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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.'

Spanish mackerel and napa cabbage snow-viewing hot pot with yuzu-and-chili condiment

This dish makes use of Fukuoka's Tokusen Hon-Sawara, exceptionally fresh Japanese Spanish mackerel. Eating it together with sweet napa cabbage lets…

• Serves 4 · ¥500

• Cook time 1 hr

Spanish Mackerel Yuan-Yaki, A New Twist

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…

Spanish mackerel oil-seared

A grilled dish. The vessel used is a red shino piece by Katō Shigetaka, son of the potter Katō Tōkurō. For the Spanish mackerel oil-seared, the…

• ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr

Awaji Island Goshiki-Torikai Spanish mackerel, smoked using low-temperature sous-vide

For the smoked sawara from Goshiki-Torikai on Awaji Island, I sous-vide the sawara (Spanish mackerel) with smoking salt at low temperature to keep…

• Serves 4 · ¥513

• Cook time 1 hr

Spanish mackerel steamed in scallion oil (firefly squid sauce)

This is a steamed-dish proposal devised as a way to work around rising ingredient costs. For the Spanish mackerel steamed in scallion oil with…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 30 min

Spanish mackerel and turnip

This is a steamed dish. Sawara and turnip is a dish where, on top of the elegant sweetness of sawara — a fish with no unpleasant edge to its flavor —…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 2 hr

Spanish mackerel miso-marinated and grilled with citrus flavor, butterbur sprout grilled with miso glaze, bamboo shoot grilled with sansho leaf

With the presentation in mind, this time I set out to express both the gorgeous fragrance of cherry blossoms and vivid coloring. The grilled course…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 2 days

Spanish mackerel red-and-white roll

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Grilled Spanish mackerel pot-cooked rice

We propose 24 pleasures across a single year. The cool, refreshing aroma of watercress stimulates the appetite.

Charcoal-grilled Spanish mackerel sashimi, nanban shrimp, giant Pacific octopus, red-and-white Korean-style tartare

This is the sashimi course (tsukuri), reconceived from dishes favored in Tokyo and Niigata cuisine. We add a twist with yukhoe sauce, bringing…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 30 min

Spanish Mackerel Yuan-Yaki

This time, we learned about "grilled dishes" from Master Instructor Iizuka (Takasaki View Hotel). We feature "yuan-yaki."

Spanish Mackerel Yukimi-Style Grill, Beef Loin Shio-Koji Grill

This is the grilled course. For the Spanish-mackerel yukimi-style grill, we prepare the mackerel, salt it, and top it with a soy-milk béchamel sauce…

• ¥300

• Cook time 3 days

Kombu-cured Spanish mackerel

This time it is the sashimi course. For the sawara kombu-jime, the sawara is filleted into three pieces and the pin bones removed, then lightly…

• Serves 1 · ¥540

• 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

Hanabira Daikon Platter

For this development, I chose sakura-dai, a spring ingredient. This is a sashimi course. April is when sea bream is at its best, so I thought serving…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,012

• Cook time 30 min

Mock tofu, mock sawara yuba, deep-fried stuffed Daitokuji-fu, apricot rings, turnip achara pickle, checkerboard kombu roll, vegetarian tsukune matsukaze, bamboo shoot grilled with sansho sprout, glazed simmered taro, carrot fritters

The apricot rings were included because eating something sweet brings out the flavor of the other dishes. For the turnip achara pickle, I cut the…

Spanish mackerel grilled in a spring-mountain style, clam grilled with tofu skin, bamboo shoot grilled with sansho leaf, apricot wafer confection

The Spanish mackerel grilled in a spring-mountain style expresses a scene from my hometown. As for the clam grilled with yuba, if you simply grill…

Spanish mackerel cured and dried with roasted rice green tea

For the sawara cured and dried with genmaicha, I use genmaicha. Tea in general, I believe, has the effect of removing the fishy or gamey smell from…

Sashimi

For the sashimi course, this time it's seared Spanish mackerel and tuna. Since sandwiching in mibuna greens adds an accent to the flavor, I serve it…

Spanish mackerel and mozuku soba, shrimp folded in a zigzag shape

This is the soup course. Since the soba noodles have mozuku kneaded into the dough, they have a strong bite, so the key point is to boil them a bit…

• ¥225

• Cook time 20 min