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Abalone tempura, Inaniwa udon, grated daikon, aromatics

This time, the basic rice course is 'Inaniwa udon.' We have guests eat it simply, with grated daikon and aromatics, but the temperature and time used…

• Serves 4 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Crimson-Fuji Inaniwa udon, cloud-white abalone, tempura bits, aromatics

So that it's clear the tanuki — the shape-shifting trickster of folklore — has transformed itself into Crimson Fuji, I scattered tenkasu, the fried…

• Serves 4 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Duck jibu-ni, sweet-simmered tomato

Being from Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture, I thought it would be nice to have a duck jibu-ni ma…

• Serves 1 · ¥190

• Cook time 20 min

Kombu-Grilled Duck

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 2 hr

Egg Yolk Shuto Glaze

As for the appetizer "Egg Yolk Shuto Glaze," egg-yolk shuto (salted, fermented bonito innards) is an all-purpose glaze that tastes good drizzled over…

• Serves 1 · ¥215

• Cook time 2 hr

Abalone Somen

Served coolly in a glass vessel.

Hakata Wagyu Sukiyaki Rice Bowl

This time, we developed a dish featuring Hakata wagyu. For the sukiyaki rice bowl, mindful of the time between cooking and serving, we use rib roast…

• Serves 2 · ¥900

• Cook time 2 hr

Herring roe and wasabi in tofu dressing, pine-needle skewers, cod grilled with saikyo miso glaze, a twist on namasu, amber-marinated quail egg

For the herring roe and wasabi shira-ae — herring roe is used in New Year's cooking for its meaning of "many children" — this time I bring in a hint…

Monkfish liver and turnip terrine

This is monkfish liver and turnip terrine, an appetizer (sakizuke) that makes use of monkfish liver as an end-of-season ingredient for March. Ankimo…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 2 hr

Tiger pufferfish aspic

I devised this dish under the theme of "A Restaurant's Work, Ever-Changing." My restaurant, Wangu, will mark its 45th anniversary since founding in…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 1 hr

Flame-Seared Kisu, Nuta-Style Kisu, and Oil-Blanched Kisu

Flame-seared whiting is a dish for enjoying whiting in a rich, thickened kombu dashi. Rather than a richly seasoned dashi or a pale starch sauce, I…

• ¥200

• Cook time 50 min

Floating Venison, Roast Venison

As for Floating Venison, in Karuizawa where I work, honshu deer are culled as harmful wildlife, but out of sympathy with those involved who don't…

• Serves 1 · ¥550

• Cook time 2 hr

Medicinal cuisine style, suppon shiratama-wrapped dumpling

A repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. Why it resonates: adopting yakuzen (medicinal cuisine), currently a boom among young women…

• Serves 1 · ¥330

• Cook time 1 hr

Sado pufferfish ball-shaped sushi, Sado yellowtail and turnip fermented sushi, Niigata smoked salmon with mustard-egg-yolk vinegar, and garland chrysanthemum greens with Niigata edible chrysanthemum steeped in ponzu

First is the appetizer course. Using Sado Island's seasonal Niigata ingredients — Sado fugu, Sado salmon, and Sado yellowtail — I prepare each as an…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,311

• Cook time 1 hr

Sansai in white-vinegar dressing (mountain udo, warabi, chives, bamboo shoot, fava bean, radish)

This time, on 'vinegared dishes,' I learned from chef Iizuka (Asakusa View Hotel). This time I take up 'shiro-zu-ae.'

Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke

This is a rice-course dish developed using jasmine tea. (Jasmine tea, 30g: 350 yen.) For Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke, I used heshiko, mackerel cured…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 30 min

Water namasu, Daiō char minced with miso

As for Water Namasu, I'm told that in the region where I was born and raised, sailors used to eat it this way aboard ship. Wanting guests to taste…

• Serves 1 · ¥330

• Cook time 20 min

Cod milt, steamed tamaji custard

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…

Chilled somen (abalone, okra, young myoga, shredded egg crepe, chives, ginger)

This time, we learned about "food" from Koji Kimizuka (Yoyogi・Shiki no Aji Horikawa). This time, we will be looking at "somen noodles."

Striped jack thin-sliced sashimi, flounder chrysanthemum roll

This is a sashimi course. For the shima-aji thin-sliced sashimi, since we have a fish tank at the restaurant, we always keep live, fresh shima-aji on…

• Serves 1 · ¥725

• Cook time 10 min

Barracuda pot-cooked rice (leek, ginger, shiso, chives, sudachi, scallion oil)

This time, on 'the rice course,' I learned from chef Kimizuka (Yoyogi, Shiki no Aji Horikawa). This time I take up 'kama-daki gohan.'

Softshell turtle soba-gaki, vinegar-simmered turtle, deep-fried turtle, egg-thickened turtle

This is a variety of softshell turtle dishes — maru for short. This time I use two kinds of softshell turtle: one simmered for an hour and a half to…

Western-style seared bonito, herb-wrapped flounder, skin-seared whiting, Odawara horse mackerel tataki stuffed in mountain yam

This is a sashimi course. I prepared three types of sauce: a tart sauce, a salt-based sauce, and soy sauce. The amaranth has a beautiful purple…

Shrimp deep-fried in kuzu crumbs

This is the fried dish course. For the shrimp seta-age, I finely crush Yoshino kuzu starch and coat kuruma shrimp with it along with potato starch…