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Winter Melon Bowl and Eggplant Oranda-Style

Like the steamed course, this was developed for couples in their fifties and sixties. The winter melon bowl makes use of the pike conger without any…

• ¥800

• Cook time 50 min

Oil-Steamed Sea Bass

This is a steamed course, designed with couples in their fifties and sixties in mind. For the oil-steamed sea bass, since sea bass has little fat and…

• ¥500

• Cook time 50 min

Mamekozō pea purée, overnight-dried ayu, and lotus root aspic

For the Mamekozō pea purée, I used “Mamekozō,” a new Kagoshima variety of usui-mame pea, so guests could enjoy the taste and aroma unique to this…

• ¥450

• Cook time 40 min

Chicken grunt, skin seared yakishimo-style

This was created with couples in their thirties and forties in mind. For the skin-seared isaki, the skin is often discarded, but it is actually…

• ¥400

• Cook time 30 min

Tateshina Beef Tenderloin, Deep-Fried with Aromatics

For the Tateshina beef tenderloin deep-fried with aromatics, I normally prepare Tateshina beef tenderloin — delicious even as a crossbred cattle — as…

• ¥850

• Cook time 20 min

Miso-Marinated Maboroshi Pork from Iida City, South Shinshu, and Isaki Grilled Yūan-Style

This is a grilled course. For the miso-marinated Maboroshi pork from Iida City, South Shinshu, I wanted to showcase Maboroshi pork, a Nagano…

• ¥370

• Cook time 30 min

Shinshu snow trout in egg-custard aspic

This is a soup course. For the Shinshu Yukimasu egg-custard aspic, I wanted to communicate added value to novelty-loving customers in their forties…

• ¥175

• Cook time 30 min

Shinshu Salmon and Asparagus with Egg-Yolk Vinegar, Nagano Mountain Yam Pressed with Kombu, Shinshu Fukumidori Chicken Teriyaki, Cream Cheese Nikogori, Nozawana Pickle Nori Roll, and Vegetables with Sesame Cream

Shinshu salmon and asparagus with egg-yolk vinegar takes Shinshu salmon — usually served in hot pot or as sashimi — and gives it a different…

• ¥50

• Cook time 10 min

Yellowtail simmered to a glossy sheen, yellowtail liver, white-simmered turnip, chrysanthemum-cut lotus root, maple-leaf carrot, roasted chestnut, green chili, julienned ginger, sansho leaf

This time, we learned about side dishes from Master Teruaki Mochizuki (The New Okura). He came up with dishes that look delicious and catch your…

• ¥720

• Cook time 1 hr

Cold-smoked first-catch bonito

For the vinegared course, I designed it with women in their forties in mind, around the concept of “an unfamiliar pairing.” In all my cooking…

• ¥290

• Cook time 1 min

Crystal aspic

For the chilled simmered course, I designed it with couples in their thirties in mind, around the concept of “a refreshing concentration of dashi's…

• ¥180

• Cook time 40 min

Young sea bass grilled Rikyū-style with sesame

For the grilled course, I designed it with couples in their forties in mind, around the concept of “an encounter with texture.” Customers in their…

• ¥320

• Cook time 50 min

New-season blanched pike conger, and lime-cured chicken grunt

The new-season blanched pike conger is finished with a plum-and-wasabi flavor, and the lime-cured isaki is brought together with ponzu jelly. To…

• ¥330

• Cook time 1 hr

The Original Truffle Rice

A songwriter and regular customer, Yasushi Akimoto, gave me an idea after he told me, "It's not eno…

Zuwai crab and seared matsutake layered, raw salmon roe skein, grated yuzu

Tags & categories related to this post : October, November, striking, elegant, snow crab, matsutake, salmon roe skein (sujiko), yuzu, kaiseki…

Seared pike conger, hidden-plum style, Kyoto eggplant, cowpea, end-of-season red Manganji pepper, green yuzu

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Abalone with liver soy sauce, chamame beans simmered with sansho, bottarga sushi, vinegar-pickled myoga, kuruma prawn tofuyo-style, tonburi, Kaga lotus root with pike conger roe, layered chrysanthemum petals

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Crab, Local Clam and Rapeseed Blossom Crystal Aspic

“Knorr® Chicken Consommé” makes generous use of extract from fresh, domestic mature hens (“rōkei”), together with chicken meat and chicken fat…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 3 min

Nori-Grilled Tiger Pufferfish Milt, New Bamboo Shoot and Jidori Chicken

“Knorr® Chicken Consommé” makes generous use of extract from fresh, domestic mature hens (“rōkei”), together with chicken meat and chicken fat…

• ¥1,500

• Cook time 5 hr

Seared pen shell clam and sea urchin hand roll

The distinctive crunch of the pen shell clam and the crisp bite of Manganji pepper are gently wrapped in the mellow sweetness of sea urchin. Searing…

• ¥500

• Cook time 20 min

Crispy deep-fried tilefish with bottarga sauce

The small tilefish is deep-fried in high-temperature oil so that its scales stand up crisply, conveying a sense of crunchiness at a single glance…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 30 min

Yamayuri pork harami, fruit-miso grilled

We add blueberries and white peaches to the miso base to give the pork a refreshing sweetness witho…

• ¥650

• Cook time 3 days

Sea Cucumber Tomo-Ae with Red Turnip

For the sea cucumber tossed with its own salted innards, paired with red turnip, I remove the sea cucumber's innards through the vent, julienne it…

• ¥320

• Cook time 1 hr

Salted Sea Urchin and Red Mizu Matsumae-Style Pickle

For the salted sea urchin and red mizu — a wild mountain vegetable — Matsumae-style pickle, I finely chop shiso and myoga for aroma, peel the red…

• ¥360

• Cook time 40 min