Winter

For the fried course, the quail rolled with leek is made by wrapping leek in quail and deep-frying it golden, coated in an egg-yolk batter. The…

Azabujuban, Club Knox Azabu
Kazuhiro Suzuki
For the deep-fried course's shrimp tawara-age, the outside is kabocha squash cut into batons, and the inside is shinjo. Because kabocha quickly turns…

The Tsugaru-style bake is made by combining ingredients that are all harvested in Aomori, so I think it leaves an impression. Normally it doesn't use…

The salmon tri-color roll is defined by the contrast of its colors. Salmon and trout varieties are also vivid to look at. It's good for the sakizuke…

This is kinmedai shira-ae, splendid alfonsino dressed tofu-style. Since it's a dressed dish, the usual approach would be to toss everything together…

Iwaki City, Hotel Midori Iwaki Ueda Shikisai Shokumidori
As for the duck tsumire in the clear-soup course (owan): we're particular about chickens too, choosing different breeds for different purposes and…

The New Okura, Yokohama
Toru Kato
As for the sashimi course's garancho isonoyuki, this 'garancho' is Roudi escolar caught in Sagami Bay, and it seems to be called this in the Miura…

The New Okura, Yokohama
Toru Kato
The crab and shrimp-roe grilled dish is made by rinsing the roe of sweet shrimp in water, draining it, salting it somewhat heavily, and keeping it in…

The fried course's shrimp Tanba-age is called Tanba-age because it uses chestnuts from Tanba.

Japanese Cuisine Yoshimura
For the oyster and napa cabbage roll from the assortment of separately simmered dishes, I blanch napa cabbage, wrap it around oyster simmered in a…

For the deep-fried scallop rice among the fried dishes, we cook glutinous rice with 10 percent black rice mixed in, keeping it a little firm, and…

The bekko-ni beef tendon in the simmered course took its inspiration from Korean cooking. Rice bran works too, but we reconstitute the beef Achilles…

Koga Kappo Yamabiko
For the white camellia dumpling, I combine shiratamako (glutinous rice flour) with grated Japanese mountain yam in equal parts, then loosen the dough…

Omiya, Isenishiki

The garnish used for the grilled sole liver in the yakimono course is kinko, a dried sea cucumber. These days you can also buy it already rehydrated…

Kansai Chefs Association
For the shime-saba takana roll, the takana pickles are used after removing a little of their saltiness. This time I've used shime-saba, but young…

Okawara Mizuki Hotel Ogaisou
For the simmered dish, since this is the season when the rice harvest has just finished and sake brewing begins, I made a sake lees simmer. These…

Azabujuban, Club Knox Azabu
Kazuhiro Suzuki
The simmered course is monkfish liver, gently simmered. The liver is worked well by hand in water for about an hour to drain the blood. An…

The hirame soba-miso yaki took its inspiration from the soba-miso yaki served at soba noodle shops; we devised a preparation using whole soba…

For the soup course, Tokyo guests tend not to favor the mellow, heavy flavor of white miso, so I made a blended-miso style by combining white miso…
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