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Spring-mist clear soup, local clam poached in kuzu starch

The spring-mist clear soup is made with dashi taken from the local clams renowned in Kujukuri, combined at a ratio of 5 parts dashi to 1 egg.

• Serves 10 · ¥3,360

• Cook time 40 min

Autumn nuts and seeds shira-ae, autumn eggplant with foie gras, salmon aspic and egg-custard steamed dish

The appetizer course (sakizuke) is three dishes. My idea here was to let guests picture autumn the moment they take a bite. For the autumn nuts and…

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

Smoked Winter Mackerel, Beef Tongue Temari Sushi, Cod Roe Karasumi, Beni-Fuji Salmon Shira-ae, Tatami Iwashi and Cheese Hakata-maki

This is a dish paired with Japanese white wine produced in Yamanashi Prefecture. This is an appetizer course. For the smoked winter mackerel, the…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Fukushima yeast-fed wagyu sango-hachi sous-vide, miso-glazed herring and sansho-leaf skewers, and red-miso-glazed tofu skewers

This is a shiizakana, an additional hearty course that is a modern arrangement of a local dish, newly developed based on the Fukushima local pickling…

• Serves 3 · ¥890

• Cook time 3 hr

Cherry-blossom turnip, tilefish sakura-steamed, ball-shaped potato

Three small simmered dishes. For the cherry-blossom turnip, the turnip is carved with a knife into a cherry-blossom shape, filled with sakura shrimp…

• Serves 10 · ¥1,300

• Cook time 40 min

Salmon and pineapple roll, kombu-cured lavender jobfish with flavor pearls, Yoro-style tofu, local octopus and taro stalk, tomato cup, fig and prosciutto roll

From the appetizers. The lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii) is lightly kombu-cured under vacuum for about half a day. This time the ruby…

Silver tofu pureed soup

This is the soup course. For ‘Gindofu Surinagashi,’ there is a well-known tofu shop near where I work, and I very much wanted to build a dish around…

• Serves 1 · ¥720

• Cook time 2 days

Hakata-style layered freeze-dried tofu, carp burdock roll, glazed leaf-cut squash, and lightly simmered kuruma prawns

We have arranged the Fukushima local dishes carp umani and freeze-dried tofu for a new era. This time it is a takiawase. Hakata-style freeze-dried…

• Serves 3 · ¥950

• Cook time 2 hr

Spiny lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, deep-fried tofu simmered in soup

For the Ise lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, we coat the lobster meat firmly with potato starch. Coating it too many times deadens the lobster's flavor…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,100

• Cook time 30 min

Koya-dofu Beef Liver Steak Style, with Herb Butter Sauce

I wanted to create a health-conscious menu using freeze-dried tofu, which is high in protein. Since I have long experience cooking Western cuisine, I…

• Serves 1 · ¥295

• Cook time 20 min

Wind-Dried Kisu

For the wind-dried Japanese whiting, I paired it with a mixture of cream cheese, vegetables, and tofu — an ingredient I rarely use in the dishes I…

• ¥725

• Cook time 45 min

Mugwort tofu-dressed sauce, grilled corn and cheese with bottarga, paprika-red deep-fry

A savory course. I divided the vegetables typical of June and July into three colors, split both by hue and by cooking method. The idea for the…

• ¥500

• Cook time 1 hr

Hokki Clam, New Potato, and Japanese Parsley Tofu Dressing, Cockle, Seared Pen Shell, Tender-Simmered Abalone

This is the sakizuke course, a trio of shellfish for the fragrance of spring. For the surf clam, new potato, and Japanese parsley tofu dressing: the…

• ¥620

• Cook time 1 hr

Scallop Ganmodoki, Curry-Flavored

This is the simmered course, another new way of serving seafood. For the Scallop Ganmodoki, Curry-Flavored, I took a hint from seafood curry and…

• Serves 1 · ¥485

• Cook time 40 min

Grilled shark fin

A clear-soup course. The vessel used is a Wajima-lacquer piece in the Unkaku (cloud-and-crane) design. The shark fin is steamed with chicken stock…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Kaikyo Salmon Kenchin Roll

This is the Kaikyo Salmon Kenchin Roll. First, press pressed tofu through a fine sieve. For one block of tofu, add 10g potato starch, one egg white…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 30 min

Whole Daikon Soup-Simmered, Lotus Root Hiryōzu, Herring with Kombu

The simmered course is whole daikon soup-simmered. We peel the whole daikon into a fan shape, rehydrate it, and simmer it with chicken fat, fried…

• Serves 30 · ¥170

• Cook time 1 days

Winter Melon Bowl and Eggplant Oranda-Style

Like the steamed course, this was developed for couples in their fifties and sixties. The winter melon bowl makes use of the pike conger without any…

• ¥800

• Cook time 50 min

Eel and Winter Melon, Hakata-Style

This is the simmered dish for new-style eel cuisine. "Eel and Winter Melon, Hakata-Style" was inspired by gisei-dofu (mock tofu), with eel folded…

• Serves 10 · ¥4,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Habutae Tofu, Hakata Tofu, Dengaku (The Handwork of Japanese Cuisine)

This time, in the handwork of Japanese cuisine, I'm introducing work centered on dried foods. These days, many suppliers offer a wide variety of…

• Serves 8 · ¥150

• Cook time 1 days