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Yōrō Tofu

Sunomono, true to its title 'Melody of the Rain' — a bit of fun. The base: yōrō tofu, mountain yam and lily bulb sieved together, seasoned with milk…

Turban shell with sansho, kōtake mushroom with amber egg, foie gras and lily bulb, green plum and hamo, octopus ogura-ni, saimaki shrimp and white asparagus, eel and burdock

This is the ice tray course. I arranged savory fish aspic in ice water, portioning it out with the image of a summer festival stall's marble-scooping…

Tiger pufferfish dressed with crumbled nuka-pickled roe, icicle-cut squid with egg-yolk cream, soaked whale with white vinegar dressing, ark shell clam and taro stem with Naniwa miso, cod milt marinated in saikyo miso, rolled pickled plum, Shimonita leek stuffed with beltfish and grilled in a marinade, lily bulb wrapped in pressed plum paste, Oribe-style taro wrapped in a shiitake ribbon, stem lettuce pickled in fermented rice malt, and shimeji mushroom and Japanese parsley in a Tsugaru-style apple dressing

This is the torafugu masago-ae, using nukazuke fugu ovary. This is something cured in salt and rice bran for about three years, and it's sold only in…

Lily bulb and fiddlehead fern tofu-dressed dish, deep-fried river shrimp with dried tofu, deep-fried cherry salmon in a tofu wrap, steamed conger eel and mountain vegetable kenchin, butterbur and tofu dengaku with butterbur miso

For the appetizer course, the lily bulb and kogomi shira-ae: grill the lily bulb with a light dusting of salt to bring out a faint sweetness. The…

Cod grilled with three flavors

This is a use of the winter ingredient cod. We made cod sanmi-yaki for the enjoyable value of being able to eat three dishes at once. Nagaimo (a type…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 1 hr

Steamed Abalone and Manganji Pepper, Pan-Simmered, Loquat Wrapped in Prosciutto, Hamo and Flowering Wasabi, Eggplant 'Somen', Fukusa-Yaki

This is the appetizer (sakizuke). For the steamed abalone and Manganji pepper, pan-simmered, I sprinkle abalone with ginjō sake and steam it for 1.5…

Bamboo shoot, imperial-ox-cart-wheel style; spring mebuki-yaki Spanish mackerel

This is the grilled hassun course. The Gosho-guruma bamboo shoot, in a nod to March, is shaped to resemble the wheel of a Gosho-guruma, an imperial…

Spanish mackerel grilled in a spring-mountain style, clam grilled with tofu skin, bamboo shoot grilled with sansho leaf, apricot wafer confection

The Spanish mackerel grilled in a spring-mountain style expresses a scene from my hometown. As for the clam grilled with yuba, if you simply grill…

Hairy Crab Daikon Mochi and Hikina-mochi

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dishes: hikina-mochi (mochi rice with shredded dried vegetables), akasuji daikon mochi (made from…

• Serves 2 · ¥600

• Cook time 50 min

Cod Milt Steamed with Grated Turnip, Autumn-Colored Sea Bream, Shrimp

This is a steamed dish. For the cod milt steamed grated turnip, prepped shrimp, cod milt, and other ingredients are mixed inside and steamed. The…

Conger eel wrapped in soy milk skin, cherry-simmered mountain yam, butterbur

Spring Vegetable Jelly Terrine, Mugwort Sesame Tofu

Titled 'Hospitality for the Fourth Month,' this menu features dishes we serve in the restaurant. We begin with the appetizer. The sesame cream laid…

Bamboo Shoot Grilled with Kinome; Diamond-Shaped Kamaboko; Clam and Rapeseed-Flower Sushi; Bamboo Shoot Simmered in Shirozake; Icefish, Bonbori-Style Grilled; Lily Bulb and Tachibana Citrus Chakin; Halfbeak, Cherry-Blossom Dried; Three-Colored Dango

Titled "Appetizers, Grilled and Simmered Dishes for Early Spring," this begins with the appetizer course. I prepared a single warm dish, a dish tied…

Misaki-gazami Kora-yaki, Grilled in the Shell

Building on autumn ingredients, I used Misaki-gazami, a treasure of the sea from Oita Prefecture, where my workplace is located, to devise a set of…

• Serves 1 · ¥380

• Cook time 1 hr

Sanbō-stand assortment: shrimp and lily bulb temari-zushi, squid temari-zushi, and more

For the shrimp and lily bulb temari-zushi, the lily bulb and Japanese mountain yam are steamed and then worked into a smooth paste in a double boiler…

Cherry salmon grilled with cherry fragrance, butterbur simmered green, stretched dried salted salmon kidney, lily bulb Oribe-style chakin, fava beans simmered over direct flame

The lantern-shaped garnish sitting on top of the cherry salmon grilled with cherry fragrance is made by first boiling cod trimmings once, then…

Pinecone-scored squid, cut-bamboo early butterbur, syrup-simmered plumped plum, sprouted arrowhead bulb, ten-thousand-year simmered burdock, calm-wave-cut lily bulb, snow-capped herring roe, turnip namasu, steeped early bracken fern, and Hakata-style sweet bean jelly

Kuizumi is osechi, New Year's food. At New Year, packing lots of dishes into tiered lacquer boxes for the family to eat, and also to serve when…

Herring Roe Tinted with Sea Urchin, Black Bean and Lily Bulb in a Twisted-Cloth Purse, Candied Baby Sardines in a Sweet Rice-Coating Wrap, Two-Color Egg in Green Bamboo, Pine-Needle-Scored Abalone Two Ways, Rolled Salmon, Plum-Blossom Carrot in Saikyo Miso, Snow-Ring Lotus Root in Sweet Vinegar Pickle

Toso-zakana (a New Year's spiced-sake accompaniment), part one. Otoso cuisine refers to the three mitsu-zakana, or auspicious dishes: herring roe…

Spiny lobster grilled with golden egg yolk, sakura mochi, dimpled lily bulb, saikyo-miso-cured rapeseed blossom, butterbur and potato, mustard-pickled udo, bamboo shoot and sansho-leaf sushi, plum-blossom-cut burdock, bamboo-cut stem lettuce, and broad beans simmered to a vivid green

For the appetizer course, since I have a fondness for tableware, I wanted to make use of this large platter to start with. Today I made the Ise…

Spiny lobster grilled with egg yolk and salt-fermented bonito viscera, wagyu beef rolled with burdock, wheel-shaped wheat gluten, steak-style

This is a grilled dish. For the Ise lobster grilled with egg yolk and shuto, since the lobster meat becomes springy and hard to bite through when…

• ¥1,720

• Cook time 2 hr

Kinki rockfish, celebratory grill; monkfish liver pressed in layers; fugu in savory jelly; king crab, yellow chrysanthemum and komatsuna blanched in dashi; baked yuzu cup; winter moroko, simmered and marinated; azuki bean and lotus root; plum-blossom lily bulb; three-color kinpira; grilled burdock with young sansho leaves; accordion-cut kombu

This is the yaki-hassun — a grilled hassun assortment, written with celebratory kanji. For the Winter Moroko, Simmered and Marinated, I use moroko (a…

Bamboo Shoot Tofu

For the appetizer, the bamboo shoot tofu is made by simmering bamboo shoot trimmings with a fresh addition of bonito flakes partway through so the…

Spiny lobster grilled with salted fish-innard paste, tilefish grilled with sea urchin, Tosa-style herring roe, black soybean and lily-bulb sweetened mash, snow-ring lotus root achara pickle, salmon wrapped in squid

For the grilled Ise lobster with shuto, I use Ise lobster, a New Year's staple, basted and grilled with shuto. For the grilled tilefish with sea…

• ¥1,500

• Cook time 2 hr

Tanba Black Soybeans in Sweet Syrup, Tosa-Style Herring Roe, Lily Bulb Chakin, Korin-Pine Lotus Root Stuffed with Spicy Cod Roe

This is a celebratory New Year tiered box. It was designed to be colorful and to keep well, so that families gathered together could enjoy a relaxed…

• ¥2,800

• Cook time 3 days