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Okra pureed soup, deep-fried okoze, mozuku fish-paste dumpling, pounded shrimp

This is a clear-soup course. A purée is normally made in a food processor, but here I finely minced the okra by hand and thinned it with a clear soup…

• ¥320

• Cook time 1 hr

Clear-Soup Hamo Yoshino-Uchi

Clear soup with pike conger eel dusted in Yoshino kuzu starch. For the obaike (whale tail-fluke skin and blubber) tofu, we use jarred obaike: soak to…

Late-season pike conger, matsutake

This is served in place of the simmered dish course. Late-season pike conger, fattened before spawning, pairs superbly with matsutake. Taking the new…

• ¥700

• Cook time 40 min

Mushroom broth, flame-seared pike conger, duck meatball

This is the clear-soup course. Matsutake is the standard choice for this season, but simmering dried mushrooms and finishing with an extra dash of…

• ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Pike conger quick-blanched with seasonal vegetables, pike conger roe in savory jelly

This is the vinegared dish course. For the pike conger yubiki with seasonal vegetables, I quick-blanch the pike conger and chill it in a lightly…

• ¥400

• Cook time 30 min

Pike Conger and Herb Smoked Japanese-Style Rice Burger

The pike conger and herb smoked Japanese-style rice burger was devised with the fish burger as a starting point. Smoking the pike conger, I think…

Pike Conger Dusted with Kuzu Starch

This is the soup course. For the pike conger dusted with kuzu starch, we used kuzu — a Japanese herb — to coat the pike conger, which is in season in…

Pike Conger Blanched, Local Octopus Seared, Kuruma Prawn Oil-Blanched

For the kuruma prawn oil-blanched, we cook the prawn by passing it briefly through oil. With the pike conger, octopus, and kuruma prawn alike, not…

Pike conger coated in kuzu starch, reconstituted pickled plum, small melon, Bubu-arare

This time, on the 'soup-bowl course,' I learned from chef Katō (Meguro Gajoen). This time I take up the 'hamo soup bowl.'

Ball-shaped sushi

This is the rice course. For the temari-zushi, I tried making it with the image of moon-viewing dumplings in mind. To evoke autumn, I added ears of…

• ¥900

• Cook time 40 min

Pike conger naruto-age

This time, we learned about "fried dishes" from Master Instructor Maeda (Okunitama Shrine). This time we feature "naruto-age," prized for its…

Pike Conger and Summer Vegetables

Hamo (pike conger) is at its best this time of year. This time, I wrapped it around winter melon, secured the shape with a toothpick, and let it…

• Serves 4 · ¥800

• Cook time 30 min

Hamo Cracker

This is a fried dish, from the themes of a heat-relief dish for summer and the technique of cold cuisine. For the hamo (pike conger eel) cracker, I…

• Serves 1 · ¥330

• Cook time 30 min