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Charcoal-grilled splendid alfonsino and abalone

For the charcoal-grilled kinmedai and abalone, the smoky aroma of the charcoal grilling layers over the flavor of the miso, bringing out the…

• ¥1,385

• Cook time 1 hr

Okoze, kuzu-thickened simmered, sakura shrimp, simmered white taro stem, ibaragani roe sauce, fava beans, sansho blossom

For the white taro stem steeped in dashi, the taro stem is left soaking in dashi, and piping-hot toasted rice is added. This lends the dish the…

Pumpkin and Seafood Japanese-Style Stew

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…

Grilled Eggplant with Gelée

This is an appetizer designed to let guests fully savor eggplant at its peak season, when its umami is at its most concentrated. Here, we grill the…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Corn Fermented Butter, Japanese-Style Soy Milk Panna Cotta, with Shoyu-Kōji Caramel

When I did research for this dish, I found a source stating that "the word koku (body and richness) arose from the aging of grains." So, thinking…

• Serves 14 · ¥320

• Cook time 50 min

Wagyu rock-salt grill, wagyu vinegar pickle

Under the theme 'counter work that creates repeat guests,' I introduce simple dishes with a playful touch that please guests already well accustomed…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

Ōiwana Ginjō-Arai, Stuffed Fruit Tomato

This dish makes use of char in season. What we use here is large char — the difference from regular char is the growing period and size: large char…

• Serves 5 · ¥1,150

• Cook time 1 hr

Kabocha Squash with Sesame Dressing, Molded and Deep-Fried

This is a kabocha squash dish. Consulting the literature, the temperature and time at which pectin hardens and at which a vegetable breaks down are…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 5 min

Smoked Chicken Tenderloin, Soy Milk Béchamel Sauce

By November, the morning and evening chill turns sharp, and it becomes a season when warm dishes are especially welcome. This time, I designed a dish…

• Serves 1 · ¥250

• Cook time 20 min

Edomae oil-cured silver salmon, giant Pacific octopus kuzu-tataki, Kuroge wagyu ichimatsu-maki, potato somen, kisu kosen-age, corn chawanmushi, fava bean and rice-porridge simmer, tomato yose, bitter melon agebitashi

This is an assorted small-bowl course. The Kuroge wagyu ichimatsu-maki with garlic toast uses Takao soy sauce, which we often use for grilled meat…

Bulbil rice

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

Chawanmushi

This time, we learned about "steamed dishes" from Technical Director Hiratsuka (Hattori Nutrition College). We feature "chawanmushi."

Green Tea-Roasted Kagoshima Kurobuta

For the green tea-roasted Kagoshima kurobuta, I first sear the pork in a frying pan to give it color, then rub it with Chiran green tea and roast it…

• ¥154

• Cook time 4 hr

Corn Mineoka Tofu with Charcoal-Scented Sauce

Wrap the corn in plastic wrap while still in the husk, steam it for about 20 minutes, and once it's cooled enough to handle, clean it and separate…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 40 min

Nodoguro Salad, Charcoal-Seared, with Charcoal-Scented Dressing

In front of the guest, burning-hot charcoal is placed into the dressing to transfer its aroma, and the dressing is then poured over the dish and…

• Serves 1 · ¥560

• Cook time 40 min

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

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

Walnut tofu, chewable dashi jelly

For the appetizer that marks the start of the meal, I always think about wanting to serve something with impact that leaves an impression and lifts…

Detox-style shrimp consommé, spiny lobster simmered with egg yolk

As for the detox-style shrimp consommé, "detox" means expelling the toxins and waste products that build up in the body, guiding both body and mind…

Buckwheat-dumpling-style Tanba steamed dish, saury simmered in vinegar, oyster grilled with sansho pepper, crystal ginkgo, butterfish salt-grilled, sweet potato simmered in bitter orange, mushroom marinade, persimmon and muscat grape cream-cheese shira-ae, fig dengaku

This is a nine-item appetizer assortment. For the soba-gaki-style tamba-mushi, the sweetness of the chestnuts varies considerably by season, so the…

Lotus Root Shinjo, Chrysanthemum-Style Steamed

The chrysanthemum-flower effect is created using finely shredded shūmai wrapper skins.

Hamo Surinagashi

I introduce a luxurious dish unique to summer, packed generously with hamo flesh and bursting with its deliciousness. Rather than the…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 30 min

Blue Swimmer Crab Autumn-Color Tamaji-Mushi

A repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. Why it resonates: designed with photogenic appeal for guests in their twenties and thirties…

• Serves 1 · ¥850

• Cook time 1 hr

Tender Duck Loin, Apple Sauce

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr