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Mallard grilled with fresh greens, stuffed burdock root, splendid alfonsino and sea urchin grilled rapeseed-style

Grilled dishes. For the mallard new-greenery grill, the duck is steamed at 65°C for about 15 minutes, the fat is trimmed, it is pierced all over with…

• Serves 20 · ¥2,060

• Cook time 20 min

Maki-grade kuruma prawn fried in a rein pattern, sea bream roe wrapped in coarse glutinous rice, fava bean sandwiched fritter, angelica-tree shoots dressed with tofu, and clam fried in egg-yolk batter

This is the appetizer course. For the shrimp tazuna-age, the shrimp is flattened, dusted with flour, and wrapped with three colors of thin noodles…

• ¥150

• Cook time 20 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…

Wild mountain vegetables, miso-flavored, yogurt-topped: mountain udo, bracken fern, mountain garlic, bamboo shoot, fava bean, radish, crumbled fried egg, plain yogurt, strained white miso

This time we've knife-cut the radish into a janome (bull's-eye) pattern, but depending on the dish, we vary the knife-work — sometimes simply slicing…

Tomato chakin bundle filled with rich cream, sweet potato morning-glory-shaped dumpling, eel yawata-maki, chilled duck with decorative garnish, physalis egg, seared barracuda sushi, sweetfish grilled with tade

This is the appetizer course. As for the tomato in a rich custard bundle — 'aka-nasu,' literally 'red eggplant,' is the term used here for tomato…

Cloudy duck nanban

Even a veteran master chef can encounter dishes whose cooking method is impossible to grasp just by hearing about it or seeing it once. This Pro's…

Yuzu-shell grilled dish, carrot castella, pine-needle-skewered ginkgo nuts, yellowtail wrapped in daikon and grilled, simmered abalone

The appetizer course is plated in the same dish as the grilled course, each item served separately. For the yuzu-shell grilled dish: the milt is…

Clam shinjo

Scents of home — sa-ku-ra shrimp

A fresh exploration of aroma: ‘a quartet of sakura shrimp, played through the layering of four forms.’ The idea began when I caught the scent of…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 25 min

Shimanto River Region

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Loquat egg, butterbur and tiny shrimp in soy dressing, pike conger sushi, foie gras in gourd-shaped tofu, small melon, molded, cream cheese cherry, salted sweetfish-innard dressing

For the appetizer's loquat egg, a soft-cooked egg marinated in miso is styled to look like a loquat with sesame seeds and fried burdock. For the…

Kanoko-scored butterfish grilled with saikyo miso, nanban-style grilled duck, bamboo-shoot-core and scallop sandwich grilled with sansho leaf, Omi turnip red-and-white checkerboard, mackerel tazuna-style sushi, Sanzan lemon-cup shira-ae, shrimp and sieved-egg fan skewer

In place of the appetizer course, the kanoko-scored butterfish grilled with saikyo miso was inspired by kanoko-mochi, a rice cake often used at New…

Softshell turtle egg tofu (Japanese Cuisine and Yakuzen)

This is an application of yakuzen within Japanese cuisine. This is a steamed dish. The Softshell Turtle Egg Tofu is a steamed dish meant to support…

• Serves 1 · ¥370

• Cook time 1 hr

Spanish mackerel namerō

This is a dish devised as a substitute for the sashimi course, with the presentation carefully considered. Sawara namerō (a minced raw-fish dish…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Jūhaku-Style Rolled Omelet, Chamame Akatsuchi-age, Maki-Grade Prawn Mino-age, Tilefish Sake-Salt-Grilled, Abalone Hakata-age, Ginkgo-Nut Yose-age, Roasted Chestnut, Chirimen-Jako Rice, Aka-Dashi, Shijimi Clams

This dish brings together a colorful array of small individual preparations. For the maki-grade prawn mino-age, we wrap julienned burdock around the…

Three Japanese-Style Canapes on a Plum-Blossom Plate

For this recommended-snack course, I titled it "Three Japanese-Style Canapes on a Plum-Blossom Plate," and made three kinds of Japanese-style canapes…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,100

• Cook time 4 hr

Clam shinjo

This is the clear-soup course. Stock from clams steamed with sake is combined with bonito dashi to make the soup base.

• ¥312

• Cook time 25 min

Salmon skin-and-roe dumplings, soup course

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: sake kogawa-ni (simmered salmon skin) Wanting to preserve the 'deliciousness' handed down…

• Serves 4 · ¥800

• Cook time 1 hr

Tilefish kenchin-style grilled, lily bulb and purple sweet potato chakin, young pickled ginger shoot

This time, on 'grilled dishes,' I learned from chef Itō (Suitengū's 'Nihon Ryōri Sakura'). This time I take up 'kenchin-yaki.'

Plum marshmallow, grilled kumquat simmered in honey syrup, Tosa pomelo wafer-shell confection, powder-dusted baked apple

An Assortment of Sake Accompaniments

Among the assortment of sake accompaniments, the burdock shaved to resemble soba noodles has such a good texture that guests often ask for a second…

Glossy rice wrapped in egg yolk, liver nori senbei, turban shell congee dip

This time, with the main focus on preserving the rice's sweetness as much as possible, I decided to use the rice just as it is. I used Tsuyahime rice…

• Serves 1 · ¥295

• Cook time 30 min

Sea bream roe simmered tosa-style with bonito flakes, thin-sliced octopus steeped in a sake-based seasoning sauce, clams steamed with rice, beltfish rolled with butterbur shoots, smoked bonito

There are five appetizers, arranged in groups of two and three. The first is sea bream roe simmered tosa-style. For the sansho-leaf jelly poured over…

Firefly squid rolled into a cylinder with nori vinegar, young ayu styled as hydrangea, mantis shrimp bundled firewood-style, small turban shell terrine, and halfbeak cut into a water-ring spiral over egg-yolk vinegar

For the firefly squid, I use fresh nori vinegar. This fresh nori is from Lake Hamana. I cut it with a mild mixed vinegar to finish it with a very…