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Steamed Abalone, Lotus Root Mochi, Baby Mustard Greens

By steaming the abalone with absolutely no seasoning at all, I concentrate the umami the ingredient naturally has. I shave katsuobushi right in front…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 10 min

Oil-cured Pacific saury, duck cutlet sandwich, monkfish liver in a hollowed yuzu shell, and saikyo-miso-cured monkfish

This is the winter course. The Oil-Cured Pacific Saury is made the way oil-sardines are made, but using saury instead of sardine. Soaking it once in…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 1 hr

Noshi-style pressed abalone and black beans, monkfish liver rolled in a tree-ring pattern, roe-bearing rolled shrimp with caviar, butterbur himuro-style, arrowhead bulb castella, grilled dried squid roe, sweetfish kombu roll

This is the celebratory tray course. For the noshi abalone, abalone that has been steamed until tender is folded and pressed firmly for a while, then…

Sea Cucumber with Soy pulp, Abalone Liver with Butter, Black Sesame Egg with a Touch of Rin Glaze, Arihei-Style Squid, Yellowtail and Bettarazuke Hakata-Style, Plum Monaka, Matcha Kinton with Budou-mame, Herring Roe Namasu

This is the course preceding the hassun course. For the sea cucumber with soy pulp, I put the sea cucumber in a bamboo colander together with round…

• Serves 1 · ¥830

• Cook time 1 hr

Autumn-leaf assortment: oyster and persimmon miso gratin, shrimp and water caltrop grilled with yuzu, scallop autumn-color pickle, small clam adductor in apple vinegar, shuto cheese, persimmon and salmon, rolled dried persimmon, matcha red bean paste with skin-on chestnut

As a reconception of dishes favored in Tokyo and Niigata cuisine, this evokes a late-autumn medley. We designed each dish with an eye to color…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,475

• Cook time 1 hr

Hairy crab wrapped in lettuce (ginger gelée, sea grapes, shiso flower spikes, white asparagus)

At our restaurant, we focus on cooking that draws out the umami and flavor of the ingredients themselves. We're always thinking about the menu, and…

Freshly Made Sesame Tofu, Sea Urchin, Kombu-Water Jelly Broth

We insist on sesame that's 'freshly toasted, freshly pressed' and tofu that's 'freshly kneaded': we knead it fresh every day, one hour before…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Salmon milt in dressing, colorful namasu, kumquat cream, folded egg dish, herring roe on kelp in sake lees marinade, fertility-motif shrimp, snow-ring lotus root, cod roe sushi, monkfish deep-fried in soba-flake coating, foie gras steamed in egg custard

For the salmon milt in dressing, since some guests dislike the fishy smell of milt, I aimed to remove that smell while keeping its creaminess, and to…

Turnip and Duck Jibu-ni

This is a dish we've served since our restaurant's opening, out of my wish to 'preserve the excellent dishes that have existed since long ago.' It's…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 2 hr

Yellowtail Sake-Lees Yuan-yaki, Lotus Root Mochi

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. This is the grilled course. For the yellowtail sake-lees yuan-yaki, the yellowtail is filleted…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 days

Cold-season yellowtail teriyaki

For the warm dish of cold-season yellowtail teriyaki, we add five kinds of daikon to balance the five flavors. The sweetness of the Yukinoshita…

• Serves 1 · ¥420

• Cook time 2 min

Seiko Crab, Grilled in the Shell

The deliciousness of the seasonal Seiko crab is served in the course as an appetizer with a refresh…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 10 min

Bottarga and cheese sandwich, deep-fried

For the bottarga (karasumi) and cheese sandwich, deep-fried, karasumi is usually paired with something light and refreshing like daikon, but this…

• ¥320

• Cook time 20 min

Duck tataki with sansho pepper

When cooking duck, I think it's best to heat it aiming for a core temperature of 56°C. When I asked French chefs, many of them said a core…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 15 min

Butterfish Saikyo-Yaki, Scallop in Sake-Lees and Shuto Marinade, Kuruma Shrimp

Since aroma was the theme given to us, I'd like to introduce it by building on our everyday work. This time it's the fragrance of smoke. For the…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 2 min

Charcoal-grilled wild mallard (lily bulb)

After quickly deep-frying just the surface of the wild mallard breast at high temperature, we apply low-temperature cooking, and finish it by smoking…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,500

• Cook time 1 hr

Herring roe and mountain yam, black soybeans and lily bulb, candied dried sardines and walnuts

The three-item assortment of celebratory dishes is delicious even prepared in the old-fashioned way, but I added a small twist to each. For the…

Cherry Cheese Tofu

Ingredients from the past are disappearing along with the era. I recall how, where I live in Yamagata, the heavy snow meant that in winter foods were…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,986

• Cook time 45 min

Octopus simmered in shio-koji, abalone simmered with rice, Kurosengoku black soybeans and lily bulb chakin, sweet-savory sautéed overwintered burdock

This is an appetizer using Hokkaido's overwintered squash and overwintered burdock. The flavor of the Yukigesho kabocha (a snow-white Hokkaido…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 min

Milt daifuku

This is the soup-bowl course showcasing true cod milt in season. True cod milt is called “kumoko,” “yukiko,” or “kikuko” depending on its shape, and…

• Serves 1 · ¥220

• Cook time 1 hr

Japanese-Style Roast Beef

This time it is the additional course. For the Japanese-style roast beef, since many of our guests prefer red, lean meat, this time we use the inner…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 3 hr

Sashimi: Daikon Wrap

This is the sashimi course. I added a twist to the presentation, bringing some fun to an otherwise ordinary sashimi course. Which fish is inside is a…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 15 min

Winter yellowtail with grated wasabi, whole daikon, mizuna, wasabi

We grill the yellowtail close to a strong flame for about 40% of the way through, to crisp up the skin while keeping the inside rare. On top of that…

Conger eel and yuba napa cabbage roll, millet wheat gluten Dutch-style simmered, simmered winter melon, julienned yuzu

Among four dishes I especially want guests to enjoy in the cold season, I've prepared this anago and yuba dish. Not only in this dish but in all of…

• Serves 1 · ¥430

• Cook time 2 hr