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Genpei Fish Somen, Wrapped in Spring Onion, Reversed-Yolk Egg

This is a set of three appetizers. For the Genpei fish somen: make a quite loose kuzu-starch slurry using 1 gō (180 ml) of kuzu starch to 5 shaku (90…

Softshell turtle baked in a pie crust

This takes the place of the soup course; I thought I would try using a pie crust for the soup course instead. For 1kg of softshell turtle, we…

Steamed egg custard, last-of-season pike conger, quick-blanched, rolled shrimp, matsutake

Winter Yellowtail Bundled-Log Grill, Winter Yellowtail Saikyo-Yaki, Softshell Turtle Oyako-Yaki, Winter Vegetables with Hail-Grated Daikon

For the winter yellowtail bundled-log grill, we wrap sweet-savory sautéed burdock in winter yellowtail and finish it with a basting sauce made with…

Whale and mizuna hot pot, head meat, prized tail-fin fat, whale belly skin

This is a small hot pot. For the harihari nabe, I use head meat with a little marbling in it; this meat is also delicious done as sukiyaki. The white…

• ¥1,500

• Cook time 30 min

Anglerfish, tomozu sauce

This is the vinegared course: anglerfish with roasted-miso sauce. I learned how to make the roasted miso from my uncle — spread miso over a mortar…

Fushimi Peppers, Red Fushimi Peppers, and Long Green Onion with Softshell Turtle Miso

For the softshell turtle miso, what I really wanted to use instead of long green onion was Kujukuri's "umikko-negi" (literally "child-of-the-sea"…

Grilled monkfish dobu-jiru

Now to the grilled course. Monkfish dobu-jiru yaki (a rustic monkfish stew, here finished on the grill) is a local dish from Ōtsu, Kita-Ibaraki City…

Miso-based broth, Pacific saury fish dumplings, buckwheat dumpling, fried wheat gluten, taro, winter melon, daikon, carrot

From a craftsman's standpoint, nabe (hot pot) dishes are sometimes spoken of critically, along the lines of 'that's lazy work, beneath a professional…

Sawani-Style Clear Soup

The soup is the usual sawani-style broth combined with deep-fried pike conger (hamo). Sawani soup normally uses pork fatback, but this time we used…

Soybean miso soup

Soba Sushi

This is a summer heat-relief meal. Since it's summer, the soba sushi brings together eel and crab arranged in an ichimatsu (checkerboard) pattern…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 30 min