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Ishinomaki nameta-garei flounder, Kesennuma shark fin takiawase

This is the takiawase course from Miyagi's New Year cuisine. Ishinomaki nameta-garei — a flounder prized for its glossy skin — is one of the…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 45 min

Japanese Chestnut Ice Cream

I make a very fragrant house-made vanilla ice cream using Tasmanian vanilla beans, on the advice of a French chef, and combine it with seasonal…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Fugu milt and karasumi, steamed rice

Among all the delicious qualities of in-season fugu, this is a luxurious dish that lets you enjoy the rich umami of the milt -- called 'a jewel of…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Dried purslane simmered with mixed vegetables (Yamagata Prefecture)

This is the first course. This purslane dish, hyo-boshi gomoku-ni, is one of the local dishes handed down in the Murayama region of Yamagata…

• Serves 1 · ¥120

• Cook time 40 min

Grilled and marinated salmon with seasonal colors

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: salmon yaki-zuke Looking back on the history of dishes that have been eaten since long ago…

• Serves 4 · ¥198.3

• Cook time 1 hr

Samegarei Thin-Sliced Sashimi

This is the sashimi course, and from here on we move into the work I do at my current restaurant. Since the restaurant sits right above the market, I…

True Oyster Flan

This dish lets you fully experience, filling the mouth, the plump texture and the creamy, rich umami of true oysters, which come into season in…

• Serves 6 · ¥200

• Cook time 20 min

Grilled Kinki with Okara

Drawing out the appeal of Hokkaido's overwintered vegetables. The overwintered vegetables used here are lily bulb and overwintered napa cabbage. This…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 2 hr

Fried Hamo and Shark Fin, White Miso Stew

This time I thought I'd try using shark fin. Shark fin is a signature ingredient of Chinese cuisine, and I think people picture dishes with a color…

• Serves 4 · ¥480

• Cook time 35 min

Salmon Yaki-zuke and Salmon Milt

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: salmon yaki-zuke Wanting to preserve the 'deliciousness' handed down since long ago for a…

• Serves 4 · ¥320

• Cook time 1 hr

Sushi, sushi, sushi, sushi — the incoming boat, the outgoing boat

As an innovation for the rice course, I devised this from chirashi-zushi. Between layers of sushi rice, I press in dry-roasted items — dry-scrambled…

• Serves 4 · ¥12,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Charcoal-Grilled Tiger Fugu Milt, Fresh Green Laver Sauce, Wasabi

This dish is inspired by the image of a high-quality Japanese-style risotto, made with the rich, me…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,200

• Cook time 40 min

December sashimi selection: tiger fugu, bluefin tuna, blackthroat seaperch, truffle, finger lime, nori tsukudani

I generously use luxury fresh fish whose umami increases in the cold of winter, plating it in a showy way — mindful of visual impact — without being…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,450

• Cook time 15 min

Abalone, Sea Urchin, and Scallop Croquette

The croquette is deep-fried slowly over medium heat for about 4 minutes; once it is about 80% fried, it is placed on the grill stand to cook it…

Oyster lightly salted then sun-dried

The deep-fried dish is overnight-dried oyster. We rarely used to use oysters in the past, but advances in fisheries technology have made it possible…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 20 min

Tilefish Matsukasa-age, with Sweet-and-Sour Thickened Sauce

Pine-cone-style fried tilefish is a classic dish, but I wanted to add a bit of a twist to the flavor. Wanting to serve it in the style of the Chinese…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 20 min

Misaki-gazami Kachin-age, Deep-Fried in Mochi-Rice Batter

For Misaki-gazami Kachin-age, since the crab's umami grows weaker in its nagori period — the last-of-the-season stretch — I thought it would work…

• Serves 1 · ¥280

• Cook time 1 hr

Sesame Tofu

This is the small deep-bowl course. The sesame tofu is served with a sesame sauce.

• ¥85

• Cook time 1 hr

Beef short rib simmered in miso, grilled tofu stuffed with mushroom

Since this dish has a rich, heavy seasoning, I think it pairs well with red wine or aged sake (koshu). For the geta-karubi beef simmered in miso, I…

• ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Pufferfish skin chakin bundle filled with milt / black daikon from Keihoku, Kyoto

For the fugu-skin chakin bundle with milt in the soup course, we combine fish paste with an egg base. We mix chopped fugu skin and the fish-paste…

Winter cod deep-fried in fine rice-cracker crumbs, fan-shaped deep-fried milt

This is the deep-fried course. For the kandara mijinko-age, every January in the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture, the Kandara Festival is held…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Seven fortunes, sevenfold luck

I created this under the theme "Ryokan Cuisine Today." First is a warm dish. Titled Shichifuku Shichi'un, I chose seven ingredients whose Japanese…

• Serves 1 · ¥380

• Cook time 2 days

Braised Fruit Pork Belly, Cheese-Baked '540' Potato

Bringing out the appeal of Hokkaido's overwintered vegetables Overwintered vegetables used: '540' potato, overwintered carrot, Kawanishi long yam…

• Serves 1 · ¥390

• Cook time 2 min

Apple Gratin

This is a reimagining of Gunma Prefecture's local cuisine. This is a grilled dish. The Apple Gratin is an attempt to let guests eat the apple…

• Serves 1 · ¥540

• Cook time 1 hr