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Nanzenji-style steamed Spanish mackerel with tofu, wood ear mushroom, carrot, lily bulb, ginkgo nut, and wasabi

This time, on 'steamed dishes,' I learned from chef Miyabe (Palace Hotel Tokyo's 'Nihon Ryōri Wadakura'). I take up 'Nanzenji-mushi.'

Eel steamed with lotus root, wood ear mushroom, trefoil, wasabi

This time, for the steamed course, I learned from Chef Miyabe of Nihon Ryōri Wadakura at the Palace Hotel Tokyo. I feature an eel and lotus root…

Clear seafood broth

This time, we learned about "soup courses" from Technical Director Kawabata (Kotoritei). We feature the clear seafood broth.

Cod milt egg-set custard, three-citrus sauce, knotted whiting grilled with egg-yolk soy glaze, jellied pufferfish, walnut tofu, shirabai whelk simmered to absorb the broth, Shanghai hairy crab, vinegar jelly sauce, semi-dried persimmon dressed with tofu, foie gras with eggplant and scallion miso sauce, deep-fried pufferfish, icefish dressed with red and white baby turnips, three delicacies in a sudachi citrus cup, overnight-dried barracuda with grated daikon, oyster deep-fried and served in broth, and mackerel pressed stick sushi

For the appetizer, the cod milt egg-set custard uses a yellow yuzu shell as the cup. Cod milt pressed through a fine sieve is mixed into the…

Chirimen-style pike conger with seared tofu, kosode-cut winter melon, hama-bofu, and ume-kosen

The hamo clear-soup course is one standard piece of work always served once early summer arrives. Most people probably pair hamo with plum, but I…

White asparagus with kuruma prawn cream, tofu sauce, snap peas, shiso sprouts, and bracken fern

Cream cheese marinated in sake lees is something we also serve as a stand-alone dish at our restaurant. The batch used this time has been marinated…

Deep-Fried Juvenile Ayu, Sake-Steamed Icefish, Tamagoyaki, Bamboo Shoot Kinpira, Octopus Ogura-Ni

We placed importance on visual beauty and on being a combination that lets guests enjoy their sake.

Wild mountain vegetables in tofu dressing

This time, we learned about "shira-ae" from Master Instructor Atsuta (Hitotsubashi, Josui Kaikan).

Aigamo duck jibu-ni with sudare-fu, shiitake, grilled tofu, komatsuna, and wasabi

This time, on 'simmered dishes,' I learned from chef Muraishi (Ginza Kakiyasu). I take up 'jibu-ni.'

Oil-steamed fall-run sweetfish, pinecone-cut Pacific saury with almond, whelk risotto in a turnip bowl, beef loin and green bean old-branch-style sticks, Ohara-style deep-fried taro shinjo, color-simmered long eggplant with peanut-kuzu sauce, jade ginkgo cracker with tofu dressing, dried persimmon with lily bulb, ginkgo-leaf-shaped tricolor sweet potato

A repeat-visit dish for guests in their twenties and thirties Visual impact that makes you want to take a photo Given this theme, I first thought…

• Serves 1 · ¥250

• Cook time 3 hr

Blanched and seasoned Japanese mustard spinach

Komatsuna is also called winter greens, and it becomes sweeter and more delicious once the frost has fallen. The komatsuna sold today is a hybrid…

Kuroge wagyu simmered sukiyaki-style

The signature dish is the Kuroge Wagyu Sukiyaki-Style Simmer. Under the theme "A Restaurant's Work, Ever-Changing," where meat dishes used to be…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 20 min

Crab Tazuna, Kombu-Cured and Seared Tilefish

For the crab tazuna with kombu-cured and seared tilefish, searing the kombu-cured tilefish to roughly 50% doneness lets the crab and tilefish bring…

• ¥958

• Cook time 40 min

Cherry-Blossom Sea Bream and Rapeseed Blossom Kombu-Cured, Butterbur Kosode Sushi, Sardine and Snap Pea Nanban-Marinade, Icefish and Shirataki Noodles with Kinome Miso Dengaku, Cherry-Leaf and Lily Bulb Squeeze, Bamboo-Leaf Mugwort Sesame Tofu, Baby Octopus and Sea Bream Roe Simmered with Cherry Blossom

This is the appetizer course, seven dishes for a spring evening. The cherry-blossom sea bream and rapeseed blossom kombu-cured dish is plated…

• ¥580

• Cook time 2 hr

Ginkgo mustard manju, gyuhi-style simmered lotus root, Matsumae-style loach, Mikage tofu, masago-style shrimp, sake-lees cured, kuzu manju, salt-steamed abalone with flattened squid and liver, sake-lees cured, soy-dried sweet shrimp, rehydrated karasumi

Ginkgo mustard manju, a steamed dumpling: soften rehydrated ginkgo nuts, mince them finely, and combine with non-glutinous rice flour to make the…

Bamboo shoot manjū, baby octopus rice cracker, two-color icefish fritters

This is a deep-fried dish designed with the presentation in mind. The bamboo shoot manjū uses a butterbur-sprout sauce to bring out the "faintly…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr

Clear beef broth soup

A repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. Why it resonates: a small luxury using wagyu loin. I thought that many people in their…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 40 min

Steamed Kabocha Squash

The steamed kabocha squash is as smooth as a custard pudding, with a wonderful texture in the mouth and a very pleasant way of going down the throat…

Snow-white kakiage

Even for a veteran master chef, there are many dishes whose preparation can't be understood just by hearing about them or seeing them once. That's…

Dongpo-Style Sesame Tofu

Fresh Junsai Karukan Terrine, Tokobushi in Tofu Dressing, and Flavor-Grilled Eel

Our restaurant has its roots in a sukiyaki restaurant founded more than 50 years ago, and normally we cater mainly to business entertaining with meat…

Tilefish nanban-zuke and shrimp nanban-zuke with accordion-cut cucumber, freeze-dried tofu achara pickle, Fushimi pepper, and mixed scallion

This time, on 'vinegared dishes,' I learned from instructor Nakamura (Ryōtei Chiyoda). I take up 'nanban-zuke.'

Isaki with Kinjiso Ohitashi, and Isaki Kara-Mushi

For the threeline grunt with kinjiso ohitashi, a dashi-marinated, blanched dish: kinjiso is a Kanazawa local vegetable, one of the Kaga heirloom…

• ¥155

• Cook time 1 hr

Eel Hot Pot

Throughout the year, our restaurant serves a hot-pot-style dish within the tasting menu that focuses on seasonal ingredients. This time it's a hot…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 hr