored, and it is…

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

Tilefish grilled with a sake-soy glaze, grilled horse meat loin, eggplant tofu, salmon wrapped in napa cabbage, golden lily bulb, fig pickled in lemon, sweet potato twisted-strip deep-fry, raw salmon roe marinated in soy sauce

For the grilled course's tilefish Wakasa-yaki, since the scales were removed from the tilefish, I tried grilling it slowly over low heat so the skin…

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…

Himi Yellowtail Turnip Roll

As for the mochi-ginkgo in this simmered dish, if you deep-fry it plain, without any coating, oil gets in, so it's better to dust it lightly in a…

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…

Physalis with warm-smoked salmon potato sushi, grilled matsutake mushroom soaked in ponzu, miso-marinated foie gras, squid cracker, and eel roll grilled kenchin-style

The physalis with warm-smoked salmon potato sushi contains potato sushi made with smoked salmon inside a physalis husk, along with edible physalis…

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…

Grilled sweetfish with water pepper, pike conger sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf, oil-simmered abalone, wakame, lotus root simmered with saffron, braised pork belly

This is the grilled hassun course. For the oil-simmered abalone, we vacuum-seal it in sesame oil alone and cook it in a water bath at about 75°C for…

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…

Conger Eel Tofu

These are the clear-soup courses. For the sardine fish ball in bowl one, I remembered something Ishikawa-sensei, honorary chairman of our study…

Tilefish tamba-yaki, yubeshi, squid momiji-yaki

This is the grilled course. For the tilefish tamba-yaki, the tilefish is rinsed clean, and — since this is a Tamba-themed dish — chestnuts have their…

Grilled Barracuda and Udo Kinpira, Takigawa-Style, with Wagyu Steak

The fish dish is barracuda and udo kinpira, Takigawa-style — a summer presentation with clear kuzu strands suggesting flowing water. Since it was…

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…