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Triangular bamboo-leaf-wrapped rice dumpling

This is triangular chimaki, from "Rethinking the Cuisine Favored in Tokyo and Niigata Cuisine." It is a Niigata local dish, and we present this…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 50 min

Assorted platter: nanban-style grilled barracuda, kabosu simmered in light syrup, Uda-kin burdock, tilefish with black rice, avocado baked in its shell, three kinds of rolled deep-fry

During the pandemic there was a period when ingredients were hard to come by, so I had to cook with whatever limited ingredients I had on hand. I'd…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,570

• Cook time 50 min

Kisarazu — Japanese-Style Noodles from the Banzu Tidal Flat

The hotel I work for is in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, and since many guests come from outside the prefecture, I wanted to use appealing local Chiba…

• Serves 1 · ¥730

• Cook time 50 min

Black Sesame Tofu, Fugu Milt, Monkfish Liver Himuro-Style, Pan-Seared Salmon Roe Sushi, Bottarga with Ginjo Sake

This is a shunsai, a seasonal assortment. The black sesame tofu is made from a ratio of 7 parts kombu dashi, 1 part kuzu starch, and 1 part black…

• Serves 10 · ¥80

• Cook time 20 min

Deep-fried and simmered monkfish

At the restaurant where I work in Oarai, Ibaraki, monkfish is an ingredient we use often during its harvest season, from November through March. By…

• Serves 1 · ¥250

• Cook time 40 min

Kansai-style seasoned rice with salted pork, onion, tomato, Usui pea, baby corn, shiitake, and fried scallion

Kayaku gohan is written as "kayaku" and originally refers to supplementary medicines added to enhan…

Yamayuri pork miso-marinated harami, grilled matsutake, pike conger senbei, rice porridge senbei, kuruma prawn senbei

The additional hearty course is a dish meant to be enjoyed with a drink partway through the course. This time, I devised a dish using delicious pork…

• ¥870

• Cook time 3 days

Turnip Set in Dew-and-Frost Jelly; Grilled Fig in Prosciutto; Autumn Salmon and Chestnut Kowameshi

These are the three savory drinking snacks. For the turnip set in dew-and-frost jelly, since I named the course 'When the First Frost Falls,' I used…

Bulbil rice

This time, we learned about "rice dishes" from Master Instructor Shimizu (Kissho, Kioicho). We feature "mukago rice."

Burdock Cappuccino

I originally worked abroad, and when I was in Italy I drank cappuccino almost every day. When I think of a Japanese dish using burdock, kinpira-gobō…

• Serves 1 · ¥267

• Cook time 1 hr

Black-Roasted Brown Rice Coffee and Tea Snack

Black-roasting is a technique that has existed in Japan since ancient times; I first learned of it while studying macrobiotics. Carbonizing…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 5 min

Ginkgo tofu, roe-bearing ayu kombu roll, persimmon tofu-dressed salad, Pacific saury sushi in a kimono-sleeve shape, beef rolled and grilled with leek, cream cheese with salted fish-innard sauce, seasonal vegetables with blanched chrysanthemum

This is the appetizer course. For the ginkgo tofu, I was particular about bringing out the green color of the ginkgo nuts well, so I chose ginkgo…

• ¥600

• Cook time 2 hr

Ayu and Eggplant Terrine, Uruka Red Wine Sauce

At Amanemu, where I work, guests from overseas have declined, but I designed this menu anticipating that they will eventually return, Sweetfish, a…

• Serves 2 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 50 min

Layered Ayu and Eggplant, Uruka Red Wine Sauce

At Amanemu, where I work, we have many guests from overseas, so I devised this dish with them in mind. Sweetfish, a summer ingredient, is typically…

• Serves 2 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 50 min

Red rice

This time, we learned about the rice course from Master Instructor Shimizu (Kissho, Kioicho). We feature mukago rice. We feature red rice.

Salmon milt in dressing, colorful namasu, kumquat cream, folded egg dish, herring roe on kelp in sake lees marinade, fertility-motif shrimp, snow-ring lotus root, cod roe sushi, monkfish deep-fried in soba-flake coating, foie gras steamed in egg custard

For the salmon milt in dressing, since some guests dislike the fishy smell of milt, I aimed to remove that smell while keeping its creaminess, and to…

Salmon, Ikura, and Mushroom Rice, with Salmon Yuan-Yaki

A masterpiece cooked up with a rich, clear seafood stock in which you can sense the umami of a variety of fish, making lavish use of showcase…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 30 min

Seared Ayu Sushi

I thought of sweetfish, a local Kanagawa ingredient in early summer. I filleted it, salted it light…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,600

• Cook time 20 min

Seiko Crab, Grilled in the Shell

The deliciousness of the seasonal Seiko crab is served in the course as an appetizer with a refresh…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 10 min

Rice, Rice, Rice

Rice is an inseparable presence in Japanese cuisine, so as a chef standing in a position connecting producers and consumers, I created this dish with…

• Serves 2 · ¥400

• Cook time 40 min

Dried persimmon, golden sea cucumber, and walnut salad, monkfish liver wine terrine, smoked silver-shimmer fish styled as a winter camellia, yellowtail sushi fingers rolled kimono-sleeve style, snow crab deep-fried and wrapped in yuba, dried roe deep-fried in a fan-shaped coating, vegetables in a sweet-and-sour achara pickle, freeze-dried konjac and a prized fatty whale cut simmered Yamato-style

For the dried persimmon, golden sea cucumber, and walnut salad, I use a local specialty dried persimmon. The golden sea cucumber is thoroughly…

• ¥950

• Cook time 3 hr

Octopus simmered in shio-koji, abalone simmered with rice, Kurosengoku black soybeans and lily bulb chakin, sweet-savory sautéed overwintered burdock

This is an appetizer using Hokkaido's overwintered squash and overwintered burdock. The flavor of the Yukigesho kabocha (a snow-white Hokkaido…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 min

Kamo eggplant pureed soup

This dish uses no seasonings whatsoever. I thought that if a cook can draw out an ingredient's own character — its five tastes and aroma — to the…

• Serves 1 · ¥482

• Cook time 40 min

Snow-viewing style: yellowtail snow hut

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. This is a soup-bowl course (wanmori). For the yellowtail kamakura, salt is applied to the…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 8 hr