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Dried scallop and shredded shark fin, steamed yuba-wrapped and topped with grated yam, prawn simmered in sake and pickled in shuto rice porridge, small eggplant deep-fried and simmered, soy-simmered butterbur tied into bundles with crisped leaf, sweet potato simmered in lemon

This is the chilled simmered course. For the prawn simmered in sake and steeped in shuto (salted fermented fish innards) rice porridge: sake-simmer…

• ¥880

• Cook time 45 min

Conger Eel Tofu

These are the clear-soup courses. For the sardine fish ball in bowl one, I remembered something Ishikawa-sensei, honorary chairman of our study…

Tilefish tamba-yaki, yubeshi, squid momiji-yaki

This is the grilled course. For the tilefish tamba-yaki, the tilefish is rinsed clean, and — since this is a Tamba-themed dish — chestnuts have their…

Steeped Malabar spinach, squid dressed with mefun, fermented salmon roe and kidney, rock mozuku in vinegar, conger eel pressed sushi with pickled mibuna greens, mini daikon pickled in fermented mash, new-season ginkgo nuts sake-seared with bottarga and Mimolette cheese, and semi-dried sea-cucumber ovary deep-fried in freshly milled rice flour batter

This is a platter of dishes to accompany sake. Since our restaurant has many women guests, we plate it for two to four people to share and present it…

Grilled Barracuda and Udo Kinpira, Takigawa-Style, with Wagyu Steak

The fish dish is barracuda and udo kinpira, Takigawa-style — a summer presentation with clear kuzu strands suggesting flowing water. Since it was…

Spiny lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, deep-fried tofu simmered in soup

For the Ise lobster in kuzu-starch sauce, we coat the lobster meat firmly with potato starch. Coating it too many times deadens the lobster's flavor…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,100

• Cook time 30 min

Beef Deep-Fried in Green Tea Crumbs

This is the deep-fried course. For the beef deep-fried in green tea crumbs, the beef is seasoned with salt and pepper, then coated in a fine crumb…

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…

Tilefish deep-fried in a straw-bundle shape, conger eel and white melon mustard pickle, small freshwater fish in white vinegar dressing, icicle-style sea urchin and mountain yam, asparagus and salmon in crystal jelly, sweetfish grilled on bamboo leaf, new-season sweet potato with matcha dressing

These are the appetizers. For the gori dressed in shiro-zu (a white tofu-sesame-vinegar dressing), sesame makes it tasty but dulls the flavor so the…

Chirimen-style pike conger, blue Minazuki tofu, winter melon pureed soup

Blue Minazuki is an alternative name for June, meaning the season when greenery grows lush and blue-green. The Minazuki tofu is cut into the shape of…

Japanese-Style Roll Cake

Finally, I made a Japanese-style roll cake using Yamasa Soy Sauce's dessert base. Combining the dessert base with fresh cream gives it a texture like…

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…

Whole small ayu sushi, flower-shaped lotus root, sweet-simmered runner beans deep-fried in new-tea-leaf batter, tender-simmered summer octopus, sirloin grilled with sweet white miso, skin-on Japanese flying squid grilled with sansho pepper, Naruto-swirled whiting fried in a toasted rice-cracker crumb coating, taro boiled in its skin, chopped vegetables, grilled chicken tenderloin, half-ground white sesame

This appetizer course is what our restaurant serves once June arrives. It is served stacked when plated. Use seasonal vegetables for the chopped…

Five-color namasu

This time, we learned about the vinegared course from Master Instructor Okawara (Hotel Suigetsu Ogaiso). We feature sweet vinegar.

Overnight-dried barracuda, black pepper-grilled chicken, grilled simmered conger eel and potato

For the grilled course, the barracuda is topped with julienned vegetables and finished with a dressing. There was a time when one of the younger…

Walnut tofu, small abalone steamed with sake, roe-bearing sweetfish simmered and steeped, chrysanthemum petals lightly steeped, Pacific saury rolled with burdock root, crab and tofu skin egg-yolk-batter fried, pine-needle-style skewer

Crab Crystal-Clear Simmer and More

For the hors d'oeuvre, icefish wrapped with young sprouts: after soaking the icefish in a seawater-strength salt brine, about 3%, arrange them on a…

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…

Yuzu-Scented Kuruma Prawn Baked Pudding

For the yuzu-scented kuruma prawn baked pudding: when I was working out four shrimp dishes, the very first thing I thought to make was the dessert…

• ¥500

• Cook time 40 min

Tsugaru Tofu, Marinated Abalone, Grilled Crab

Tsugaru tofu is entirely my own original creation. I kept the sweetness restrained and let a moderate tartness carry the dish, making it into a…

• ¥320

• Cook time 2 hr

Ichigo-ni rice in hot broth

This is the hot-water course served near the end of the meal. Since this book comes out in May, it’s a good time of year to use a bronze soup vessel…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Sea bream and turnip

The dishes themselves haven't changed since before the pandemic, but the plating has changed due to how often each dish is served and demand for…

• ¥700

• Cook time 4 hr

Suppon clear soup: grilled scallion, goji berries

The soup "Marusui" is one of our specialty dishes. It is made using only turtle stock, which we tak…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,300

• Cook time 10 min