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Abalone and Plum Zenzai

This is an exquisite dish combining the gentle sweetness distinctive to azuki beans, brought out by the plum's acidity; the umami of large pieces of…

• Serves 3 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 4 hr

Pike conger pureed potage, pike conger wrapped around matsutake mushroom, golden deep-fried

This is the clear-soup course. For the pike conger wrapped around matsutake, golden deep-fried, I score the conger's fine bones, cut it into pieces…

• ¥600

• Cook time 30 min

Blended-dashi clear soup: autumn-brocade tilefish and turnip, habutae-steamed; matsutake with sprouted scallion; garnish of hail-cut yuzu

When folding the grated turnip into the meringue, it's important not to overmix — I think it's best to fold it in loosely, leaving the fluffy texture…

Plain-grilled moray eel, Arima-style moray eel

"Nadabo" is fishermen's slang for moray eel. In Kochi Prefecture it's a high-end ingredient, but in Tokyo it's almost never seen at market. I was…

• Serves 3 · ¥850

• Cook time 40 min

Ezo abalone simmered with sansho pepper, Yamashina eggplant and toji-style yuba, both slow-simmered to soak in flavor

This is the entrusted-bowl course. As for the Ezo abalone simmered with sansho pepper, ordinarily green sansho peppercorns are used, but at my…

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Sleet-style duck clear soup

Warm the body with duck-and-kombu dashi. A harmony of flavor performed by eggplant and duck.

Crab Yoro-age, Ebi-imo Hakusen-age, Daikoku Shimeji Egg-Yolk Fry, Paprika Su-age

From dishes paired with white wine produced in Yamanashi Prefecture, this is a fried dish. For the yam-bound crab deep-fry, grated mountain yam is…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 30 min

White plum-shaped taro, kuruma prawn simmered shiba-ni style, early-dug bamboo shoot, milt simmered in egg yolk

This proposes a way to use true cod milt at the end of its season (nagori). This is the simmered course. The milt simmered in egg yolk takes milt…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Yellowtail Sake-Lees Soup, Yellowtail Turnip Sushi

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. When it comes to winter ingredients, there is also fugu and cod, but we chose yellowtail, which is…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Niigata Sake-Lees Soup, Niigata Yellowtail Belly Salt-Grilled

This is a soup course. This time it's a sake-lees soup (sakekasu-jiru), but instead of salmon or the like, I've put in yellowtail with just the right…

• Serves 1 · ¥566

• Cook time 1 hr

Shinshu snow trout in egg-custard aspic

This is a soup course. For the Shinshu Yukimasu egg-custard aspic, I wanted to communicate added value to novelty-loving customers in their forties…

• ¥175

• Cook time 30 min

Yellowtail and Turnip Sushi, Cold-Smoked Yellowtail and Monkfish Liver Monaka

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. This is the hashi-hajime, the first course eaten with chopsticks. For the yellowtail and turnip…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 weeks

Ise lobster pine-nut grill, milt cream bake

This makes use of true cod milt at its very first appearance of the season (hashiri). Cod testes are considered second in luxury only to tiger…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Monkfish hot pot

Monkfish hot pot is usually made with bonito or kombu dashi, but this time I roast the monkfish bones and simmer them in a pressure cooker to draw…

• Serves 1 · ¥850

• Cook time 50 min

Fat greenling dusted with kuzu starch — new-crop water shield, small bok choy, shiitake, yuzu

This time, we learned about the "clear-soup course" from Instructor Wada (Nihon Ryōri Aogaki). We feature the "ainame clear-soup course."

Five-color namasu

This time, we learned about the vinegared course from Master Instructor Okawara (Hotel Suigetsu Ogaiso). We feature sweet vinegar.

Snow-Viewing Presentation, Tilefish Wrapped in Sea Urchin, Sesame Tofu

For the tilefish wrapped in sea urchin, I normally avoid using bracken-starch mochi at exhibitions, since it hardens and loses its clarity over time…

• ¥5,640

• Cook time 1 hr

Kawachi duck and whole-roasted Tennoji turnip

As a way to make use of a winter ingredient, this is a dish built around Tennoji turnip in season. Two years ago I transferred to the Hotel New Otani…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,800

• Cook time 1 hr

Clear-soup style (cod milt tofu, snow crab, rock tripe, slender daikon, knotted yuzu peel)

This time, we learned about "Gowan" from Master Teiichi Hiratsuka (Kappo Ya Mitsuto). We will be focusing on "cod milt Tofu".

Chilled herring with eggplant and baby taro; eggplant cut to stand upright, deep-fried and simmered, with black sesame

To keep the eggplant in simmered dishes from losing its color, it helps to place it into the oil starting from the colored skin side.

Duck Meatball Dumplings

This is a nimono-wan, a simmered soup bowl. It's a simple pairing of duck -- delicious in winter -- with turnip, but this time I used it because it…

• ¥320

• Cook time 40 min

Seared cod, grilled cod milt, zoni-style

This is a way of making use of the winter ingredient cod. Our restaurant sees many local customers — older guests, young couples, and gatherings of…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Hairy Crab Daikon Mochi and Hikina-mochi

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dishes: hikina-mochi (mochi rice with shredded dried vegetables), akasuji daikon mochi (made from…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 50 min