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Crumbled tofu in a snow-flurry presentation, oil-simmered lotus-root mochi, and cod milt simmered in sake

Tilefish and Yuba Sandwich-Grilled

For the grilled course, tilefish and yuba sandwich-grilled: fillet the tilefish, salt it lightly, sandwich it with freshly gathered, soft yuba and…

Bean-scattering

For Mamemaki (bean-scattering), I used lotus root to bring out a difference in texture and flavor.

Pickled plum chawanmushi

For the steamed course (mushimono), the umeboshi chawanmushi came from wanting something with a bit of a bite in the mouth, so I tried combining it…

Chicken Tenderloin Cured with Kelp Tea, Flame-Seared, Served with Oil Namasu

For the chicken tenderloin cured with kelp tea, flame-seared, served with oil namasu: the light, seared-and-chilled (yakishimo) chicken tenderloin…

Mustard Cream Salad

The mustard cream used in the mustard cream salad has sour cream mixed in, giving it acidity, so it's light and very easy to eat.

Conger eel, firewood-bundle style; pike conger deep-fried with plum fragrance; edamame kakiage; deep-fried lotus root; wild garlic deep-fried in egg-yolk batter

Arrow-Fletching Whale, Pinwheel Carp, Whiting Wind-Streamers, and Chicken Liver Greens Roll

Our restaurant has many occasions to use whale, so for the arrow-fletching whale appetizer I used whale bacon. The bigfin reef squid layered together…

Wild sweetfish fragrant deep-fry, new burdock Rikyū-style deep-fry, broad bean and prawn sandwich deep-fry, and first-flush new tea

For the deep-fried course's Rikyū-style new burdock, the new burdock is cut, seasoned by cooking it kinpira-style before frying, air-dried, coated…

Simmered New Potatoes with Shuto, Grilled Gosanchiku Bamboo Shoots Tossed with Plum, and Prawns Simmered in Sake and Salt

For the simmered dish, new potatoes with shuto (salted, fermented fish innards, traditionally bonito), we have been serving this since last year, and…

Simmered Roe-Bearing Ayu, Conger Eel Tofu, and Simmered Tawara Daikon

For the simmered dish, the roe-bearing sweetfish is prepared by lining the pot with daikon peel, laying the grilled sweetfish on top, adding more…

Pike conger in crystal jelly

Pike conger is normally used in soup courses and the like, but this time I set it into a jelly and served it as an appetizer. The firmness is a…

Sea Bream Milt Tofu

This appetizer of sea bream milt tofu addresses the slight fishy edge milt can have: after draining the blood, we soak it in milk for about 2 hours…

Spiny lobster steamed with rice / squid, halfbeak, and shrimp rope-pattern sushi / angelica tree shoots and bracken fern / hosta shoots marinated in a salted bonito-innards base / paddy-grown Japanese parsley with chopped sesame

This Ise lobster steamed with rice, served as a sake accompaniment, also doubles as a shinogi — a small dish meant to take just the edge off hunger…

Chestnut rice, sardine dumplings, napa cabbage pickles, chopped pickled daikon, late chrysanthemum pickles

Soup Course: White Miso Broth with Seared Matsutake Mushroom

With the theme of the season turning from autumn into winter, we made three recommended dishes using ingredients of the moment. As the weather is…

Peanut tofu

We use Chiba Prefecture's specialty peanuts in the appetizer, the deep-fried course, and the vinegared dish: raw peanuts in the appetizer's peanut…

Vinegared water caltrop and maple leaf, Jiro persimmon mallet-shaped roll, red taro stem and fried wheat gluten with pear dressing, Chinese yam, sweet potato, and kabocha lightly seared, frozen konjac set in amber jelly

The Kintoki carrot used in the water caltrop and maple-leaf namasu is from last year's crop. We make a lot of Buddhist vegetarian dishes here, so…

Autumn Brocade Salad

Bamboo shoot fried futami-style with a snow-white coating / icefish deep-fried in a roasted-flour coating

For the accompanying dish's icefish fried in a roasted-grain coating, the icefish is soaked in a strong standing brine and drained, dusted with…

Grilled Bamboo Shoot Hasami-Yaki / Himekawa Dorayaki

For the grilled bamboo shoot hasami-yaki, I used the leftover himekawa to make dorayaki. I make a dorayaki batter with reduced sugar, flavor it with…

Chilled Japanese-Style Consommé

The chilled Japanese-style consommé, served in place of the clear-soup course, is made by taking stock from chicken; it should properly be strained…

Molded mushroom preparation

Mushrooms plated in a neat, standard chakin — a twisted-cloth bundle — aren't very interesting, so I deliberately broke up the shape and arranged…

Scallop Wrapped in Prosciutto

●Scallop Wrapped in Prosciutto: the scallop adductor muscle is simmered in an all-purpose seasoned dashi with sake added at 70°C, then left to cool…