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Lotus-Root Mochi Rock Crab

For the lotus-root mochi in this soup course, we deep-fry it in low-temperature oil, and once the surface has set, we take it out and put it in the…

Yellowtail Sesame Hot Pot

This is a small hot pot. Since the yellowtail sesame hot pot tends to taste rather thin on its own, I add ground sesame along with sesame oil…

Cherry-blossom-scented deep-fry

For the fried course's sakura ka-age, I desalt salt-preserved cherry blossoms, dry them once in the microwave, and mix them into a light, white…

Salmon Tri-Color Roll

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…

Steamed Lotus Root

Shrimp tanba-age, conger eel deep-fried in grated yam batter, lotus root cut in a snow-ring shape

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

Small tilefish marinated and deep-fried in starch

Amber-glazed beef tendon, and layered conger eel, lily bulb, and taro

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…

Saimaki Prawn Five-Color Roll

This is an appetizer built around the themes of a heat-relief dish for summer and the technique of cold cuisine. For the saimaki prawn (a small-grade…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Tilefish, lotus root cake with sea urchin, and seared-and-steeped soy milk

This is the simmered course. For the soy milk yaki-hitashi, I use not ordinary soy milk but a cream-like soy milk with its fat separated out — mild…

Renkon Anago, Asparagus Potato, Kogomi Stuffed with Uni, Tara-no-me Fan-Style, and Yomogi Fu

For the lotus root and conger eel, the inside is grilled conger eel. Bleached, commercially processed lotus root finishes whiter than raw lotus root…

Steamed conger eel and lotus root, shrimp taro simmered to absorb the broth, oyster cutting-board roll with chicken miso sauce, vegetable-cured softshell turtle

For the steamed conger eel and lotus root, the conger eel is filleted, its sliminess removed, and it's simmered in a seasoned broth. Lotus root, cut…

Steamed beef neck, hand-pinched lotus root dumpling

Since the dish makes the most of the meat's umami and finishes light, I think it pairs well with a lightly alcohol-added sake or barley shochu. Neck…

Overnight-dried blackthroat seaperch, butterfish pickled in sake lees

The grilled dish is blackthroat seaperch, overnight-dried. Blackthroat seaperch is a fish with tender flesh, so drying it once to draw out some of…

Shark Fin and Lotus Root Cake

The shark fin and lotus root cake soup course is made by treating fresh lotus root to prevent discoloration, grating it on a grater, folding in…

Shell-mound-style deep-fried abalone, flame-seared Japanese whiting, grilled summer vegetables

For the vinegared course's plum jelly, I combined red plum vinegar and white plum vinegar in roughly equal parts and set it with finely minced red…

Abalone Oni-Oroshi, Kasago Deep-Fried and Simmered

This is the 38th micro-season. For the abalone oni-oroshi (coarsely grated daikon): the abalone is thinly sliced with a rippled cut, quickly sautéed…

• ¥3,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Kabocha, directly simmered

The simmered course is a rich, savory dish. Here, with Ryōgoku (Tokyo's sumo district) in mind, I shaped the carrot into the sumo referee's fan. For…

Sesame Tofu

The appetizer's sesame tofu is a version with a little miso worked into it. I put miso, sake, and mirin in a pot over heat and work it for about…

Grilled king crab and grilled vegetables

For the grilled king crab in this grilled course, you can also think of it as a substitute for a vinegared dish. Since the New Year is approaching, I…

Bundled matsuba crab

For the bundled matsuba-gani, I've cut it on the diagonal, since cutting it straight would make it look like a plum blossom — though in winter…

Simmered, Grilled, Fried — Recommendations

Straw-bundle-shaped grilled roll

Eel in checkerboard pattern

For the grilled dish, the eel ichimatsu: burdock and carrot are cut into thick strips and sautéed kinpira-style with a sweet-savory seasoning, then…