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Oboro-Style Broth, Winter Cod Hōsho Roll

For the oboro-style broth, I dry shaved kombu in a low oven or microwave without scorching it, then grind it into a powder. For the clear-soup…

Flounder with Okara Dressing

For the seared karasumi (bottarga) served as the crowning garnish on the flounder with okara dressing, my usual preference is to marinate the…

Tofu-skin-wrapped tricolor fry, smelt in five-color rice-cracker-crumb coating

In the fried course's tofu-skin-wrapped tricolor fry, the red one containing oyster shinjo, a fish-paste dumpling, is made by rinsing the oysters in…

Seared Live-Fish and Vegetable Salad, Truffle Dressing

For the grilled course's seared live-fish and vegetable salad, I added honeycomb tripe (hachinosu); vegetables alone lack punch, so I often use it…

Sweet Potato, Country-Style Simmer

Horse mackerel and lotus root wickerwork roll

For the vinegared course's horse mackerel and lotus root jakago-maki, the horse mackerel is pressed with kombu, worked into something like a minced…

Crispy Fried Curled Shrimp

Crispy-fried curled shrimp: drying it before frying crisps it more. Served with light ume salt; for fun we built a raft from sweet potato.

Flying-fish and kelp dashi broth

I covered it with itawarabi (a flat bracken-starch sheet) to express an indescribable hazy autumn moon. It is blended half and half with ago dashi…

Grilled king crab and grilled vegetables

For the grilled king crab in this grilled course, you can also think of it as a substitute for a vinegared dish. Since the New Year is approaching, I…

Yuzu-Scented Grilled Sea Bream

For the yuzu-scented grilled sea bream, the sea bream is filleted into three pieces as usual, then marinated for about 20 minutes in a marinade made…

Small-pot style, Shōgoin turnip

For the simmered course, I incorporated ingredients with a slightly Chinese-style flavor, presented it small-pot style (konabe-jitate), and added a…

Grilled Abalone Liver, Spiny Lobster, Roast Aigamo Duck

Next, for the grilled course's grilled abalone liver: here, as usual, the abalone is cleaned, steamed with sake, and knife-cut. The liver is pressed…

Kelp teapot-steamed soup, conger eel stone-wall-style shinjo

The soup course is a kelp teapot-steamed soup. It is placed on a grill net and lightly seared table-side, so guests can enjoy it for the aroma of the…

Red Eggplant with Wasabi Dressing

Small Sea Bream, Nankan-Style

The Nankan somen used in the simmered-bowl course is a specialty of this region — hand-stretched in the traditional way, it has a firm bite. It's a…

Miso soup blending white and red miso

Longtail red snapper rice steamed in a sake flask

For the rice course, I added two slices of pickles per guest. In honzen cuisine (formal banquet-style dining), odd numbers are the formal rule for…

Tilefish Okina-maki

For the fried course, the tilefish okina-maki, we pour hot sesame oil over the scallion just before carrying it out to the guest. The aroma spreads…

Sea Bream

For the sashimi course, November at our restaurant usually means more fugu (pufferfish), but for guests who don't care for fugu we serve sea bream…

Kazusa Beef Marinated in Kinzanji Miso

Tilefish with turnip

This is the season when turnips (kabura) start to taste their best. When frost falls, root vegetables push moisture out of themselves so they won't…

Bundled matsuba crab

For the bundled matsuba-gani, I've cut it on the diagonal, since cutting it straight would make it look like a plum blossom — though in winter…

Abalone cooked with its own liver

Stir-Simmered Shinagawa Turnip

Shinagawa turnip is a white, elongated turnip about 15 cm long. Its flavor is unassuming and simple, without a strong character of its own. In the…