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Rapeseed blossoms marinated with dried sea cucumber ovary

For appetizer 2, since the rape blossoms marinated with konoko wanted a bit more aroma, we crowned it with chopped konoko.

Crab Salad Assortment

For the vinegared dish, the ponzu jelly (ponzu, a citrus-soy sauce) is made by combining equal parts ponzu and dashi with powdered gelatin, letting…

Leaf-cherry-style taro, carved into a pot shape and gently simmered, and more

For the fragrant cherry-blossom miso in the simmered assortment, cherry-blossom-infused hot water is worked into a kneaded miso, but when the…

Japanese spiny lobster, sakura ogawa-jime, and more

The vinegared course's Ise lobster sakura ogawa-jime is meant to be enjoyed with a refreshing dressing made by thinning pickled plum flesh with…

Flounder and angelica-tree-shoot roll, and more

Nanaka, in the appetizer course, is a bell pepper (paprika) from the Anisu Farm brand, grown in Kimitsu.

Deep-fried Chinese-style wild rice stem

The makomo-take (wild rice stem) used in the deep-fried course's Chinese-style makomo-take is imported from a pesticide-free farm in Taiwan.

Jellyfish and Kamo Eggplant Jellied Simmer

Jellyfish cut into fine strips and marinated in sweet vinegar is sandwiched between pieces of Kamo eggplant (a round Kyoto heirloom eggplant) and set…

Sakura-Steamed Abalone, and Other Dishes

For the appetizer, the sakura-steamed abalone is made by salt-steaming abalone, dressing it with a sweetened, egg-enriched miso in place of wasabi…

Butterfish grilled yūan-style

Shrimp-shaped taro pureed soup

Almond tofu

If I had to name the dessert that represents Chinese cuisine, I think it would have to be annin dofu (almond tofu). It suits the Japanese palate very…

Pinecone-cut small abalone, smelt kombu roll, stem lettuce in a tofu-dressed salad, saikyo-miso-cured Kyoto carrot, Daikichi bottarga

Copper Pheasant Herb Grill, Wagyu Wrapped Grill

For the grilled yamadori herb grill, I actually use French edible pigeon. I form the pigeon into a pouch and fill it with the top-quality meat ground…

Meat-Wrapped Bamboo Shoot, Crab Meat and Sea Urchin Fry

As for the shimeji mushroom among the fried dishes, I take a slightly larger shimeji and shape it into a paired, twin-body form.

Shark Fin and Lotus Root Cake

The shark fin and lotus root cake soup course is made by treating fresh lotus root to prevent discoloration, grating it on a grater, folding in…

Taro stem somen

For the taro stem somen, we used white zuiki and green zuiki to make an attractively two-colored somen. The white zuiki is boiled in hot water as…

White melon pressed with kombu

As for the shiro-uri pressed with kombu — when you're stuffing something into shiro-uri, you tend to want to use a thin piece, but if you change the…

Shell-mound-style deep-fried abalone, flame-seared Japanese whiting, grilled summer vegetables

For the vinegared course's plum jelly, I combined red plum vinegar and white plum vinegar in roughly equal parts and set it with finely minced red…

Blackthroat seaperch in fresh-greenery dressing

For the nodoguro in fresh-greenery dressing, the nodoguro is wind-dried, steeped in a seawater-strength brine for about an hour, and then seared. I…

Sea bass baked in pastry

For the grilled dish, the sea bass baked in pastry: the sea bass is quickly seasoned with salt and pepper and seared to color. Spinach ohitashi is…

Winter Melon White Miso Style

The clear-soup course is winter melon in a white miso style. In place of the usual aromatic garnish, I've added fragrance with a few drops of brandy…

Small Clam Adductor and Rishiri Kombu Shinjo

For the soup course, I made small clam adductor and Rishiri kombu shinjo, using a store-bought Rishiri kombu powder. I thin this powder out with raw…

Ise lobster shell-simmered, bundled shark fin, and onion simmered in rice porridge

For the simmered course's onion rice-porridge: I parboil new-crop onions in hot water with milk added, then — without cooling them in water — put…

Fried red deep-sea sculpin