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Hairy Crab with Egg-Yolk Cream; Nagaimo and Motte-giku in Vinegar; Jellied Fugu; Bottarga; Apple-Salmon Roll

This is the appetizer course. For the hairy crab with egg-yolk cream, I arrange asparagus and hairy crab and pour over a sauce made in the manner of…

Thin-sliced pufferfish sashimi

For the traditional version, the fugu is arranged in a chrysanthemum-ball shape. For the modern version, we quickly sear the skin and slice it thin…

Eel and foie gras, whiting deep-fried with new tea

For the eel and foie gras, I clean the foie gras, drop it once into ice water, drain it well, vacuum-pack it with 1.2–1.5% salt, and let it rest…

Okoze suppon-style soup, deep-fried lotus root manju

Butterfish Grilled in Saikyo Miso, Matsutake Wrapped in Wagyu Loin, Chrysanthemum-Cut Turnip, Chestnuts Simmered in Syrup

Salmon roe with grated daikon and sablefish-carrot sandwich, rein-twist sushi, turban shell tossed with chrysanthemum petals, salt-grilled crossbred duck, salt-roasted new-season ginkgo nuts, new-season chestnuts simmered in a savory broth, white melon cut in a ginkgo-leaf motif and kombu-cured, Ishikawa taro steamed in its skin

This is the celebratory course. Meiji Jingu Shrine, Jingu Gaien, and the Meiji Memorial Hall are together known as the "All Jingu." One of the three…

Late-season autumn-run salmon, spiral deep-fry, shrimp-shaped taro, roasted-grain-flour deep-fry

There are two deep-fried dishes, and both have already been seasoned to bring out their own true flavor, so they're delicious to enjoy just as they…

Roe-bearing sweetfish, sweet soy-simmered

Yuzu shell cup, cod milt baked in white sauce

For the appetizer, I used yuzu sent to us in large quantities from our affiliated kappō ryokan in Fukushima; since it would be a waste to use only…

Botan shrimp, Yachimata peanuts smoked over sawdust, red Fushimi chili pepper, kabosu citrus shell, crab and chrysanthemum greens blanched and dressed, Tomisato baby taro grilled with fermented bonito innards, roe-bearing mantis shrimp wrapped in wakame, saffron cod roe ginger-soy simmered, maple-red spicy cod roe terrine, pufferfish fin in a sweet-vinegar marinade, baby arrowhead bulb, ginkgo-leaf-shaped sweet potato confection, salted ginkgo nuts

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

Young sea bass kombu-cured, beltfish vinegar-cured, pen shell kombu-cured, trough shell clam blanch-cured, bigfin reef squid kombu-cured

This is a vegetable-and-fish plate. It lets you enjoy cured fish together with lightly pickled vegetables enlivened with kombu. If the flavor is too…

Warm-smoked mallet-shaped roll, rolled dried baby-sardine sheet, sansho-leaf dressed dish, layered black soybeans, monkfish liver egg-yolk-batter fried

For the tatami iwashi yatsuhashi, I spread a thin layer of shrimp fish paste onto the tatami iwashi, a sheet of dried baby sardines, roll it around a…

Grilled pike conger eel with shredded vegetable filling

For the grilled course, I used hamo. Our restaurant has continued in Tokyo since the Edo period, but these days, more and more guests request hamo…

Oil-Poached Sardines, Conger Eel Kombu Roll, Pike Conger and Winter Melon Roll

These are the simmered dishes. For simmered dish one, oil-poached sardines: the sardines are steeped in olive oil as if marinating them, then cooked…

Smoked Bonito, Seared Live Conger Eel

This is a vinegared course. For the smoked bonito, we smoke the silver skin of bonito that has been briefly blanched in hot water. Line a frying pan…

Tilefish grilled and steeped in sudachi-citrus dashi, beef and kombu grilled with kagura-nanban pepper miso

Lily bulb steamed bun, halfbeak chrysanthemum sushi, chrysanthemum-carved turnip, tubular chrysanthemum cheese, eel baked in pastry

In place of a standard appetizer course, I made everything in a single chrysanthemum theme, with every dish styled to resemble a chrysanthemum. For…

Mugwort Tofu, Mt. Fuji Salmon Marinade

Starting with the appetizers: mugwort tofu. Setting mugwort alone in kombu dashi does not bring out enough flavor, so I add ground sesame at half the…

Mochi ginkgo, shimeji and duck jibu-ni, manganji pepper stuffing, turban shell liver salad, and more

The mochi ginkgo is made by cooking ginkgo nuts through, pressing them through a fine sieve, mixing them with glutinous rice flour, steaming, and…

Sweet potato simmered with sugar, Kyoto-style, duck pickled in kyo-koji, hairy crab hermit-crab-style with gelatin vinegar, and more

For the duck kyo-koji pickle, the fatty side of the duck is first seared to render off some fat, then steeped overnight in kyo-koji. The duck is then…

Shuto-cured dried conger eel, splendid alfonsino in chilled aspic, octopus rolled with sprouts, and more

For the upside-down egg cured in Saikyo white miso, the contents are removed from the egg, only the yolk is put back in and steamed, then the egg…

Tilefish steamed with yuba

The steamed dish is tilefish steamed with yuba. Well, since it is New Year's after all, one might want to use red sea bream, whose name puns with…

Mugwort tofu

For the mugwort tofu, we ladle in a delicious dashi broth, top it with sake-steamed icefish, and try to bring out the fragrance of spring.

Rice-bran-pickled pork, crispy roasted; large scallop and eel, oil-steamed

For the nuka-pickled pork crispy roast, the surface skin is blasted at high heat until it puffs up and turns crackling crisp. For the grilled…