
Rosy seabass steamed with turnip
The clear-soup course is a blackthroat seaperch turnip clear soup. For the maple-leaf tofu, I made a red bell pepper kuzu-starch-set tofu and cut it…

The clear-soup course is a blackthroat seaperch turnip clear soup. For the maple-leaf tofu, I made a red bell pepper kuzu-starch-set tofu and cut it…

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…


Hitotsubashi Josui Hall "Hashihantei"
The yuzu used in the yuzu hanpen is cultivated rather than wild, so it has little harsh bitterness; I simply let it sit soaking in water for about a…

Harumi Hotel Mariners Court Tokyo
This is the clear-soup course. With whale, the difficulty lies in how to rehydrate it and how to remove its odor. I take a block of whale hongawa…
¥700
Cook time 3 hr

Akasaka/Akasaka Hikawa
Masaru Tanaka
This is autumn. If you take the soft, cottony part of the winter melon that is normally thrown away and turn it into somen (thin wheat noodles)…

Shuzenji Arai Ryokan
This is a clear-soup course. For the whole buckwheat groat manju, crab shinjo is used as the binder, then the manju is steamed and steeped in a…

This is the clear-soup course. For the tilefish stuffed with nuts, the tilefish is filleted into three pieces, cut into a block, lightly salted, then…

The clear-soup course is clear-broth style, with snow crab shinjo wrapped in cabbage. The crab shinjo is finished soft, with crab miso mixed in…

Izu Nagaoka Onsen, Kameya Keian
The crab and turnip mochi is made by grating Tennoji turnip and squeezing out the liquid, then adding plenty of crab. This is combined with glutinous…

Next is the soup course. For the pike conger dusted with Yoshino kuzu, I bone-score the hamo, dust it with Yoshino kuzu starch, and finish it in…

Akasaka Shozan
The namasu served in the persimmon cup is arranged so the daikon and carrot resemble reins (tazuna), hence tazuna namasu. For the persimmon vinegar…

The clear-soup course is sea bream simmered to a plump, glossy finish, with red-and-white mochi. I suppose you could call this a fairly standard…

The soup course is buckwheat groats wrapped in yuba. The buckwheat groats are well rehydrated and gently formed into a small ball with hanpen…

Kabura-zushi is definitely a winter food. Winter turnips firm up and become dense in flesh. Summer turnips have a lot of moisture, which suits them…

Kioicho auspicious
The clear-soup course is quail shinjo. Quail alone has a slight gaminess, so we combine it with ground chicken and add a small amount of sansho…

Tokyo Airport Restaurant
This is a nimono-wan, a simmered soup bowl. For the shirako daifuku mochi, the shirako is steamed with sake and salt until soft, and glutinous rice…
Serves 5 · ¥1,000
Cook time 2 hr

Otemachi Tokyo Kaikan Mitsubishi Club
Toru Sugai
This is the hachizakana course (a side dish accompanying the grilled course). My master taught me to always include something sweet, something…

Hotel Emion Tokyo Bay Japanese Restaurant Kai
This is the grilled course. Alongside the ainame ro-yaki and conger eel naruto-maki, though not on the menu, I also skewer crab shinjo and hosta…

Kawasaki Japanese Cuisine Shunsai Nishiya
Masaru Nagano
This is a clear-soup course. Regarding the Japanese spiny lobster shinjo, the fishing season for Ise lobster opens in August in the Sotobō region and…

Yoshiharu Kasai
For the crab shabu-shabu clear-soup course, we cut egg tofu into a moon shape and used napa cabbage as the green garnish. The crab is quickly…

This is the simmered soup bowl course. For the tilefish burdock roll: the burdock is hollowed into a tube shape and simmered in a clear-soup stock…
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