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Pumpkin and Seafood Japanese-Style Stew

Even a veteran master chef can encounter dishes whose cooking method is impossible to grasp just by hearing about it or seeing it once. This Pro's…

Sea Cucumber with Soy pulp, Abalone Liver with Butter, Black Sesame Egg with a Touch of Rin Glaze, Arihei-Style Squid, Yellowtail and Bettarazuke Hakata-Style, Plum Monaka, Matcha Kinton with Budou-mame, Herring Roe Namasu

This is the course preceding the hassun course. For the sea cucumber with soy pulp, I put the sea cucumber in a bamboo colander together with round…

• Serves 1 · ¥830

• Cook time 1 hr

Joshu Black Wagyu Low-Temperature Roast Beef

This is a shiizakana, a hearty course. This dish is themed around Gunma Prefecture's Tomioka Silk Mill, famous for sericulture. By braiding Joshu…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,120

• Cook time 1 hr

Lotus Root Sandwich Deep-Fry, Asparagus Wrapped in Yuba and Deep-Fried

This is the fried course. The lotus root sandwich deep-fry is usually fried with only a thin batter, but this time we mixed dried shiso leaf into the…

Rock Oyster Grilled with Rice Flour, Tomato Simmered with Thyme, Corn Shinjo, Edamame Simmered with Herbs

For the tomato simmered with thyme: after combining the dashi and seasonings, it's important to first draw out the thyme's fragrance thoroughly by…

Pike Conger Blanched, Local Octopus Seared, Kuruma Prawn Oil-Blanched

For the kuruma prawn oil-blanched, we cook the prawn by passing it briefly through oil. With the pike conger, octopus, and kuruma prawn alike, not…

Tomo-sankaku grilled with cilantro

This is the grilled course. As for the rump cap (ichibo) grilled with cilantro — I present this roast-beef technique every time; it's become quite a…

• ¥800

• Cook time 1 hr

Shrimp-shaped taro grilled with foie gras miso; scallop grilled with anchovy mayonnaise

Even a veteran master chef can encounter dishes whose cooking method is impossible to grasp just by hearing about it or seeing it once. This Pro's…

Heshiko-Style Grilled Eel, Nigari-Cured Overnight-Dried Eel, Sansho and Herb-Flavored Grilled Eel

These are three grilled dishes for "Shin Unagi-ryori" (new-style eel cuisine). Under the theme "Japan's Preserved Foods," I devised three grilled…

• Serves 1 · ¥5,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Red Wine-Braised Eel in Aspic

At the restaurant where I work, we're used to handling freshwater fish, so I felt this theme, "Shin Unagi-ryori" (new-style eel cuisine), was…

• Serves 1 · ¥4,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Japanese-Style Carpaccio, Seared Bonito and Seared Alfonsino, Three Sauces

From the theme "sauces chosen by color," or ways of expressing color, this is a substitute for the sashimi course. A Japanese-style carpaccio would…

• Serves 1 · ¥850

• Cook time 45 min