
Asuka Udon
The creative dish Asuka udon was devised playfully, out of a wish to include one noodle-based dish. A milk hot pot would normally include chicken…
Seafood & Seaweed

The creative dish Asuka udon was devised playfully, out of a wish to include one noodle-based dish. A milk hot pot would normally include chicken…

The autumn-run salmon used in the warm dish has a surprisingly strong fishy smell, but if you salt it, sprinkle it with sake, let it sit for about 15…

For the grilled course's tilefish two-flavor grill, the tilefish skin is thinly sliced, and it is finished with sea urchin for one of the two…

The appetizer is whiting achara-ae. Whiting pressed with a thin sheet of kombu, persimmon soaked in a light standing brine, mitsuba blanched briefly…

The avocado and salmon roll is a simple dish, but it comes in handy for last-minute menu changes. Scallop can be used in place of the salmon, and…

The delicately steamed egg custard is normally served after the appetizer course — served warm at this time of year, and chilled in summer. The egg…

As for autumn-brocade salad (nishiki-aki-ae), whale bacon has become expensive lately too, so if you slice it thin before adding it, you can keep the…

For the grilled course, I made three pieces of sea bream autumn-brocade grill, styled to evoke autumn foliage.

For the shirako chakin, sea bream milt is pressed through a fine sieve, shaped into a chakin purse, steamed, and then opened up again. Kuzu starch…

As for the tuna in the sashimi course, we are near the ports of Shimizu and Yaizu where tuna is landed, so we always make a point of including tuna…

Japanese restaurant "Shinbashi Kanetanaka"
Noboru Matsumoto
Sashimi wouldn't normally be plated in five small portions on one dish like this, but this is a proposal — that pairing each of these ingredients…



Sakura-chaya was founded in Showa 8 — 1933 — and is the third-oldest established ryotei, a traditional Japanese restaurant, in Mukojima, a district…

When it comes to Narita's specialties, freshwater-fish dishes come to mind, led by eel, carp, and loach; with local production for local consumption…


Uenoikenohata Kaien-tei
For the appetizer of clam steamed sticky rice with a konowata drizzle, we soak glutinous rice in kombu dashi before steaming it, then, while it's…

The vinegared dish is this feature's 'Autumn-Colored Chirashi.' There's no sushi rice underneath, but I arranged it in a chirashi style. The…

The steamed course's sakura-dai and spring vegetables steamed with sake is meant to be the main dish of this meal. If it were just sea bream, it…

Shirauo kimi-ni is quickly simmered in happō dashi (all-purpose seasoned dashi) just before serving.

For the clear-soup course, the clam fukashi: this would ordinarily be made as clam shinjo, but since it's steamed until soft, I called it fukashi…

For the fried course, the lily bulb manju: steam the lily bulb with sake, press it through a sieve, mix in glutinous rice flour at a ratio of 30-40%…

For the grilled scallop with shuto (a salted fermented fish-innard paste), the scallop is marinated for about 20 minutes in shuto mixed with beaten…
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