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Fig with sesame cream, salmon pressed hakata-style, grilled pharaoh cuttlefish with basil, smoked pike conger deep-fried and rolled around burdock, grilled whiting sandwich with mysid-shrimp soy flavor and aromatic vegetables, autumn salmon steamed yoro-style, eel roll, herring roe on kelp with an egg-yolk mustard sauce

For the appetizer's Fig with Sesame Cream, the figs discolor the moment they are bruised even slightly, so we use fresh, not-too-ripe fruit. The…

Monkfish liver in citrus vinegar sauce, green peas in tofu dressing, dried sea cucumber roe, oval coin-shaped savory castella, steamed abalone, yuzu and cheese terrine

This is the appetizer course. For the monkfish liver in chiri-zu, the monkfish liver is cleaned and soaked in water, then steeped in milk for 20…

Crab Miso Gratin

For the red snow crab gratin, I combine rustic country miso and white miso, and add crab miso — the crab's own tomalley — to finish a richly flavored…

• Serves 10 · ¥151

• Cook time 50 min

Blanched and seasoned Japanese mustard spinach

Komatsuna is also called winter greens, and it becomes sweeter and more delicious once the frost has fallen. The komatsuna sold today is a hybrid…

Salmon grilled with a dawn-pink egg-yolk glaze, kumquats simmered in honey, chicken baked into a ground-meat cake, pine-cone-scored ark shell daisen-ni, and more

Kumquats simmered in honey: since kumquats with their leaves attached turn bitter, they are first left overnight, leaves still attached, in a fairly…

Steamed and simmered shark fin (Kesennuma's traditional food culture: 'Shark')

This is the simmered dish. Taking as its theme 'shark,' the food culture of Kesennuma City — Japan's top producer of shark fin — I've proposed this…

• Serves 1 · ¥987

• Cook time 2 days

Julienned vegetable and pork broth

For sawani soup, drying the maitake mushrooms once beforehand keeps their crisp texture. Black maitake also releases color, and drying it brings out…

Sea Bream Nanban-zuke with Jasmine Fragrance

This is a piece of vinegared-dish development built around jasmine tea. The deep-fried, vinegar-marinated sea bream was devised so guests can enjoy…

• Serves 2 · ¥500

• Cook time 1 hr

Pacific Cod and Snow-Covered Daikon Mizore-Mushi

This is a steamed dish, using Hokkaido overwintered snow-covered daikon and scallion. The Pacific cod and grated snow-covered daikon steamed dish is…

• Serves 1 · ¥190

• Cook time 1 hr

Autumn brocade platter: kogarashi-yose, smoked autumn duck, oil-simmered roe-bearing ayu, and pike conger and matsutake ōharagi-age

A repeat-visit dish aimed at guests in their 20s and 30s. Why it resonates: a large shared platter that makes people want to take a photo. I designed…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 20 min

Yuba-coated salad, jellied monkfish, smoked pufferfish in vinegar pickle, Yamato yam grilled with nori, yuzu mochi, kokera-zushi, namasu, seared julienned dried squid, and arrowhead crackers

The appetizers are plated as separate individual items so each one can also be served on its own. The uni in the yuba-coated salad is fine to use…

Pufferfish soft roe mochi, napa cabbage pureed soup, bamboo shoot flower-raft garnish

Fugu shirako is a prized, expensive ingredient valued for its creamy, rich flavor; in season it is typically served as grilled shirako or in fugu…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Ise spiny lobster grilled with golden egg yolk, seared Sendai beef, bottarga, yuzu-grilled winter yellowtail, kombu-cured herring roe, seven-treasure namasu, lantern-shaped herring, miso-marinated winter cod milt, grilled sea urchin, teriyaki monkfish liver

This is the celebratory platter from Miyagi's New Year cuisine. For 'Golden-Grilled Ise Spiny Lobster,' I paid close attention to the heat so the…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,700

• Cook time 1 hr

Sawara with Shuto Sauce, Monkfish with Its Own Liver, Shellfish Terrine, Seared Autumn Mackerel Sushi, Beef and Asparagus Rolls, Duck Yuba Rolls, Thick Rolled Omelette, Okra Tofu, Matsutake and Chrysanthemum Vinegar Marinade, Persimmon Shira-ae, Purple Sweet Potato Chakin

This is the seasonal course, the sashimi course. For the sawara with shuto (fermented, salted fish innards) sauce, the shuto is simmered down in sake…

Herring roe and wasabi in tofu dressing, pine-needle skewers, cod grilled with saikyo miso glaze, a twist on namasu, amber-marinated quail egg

For the herring roe and wasabi shira-ae — herring roe is used in New Year's cooking for its meaning of "many children" — this time I bring in a hint…

Beef Loin Sawani-Style Clear Soup

This is a clear-soup course. Beef loin sawani-style clear soup was created for guests who are not fond of fish. I lightly sear the beef loin…

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

Tomato jelly with water shield, flower-cut cucumber, sea urchin and broccoli egg-yolk set, sweetfish grilled in water-pepper miso, treasure edamame, simmered long-armed shrimp, Shine Muscat in white vinegar dressing, nanban-zuke dragon fruit

This is the appetizers course. For the tomato jelly, we use tomato juice brought in from Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. The ratio is 1g of French gelatin per…

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

Isaki with Kinjiso Ohitashi, and Isaki Kara-Mushi

For the threeline grunt with kinjiso ohitashi, a dashi-marinated, blanched dish: kinjiso is a Kanazawa local vegetable, one of the Kaga heirloom…

• ¥155

• 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

Cod and Turnip Roll, Milt Simmered with Egg Yolk

This is a simmered dish featuring the winter ingredient cod. For the cod and turnip roll, we used turnip, which becomes sweet and delicious once…

• Serves 2 · ¥1,100

• Cook time 1 hr

Wild Mountain Vegetable Sawani-Wan

You can enjoy two flavors in a single soup bowl. One is a flavor combining vegetables and asari clams. I roast butterbur sprouts and udo at 100°C for…

• Serves 1 · ¥580

• Cook time 30 min

Joshu Black Wagyu Low-Temperature Roast Beef

This is a shiizakana, a hearty course. This dish is themed around Gunma Prefecture's Tomioka Silk Mill, famous for sericulture. By braiding Joshu…

• Serves 1 · ¥2,120

• Cook time 1 hr