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Niigata gnomefish simmered with young ginger

Gnomefish is characterized by its tender flesh, rich fat, and deep flavor. To balance that and let its flavor stand out, I prepared it simmered with…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 30 min

Bear Meat and Daikon

I made bear meat and daikon into a dish where guests can savor the delicious dashi that comes out of the meat and fat. Wild-game hot pot is said to…

• Serves 4 · ¥638

• Cook time 50 min

Crab

Rather than boiling the crab as is, we steam the legs and body separately for different lengths of time so the umami doesn't escape. A small amount…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Aizu Horse Meat Tataki, Sango-hachi-zuke

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: Aizu raw horse meat Fukushima Prefecture covers a large area, comprising the Aizu…

• Serves 2 · ¥850

• Cook time 30 min

Yellowtail and napa cabbage layered terrine, monkfish liver

This is a course meant to encourage more sake. For the yellowtail and napa cabbage hakata terrine, steaming for about an hour softens the napa…

• ¥700

• Cook time 1 hr

Yellowtail and Turnip with Koji, Yellowtail Shabu-Shabu, Yellowtail and Root Vegetable Terrine, Yellowtail Namerou, Yellowtail Tsugaru-Style Salad

Starting with the appetizers. For the yellowtail and turnip with koji, I prepare the yellowtail, cut it to taste, and steam it briefly. The turnip is…

Kuwai and Prawn, Grilled Horikawa Burdock Stuffed with Mallard, Shishigatani Pumpkin Simmered with Cowpeas

This is the appetizer course. The mallard duck meat inside the grilled Horikawa burdock is ground twice and worked thoroughly, with the thin tip end…

Simmered dried cod, shrimp-shaped taro simmered to absorb broth, dried taro-stem tofu-skin roll, freeze-dried tofu mock whale skin

For the simmered dried cod: cod is something you will likely use often in the coming season, but dried cod can be had for about a fifth of the price…

Crab kinuta-maki roll

Grilled and steeped tilefish

●Amadai Yaki-Hitashi: the tilefish is filleted into three pieces, lightly salted and sliced thin, air-dried briefly to remove a little moisture…

Pufferfish first-snow fry, surf clam and shredded burdock, firewood-bundle fry, Annō sweet potato rice-cracker-crumb fry, hon-shimeji mushroom, and soy-flour fry

For the deep-fried course, the fugu hatsuyuki-age uses the collar of the fugu. For deep-fried dishes, the collar really is the tastiest part. The…

Boiled shark dressed with daikon, kinuta-maki roll

We wanted to newly express the local dish same no sukume, handed down here, as a modern arrangement based on the cooking methods of Japanese cuisine…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 3 hr

Truffle Wappa-meshi

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: wappa-meshi, rice steamed in a bentwood box Wanting to seek out the long-transmitted dishes…

• Serves 2 · ¥879.3

• Cook time 5 hr

Dried cod, fukume-ni

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: simmered bōdara Wanting to seek out the long-transmitted dishes of Fukushima and Kōriyama…

• Serves 1 · ¥284.6

• Cook time 5 hr

Brothless Okkirikomi

This is a reimagining of local cuisine. It's a simmered dish. I deliberately serve Gunma's classic local dish "okkirikomi" — hand-cut flat udon in…

• Serves 1 · ¥330

• Cook time 40 min

Ice-temperature aged Himuro pork, wrapped in magnolia leaf and salt-crust baked

As for the ice-temperature aged himuro pork wrapped in magnolia leaf and salt-crust baked, this pork is aged in a himuro snow cellar, which…

• ¥350

• Cook time 1 hr

Sweet-Simmered Yatsugashira Taro

This is the simmered course. I wash the yatsugashira (a large branching taro), let it dry overnight, then simmer it. Once it comes to a boil I add…

Sukiyaki

This is the main tabletop dish. The meat for the sukiyaki is slaughtered by halal method at a meat-processing center. It's served with local seasonal…

Molded mushroom preparation

Mushrooms plated in a neat, standard chakin — a twisted-cloth bundle — aren't very interesting, so I deliberately broke up the shape and arranged…

Scallop Wrapped in Prosciutto

●Scallop Wrapped in Prosciutto: the scallop adductor muscle is simmered in an all-purpose seasoned dashi with sake added at 70°C, then left to cool…

Smoked Pacific saury

Sea Urchin and Abalone "Ichigo Steamed Sushi"

Sea urchin and abalone ichigo-ni is a traditional local dish of Aomori, and this time we've arranged it into a rice course. The sea urchin and…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,200

• Cook time 2 hr

Fermented trout sushi

We wanted to newly express the local dish masu no iizushi, handed down here, as a modern arrangement based on the cooking methods of Japanese…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 6 days

Uzumi-Style Pufferfish Tofu

For this dish: uzumi-dofu is a regional dish from Kyoto in which freshly cooked rice is placed over tofu and a white-miso-based dashi is poured over…

• ¥1,100

• Cook time 40 min