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Snow crab, grated turnip steamed dish

Shrimp-shaped taro simmered in all-purpose seasoned dashi, leaf-attached chrysanthemum-cut turnip, glazed simmered autumn eggplant, savory-simmered shiitake, maple-leaf-cut carrot, ginkgo-leaf-cut kabocha squash, and green beans

For the simmered dish, since it's served family-style on a large platter, I arranged it colorfully on a piece of old Kutani ware. The ebi-imo is…

Pacific saury persimmon-leaf sushi

Sea urchin and lotus root twisted fritters

The sea urchin and lotus root twisted fritters are made in the twisted-fritter style, a dish designed with the visual interest of no two pieces…

Shrimp-shaped taro, new bamboo shoot, duck jibu-ni

For the simmered dish, I made our restaurant's standard 'black' simmered dish, but rather than simmering the ebi-imo (shrimp-shaped taro) as is and…

Duck and Taro

For the taro in this dish, I normally peel it, boil it in rice-rinse water with one whole chili pepper added, wash off the sliminess thoroughly, and…

Autumn mackerel cured in apple vinegar, seared-and-blanched tuna, chicken tenderloin cloud-dragon roll

Since this is a study session, I wanted to deliberately propose 'sashimi' of a kind that stands in for raw fish — for the work-efficiency benefit of…

Salted whole salmon and Danshaku potato, wrapped and baked

The grilled dish aramaki-zake, a salted and dried whole salmon traditionally served at New Year's, and Danshaku-imo wrapped and baked is essentially…

Ise lobster peony-style simmered, peony-leaf-cut winter melon green-simmered, shino-cut mountain asparagus white-simmered, water-ripple-cut eggplant color-simmered, sweet whole carrot gently simmered

Abalone Steamed Matsumae-Style, Flounder and White Gourd Polka-Dot

For the vinegared dish abalone steamed Matsumae-style, the abalone is prepped, topped with a round slice of daikon, sprinkled with sake, wrapped in…

Black Abalone

For the black abalone, abalone and daikon are placed together in a vacuum-sealed bag and steamed as is. This creates what is essentially a…

Conger Eel Tōji-Maki, Simmered Duck Loin, Ginger-Simmered Rolled Shrimp

For the simmered course, the conger eel tōji-maki (a yuba-wrapped preparation named for Tōji temple) is wrapped in the green outer leaves of round…

Whelk and potato-noodle steamed dish

The "mosso-gai" in the mosso-gai and potato-noodle steamed dish is a shellfish — a type of whelk — caught from the Sanriku coast up through Hokkaido…

Three-color kuzu-suisen

Since the three-color kuzu-suisen has anko (sweet red-bean paste) inside, I've kept the sweetness of the surrounding dough more restrained to…

Kinki rockfish grilled in a citrus-soy marinade, whiting grilled with fermented fish-innards paste, and lotus root, chestnut, and ginkgo nut in duck miso

For the grilled course's kisu whiting grilled with sakato, I add egg yolk to the sakato, sandwich it between pieces of whiting, give it a wave-like…

Stone-wall yam bulbils

For the simmered course, stone-wall-style mukago: if the egg batter and the mukago aren't the same firmness, they tend to come apart when you slice…

Conger eel Hakata-style simmer, tree-ring-cut bamboo shoot, mountain udo white simmer

For the simmered course's conger eel hakata, the winter melon is peeled and its color brought out using baking soda, then layered hakata-style with…

Yam and agar jelly

Autumn salmon with a mushroom-thickened sauce

For the additional course's autumn salmon with mushroom ankake, the shabu-mochi is a bit firm on its own, but it's a quick-melting rice cake that's…

Duck loin rolled in tofu skin, barracuda sesame-coated dried preparation, pen shell grilled to an autumn maple hue, autumn-themed assortment

Oil-grilled barracuda

For the grilled course's oil-grilled preparation, I score the kamasu's skin so it curls easily, and skewer it with two or three metal skewers so the…

Salmon Carpaccio-Style

Raw salmon reads as 'fishy' to our female guests and isn't well liked, so I use smoked salmon instead. Adding a seared mark gives it a toasted aroma…

Potato and Clam

For the clear-soup course's potato and clam: shaping it like a clam is a bit tricky, but it's easy if you first form it like a rice ball and then…

Conger Eel and Shrimp Saikyo-Yaki

For the miso used in the conger eel and shrimp saikyo-yaki, at my restaurant I mix in about half as much inaka miso (country-style miso) with the…