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Spring sea bream in clear seafood broth — seared tofu, shiitake, garland chrysanthemum greens, julienned scallion, sansho leaf

This time, we learned about the clear-soup course from Instructor Wada (Nihon Ryōri Aogaki). We feature the clear seafood broth.

Maki-grade kuruma prawn fried in a rein pattern, sea bream roe wrapped in coarse glutinous rice, fava bean sandwiched fritter, angelica-tree shoots dressed with tofu, and clam fried in egg-yolk batter

This is the appetizer course. For the shrimp tazuna-age, the shrimp is flattened, dusted with flour, and wrapped with three colors of thin noodles…

• ¥150

• Cook time 20 min

Wild mountain vegetables, miso-flavored, yogurt-topped: mountain udo, bracken fern, mountain garlic, bamboo shoot, fava bean, radish, crumbled fried egg, plain yogurt, strained white miso

This time we've knife-cut the radish into a janome (bull's-eye) pattern, but depending on the dish, we vary the knife-work — sometimes simply slicing…

Bracken fern wrapped in Japanese halfbeak, and kombu-cured halfbeak

For the appetizer course — warabi wrapped in halfbeak and halfbeak kombu-jime — we butterfly the halfbeak and wrap the warabi in it, but because…

Potato Kuwayaki — with Tanna Foie Gras Cream —

My hometown is Kannami, a town next to Atami, which includes the Tanna area, known for its thriving dairy farming, so I wanted to spotlight the milk…

• Serves 1 · ¥487

• Cook time 40 min

The ultimate sea squirt, crisp-fried in light white batter

This is a fried dish devised as a way to work around rising ingredient costs. The concept is 'innovative.' Sea squirt, a specialty product of coastal…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 1 hr

Asari clams and spring daikon, simmered and steeped

The asari clams and spring daikon simmered and steeped is a dish devised with inspiration from a dish by my mentor, Rokusaburo Michiba. Using the…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Minced shellfish and mozuku cocktail

This is the vinegared dish course. For the minced shellfish and mozuku cocktail, mozuku is placed inside, a bonito-flavored vinegar is softly set…

• ¥1,350

• Cook time 1 hr

Julienned vegetable clear soup with mitsuba, udo, shiitake, bamboo shoot, pork back fat, and pepper

For the vegetables in sawani-wan, adding them in order starting with the ones that take longest to cook gives the dish a better balance of textures.

Spanish mackerel namerō

This is a dish devised as a substitute for the sashimi course, with the presentation carefully considered. Sawara namerō (a minced raw-fish dish…

• Serves 1 · ¥500

• Cook time 30 min

Loose-Style Chirashi Sushi with Black Vinegar

For this loose-style chirashi sushi made with black vinegar — black vinegar is good for the body and carries good umami, so I made a sushi vinegar…

• ¥386

• Cook time 2 hr

Cabbage mochi, miso kanpura, and deep-fried simmered maple salmon with angelica shoots

This is a modern arrangement of a Fukushima local dish. The original local dish consists of "cabbage mochi, miso kanpura, and maple salmon." We…

• Serves 2 · ¥200

• Cook time 50 min

Hanabira Daikon Platter

For this development, I chose sakura-dai, a spring ingredient. This is a sashimi course. April is when sea bream is at its best, so I thought serving…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,012

• Cook time 30 min

Clam shinjo

This is the clear-soup course. Stock from clams steamed with sake is combined with bonito dashi to make the soup base.

• ¥312

• Cook time 25 min

White asparagus and abalone tofu-dressed dish, fava bean, twisted carrot

This time, on 'sakizuke,' I learned from chef Matsubara (Roppongi's 'Kasumitei Matsubara'). I take up 'shira-ae.'

An Assortment of Sake Accompaniments

Among the assortment of sake accompaniments, the burdock shaved to resemble soba noodles has such a good texture that guests often ask for a second…

Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke

This is a rice-course dish developed using jasmine tea. (Jasmine tea, 30g: 350 yen.) For Heshiko Jasmine Tea Chazuke, I used heshiko, mackerel cured…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 30 min

Simmered Beef in Miso

For the simmered beef chuck-eye roll (kata-rosu), I use several kinds of miso along with chicken-bone broth and other ingredients to build a…

• Serves 1 · ¥215

• Cook time 1 hr

Bamboo Shoot and Awaji Beef Horaku-Yaki

From our creative dishes using bamboo shoots, this is the additional course. "Tai Horaku-yaki" is a traditional dish of Awaji Island in which sea…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,240

• Cook time 2 days

Spring turnip, Japanese-style pot-au-feu

This is the simmered course. For the spring turnip Japanese-style pot-au-feu, we hollow out the turnip into a small kettle shape and fill it with…

Bamboo Shoot Tosa-ni, Simmered Sea Bream Roe, Octopus Sakura-ni

With the presentation in mind, this time I set out to express both the gorgeous fragrance of cherry blossoms and vivid coloring. This is the simmered…

• Serves 1 · ¥290

• Cook time 2 hr

Wakasa flounder with sansho-leaf vinegar, tilefish grilled Arashiyama-style, beef tongue set into a square, kuruma prawn simmered shiba-style, smoked salmon and cucumber rolled in kombu

This is the grilled-dish hassun course. For the Wakasa flounder with kinome vinegar, I grind kinome in a suribachi mortar and mix it with grated…

Wild mountain vegetables steeped in wasabi, sea bream roe set, wagyu simmered in miso, baby octopus simmered tender, smoked salmon Hakata-style, fava beans glazed simmer, icefish cherry-blossom sushi

This is the appetizer course. For the icefish in the cherry-blossom sushi, rinse the icefish in lightly salted water and lay them one by one on a…

Red Soup, and More

The "Red Soup" for the soup course serves as a substitute for the clear soup. We actually serve it at the restaurant, and it's quite popular — it…