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Lotus-root dumpling

Renkon manju is served as part of a simmered assortment course, or arranged as a single item for the appetizer course. Normally I shape one serving…

Matsuwa mackerel and shiitake sandwich-grilled with yuzu miso, kettle-boiled shrimp grilled with sesame salt, chicken tenderloin rolled with burdock, chrysanthemum-cut yam grilled with golden egg yolk, chrysanthemum-leaf-cut yam grilled with uni

For the grilled fish course's Matsuwa mackerel and shiitake sandwich-grilled dish, mackerel landed at Matsuwa fishing port is famous under the…

Chinese yam grilled Shinshu-style

For the grilled course's nagaimo grilled Shinshu-style: marinate the nagaimo in miso for about two days and grill it, but miso alone makes it too…

Yamaga Yokan

For the sweet course, the Yamaga yokan is a bit unusual: strained red bean paste wrapped in a tube of soft mochi dough, so I think it looks a little…

Eel and Vegetables in Vinegar Marinade

The vinegared dish is eel and vegetables in vinegar marinade. I hear eel shops were swamped this past summer, but in washoku, eel's true season is…

Walnut Tofu

The walnut tofu served in a lidded bowl is a variation on a milk-and-kudzu confection from the Mineoka region of Chiba. On a double-ring gas burner…

Plum-blossom-shaped coarse mochi-rice confection

Plum-blossom dōmyōji is simple enough to make, but getting the balance right between the white of the dōmyōji and the black of the sweetened beans…

Lotus root deep-fried in egg yolk, sweet potato sandwich deep-fry, icefish wrapped in yuba and deep-fried

The fried course's renkon kimi-age wraps grated lotus root and yamato yam in a lotus root slice and deep-fries it in egg yolk batter; this time I've…

Figs Dressed with Sour Cream

Butterfish Grilled in Saikyo Miso, Matsutake Wrapped in Wagyu Loin, Chrysanthemum-Cut Turnip, Chestnuts Simmered in Syrup

Salmon roe with grated daikon and sablefish-carrot sandwich, rein-twist sushi, turban shell tossed with chrysanthemum petals, salt-grilled crossbred duck, salt-roasted new-season ginkgo nuts, new-season chestnuts simmered in a savory broth, white melon cut in a ginkgo-leaf motif and kombu-cured, Ishikawa taro steamed in its skin

This is the celebratory course. Meiji Jingu Shrine, Jingu Gaien, and the Meiji Memorial Hall are together known as the "All Jingu." One of the three…

Late-season autumn-run salmon, spiral deep-fry, shrimp-shaped taro, roasted-grain-flour deep-fry

There are two deep-fried dishes, and both have already been seasoned to bring out their own true flavor, so they're delicious to enjoy just as they…

Roe-bearing sweetfish, sweet soy-simmered

Bamboo Shoot Tofu

For the appetizer, the bamboo shoot tofu is made by simmering bamboo shoot trimmings with a fresh addition of bonito flakes partway through so the…

Seared Wagyu Fillet

The aromatic sauce for the grilled dish uses apple and orange, but any seasonal citrus can be used in place of the orange. When serving the seared…

Botan shrimp, Yachimata peanuts smoked over sawdust, red Fushimi chili pepper, kabosu citrus shell, crab and chrysanthemum greens blanched and dressed, Tomisato baby taro grilled with fermented bonito innards, roe-bearing mantis shrimp wrapped in wakame, saffron cod roe ginger-soy simmered, maple-red spicy cod roe terrine, pufferfish fin in a sweet-vinegar marinade, baby arrowhead bulb, ginkgo-leaf-shaped sweet potato confection, salted ginkgo nuts

Our guests are mostly somewhat older women visiting on pilgrimage during the day, and business parties such as client entertaining in the evening…

Quail Shinjo

For the clear-soup course, the quail shinjo, we start by making the niyose (a simmered-and-set preparation). We combine 60% of the twice-ground quail…

Plum blossom and bush warbler

For the Ume ni Uguisu (Plum Blossom and Bush Warbler) plum-fragrance roll cake: since the castella sponge is already sweetened, I kept the yokan and…

Warm-smoked mallet-shaped roll, rolled dried baby-sardine sheet, sansho-leaf dressed dish, layered black soybeans, monkfish liver egg-yolk-batter fried

For the tatami iwashi yatsuhashi, I spread a thin layer of shrimp fish paste onto the tatami iwashi, a sheet of dried baby sardines, roll it around a…

Tomato-stuffed water eggplant, pea-stuffed aori squid, bakurai jelly, Mineoka tofu

Made in a style resembling an appetizer course. As for the tomato-stuffed eggplant — a mild, low-acid variety usually eaten raw — since tomato and…

Grilled pike conger eel with shredded vegetable filling

For the grilled course, I used hamo. Our restaurant has continued in Tokyo since the Edo period, but these days, more and more guests request hamo…

Beef tongue rolled cylinder, new potatoes in butter

Sakura-chaya was founded in Showa 8 — 1933 — and is the third-oldest established ryotei, a traditional Japanese restaurant, in Mukojima, a district…

Yuba-wrapped brushwood-style deep-fry / Daikoku shimeji mushroom and buckwheat-groat deep-fry

For the deep-fried yuba-wrapped shiba-age, I wanted to evoke a mountain scene, the kind of image from the line 'Once upon a time, an old man went to…

Miso-and-sake-lees-cured monkfish liver, wrapped in green onion

For the appetizer course's miso-and-sake-lees-cured ankimo wrapped in green onion, I remove the thin membrane from the monkfish liver, soak it in…