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Matsutake tofu, turnip, eggplant, lotus root, sweet potato, barracuda, and crab

First is the appetizer course. This is matsutake tofu, using the quintessential taste of autumn. It is based on soy milk sold locally, and by adding…

• ¥680

• Cook time 2 hr

Hairy Crab Daikon Mochi and Hikina-mochi

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dishes: hikina-mochi (mochi rice with shredded dried vegetables), akasuji daikon mochi (made from…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 50 min

Misaki-gazami Kora-yaki, Grilled in the Shell

Building on autumn ingredients, I used Misaki-gazami, a treasure of the sea from Oita Prefecture, where my workplace is located, to devise a set of…

• Serves 1 · ¥380

• Cook time 1 hr

Oyster and matsutake rice (ginkgo nuts, mitsuba, fried tofu)

The meal is "Oyster and Matsutake Rice." Washing the oysters with a daikon grater removes all dirt …

• Serves 1 · ¥1,095

• Cook time 30 min

Blackthroat seaperch, Wakasa-style glazed and grilled

The nodoguro wakasa-yaki is served stone-grilled at an individual tabletop burner. Shimonita negi (a prized thick leek from Gunma) has delicious leaf…

• ¥550

• Cook time 1 hr

Ginkgo-nut rice, new-crop bettarazuke, oyster red miso soup

The rice course is ginkgo-nut rice. Salt alone is enough seasoning, since it lets the ingredient's own flavor come through fully. And when I thought…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 1 hr

Steamed blackthroat seaperch, shiitake, ginkgo nut, sprouted scallion

Before plating the ingredients, we score the shiitake cap finely with a shallow hidden cut. This is partly out of consideration for ease of eating…

Autumn Salmon, Autumn-Brocade Rice Cream Croquette

This is a fried dish. The autumn salmon and autumn-brocade rice cream croquette uses salmon, soy milk skin, and white sauce. Since we run an inn, we…

• Serves 30 · ¥3,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Steamed abalone, pine-needle-skewered ginkgo nut, yam bulbil, Japanese walnut, maple-leaf wheat gluten, arrowhead bulb, ginkgo-leaf-shaped sweet potato, matsutake, soft-boiled egg, sea urchin and liver sauce

Valuing the color of the dish — a key point of Japanese cuisine.

Cool-Breeze Jelly

We cook and sieve rice porridge, season with happō dashi (all-purpose dashi), add curled shrimp, ginkgo nuts, and okra, then chill-set with gelatin.

Wild yam deep-fried, wrapped in tofu skin

As for the wild yam tōji-age, the texture combines the springy bite of a fish-paste dumpling with the moist, tender quality of wild yam. I feel…

• ¥106

• Cook time 25 min