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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…

Matsuwa Mackerel, Sesame-Miso Cream Bake

‘Sesame-Miso Cream Bake’ is a grilled dish built around regional ingredients, stylishly fusing simmered miso-mackerel with miso-fried eggplant — a…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 1 hr

Misaki-gazami Yoro-mushi, Steamed with Grated Mountain Yam

Building on autumn ingredients, this is a nimono-gawari, a dish that stands in for the simmered course, featuring Misaki-gazami. For Misaki-gazami…

• Serves 1 · ¥350

• Cook time 1 hr

Pacific saury with shaved kombu

This is single dish course one: Pacific saury with oboro-kombu. Since sanma is out of season, I substituted horse mackerel (aji) this time. Because…

• ¥500

• Cook time 20 min

Lotus Root Manju

This is a dish making use of autumn ingredients. Sanko-yasoku refers to delicious foods gathered from mountains and open fields, a phrase meaning the…

• Serves 1 · ¥105

• Cook time 30 min

Parcel-grilled beltfish, Spanish mackerel rolled with shredded vegetable filling and grilled, eel-fin rolls

For the grilled course's eel-fin rolls: there is a variety of sweet pepper that's thick, long, and not very spicy, which I cut into thin strips…

Kabocha Manju with Scallion-Ginger Sauce

For the kabocha manju with scallion sauce, I braise Kagoshima kurobuta (a prized black-pig pork breed) pork belly until tender and use it, along with…

• Serves 20 · ¥196

• Cook time 1 hr

New-season Pacific saury dragon-skin roll sushi, white taro stem, seared and shredded dried sea cucumber roe, fig with white vinegar dressing, new-season ginkgo nuts in the shell, salt-roasted, pureed chamame soybean soup

This is the appetizer course. The plate is an unglazed, high-fired yakishime dish by Rosanjin. The white taro stem is boiled with grated daikon and…

Pen Shell and Kuruma Prawn in Amber Sauce, Kombu-Cured Kisu with Yōrō Yam Sauce, Anago with Crushed Soybean Dressing, Turban Shell and New Potato with Liver Dressing, Steamed Abalone

This is the sakizuke course, an appetizer. The fig is peeled of its thin skin and steamed briefly to soften it. The eggplant is deep-fried in oil…

Kobako crab in a grated-yam fritter, baby sardine cracker with Parmigiano Reggiano, Shogoin daikon simmered and topped with miso, fresh wood-ear mushroom and paprika sautéed sweet-savory, smoked pond smelt tempura, dried persimmon butter, winter greens blanched and dressed, baked sweet potato and ginkgo, and yam bulbils and sea urchin, baked

We prepare nine dishes to accompany drinks, but serve three to five depending on the guest. We always have several kinds ready in advance. Since our…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 min

White sesame tofu, fragrant steamed sweetfish, quail egg styled as eggplant, steamed abalone, foie gras hakata, corn shinjo, muscat grapes in tofu dressing

This is the appetizer course, a seven-item assortment. The fragrant steamed ayu is steamed with a fragrant oil used in Chinese cooking added to the…

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

Tsukune Yam Consommé Jelly Mold

This is a vinegared dish, a molded preparation using tsukune-imo, a yam whose appeal lies in its stronger stickiness and denser, clingier texture…

• ¥1,800

• Cook time 1 hr

Tiger pufferfish aspic

I devised this dish under the theme of "A Restaurant's Work, Ever-Changing." My restaurant, Wangu, will mark its 45th anniversary since founding in…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 1 hr

Iwagaki Rock Oyster with Uni Dashi

As for the iwagaki rock oyster with uni (sea urchin) dashi, iwagaki have thick flesh, come in a range of sizes, and have a rich umami, making them an…

• ¥533

• Cook time 2 hr

Sea Cucumber, Crab Roe, Shark Fin Miso-Marinade, Karasumi and Silver Yellowtail Daikon Roll, Herring-Roe Kelp Shio-Koji Fresh Yuba Roll, and More

We take several days to soften the sea cucumber and let it absorb a two-part seasoned broth. Underneath, we lay down a bed of grated daikon mixed…

Overwintered napa cabbage wrapped in ancient rice, minced raw herring, pickled herring, herring roe

This is the rice course. The overwintered vegetables used are overwintered napa cabbage, overwintered cabbage, overwintered carrot, and overwintered…

• Serves 1 · ¥340

• Cook time 1 min

Ayu Namerou with Finger Lime

I devised this dish as a new way of serving seafood. My focus is on a new, refreshingly summery aroma and flavor, and a new combination of…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 30 min

Eggplant Somen

This is an introduction from our restaurant's popular autumn dishes. Eggplant is generally thought of as a summer vegetable, but by presenting it…

• Serves 1 · ¥100

• Cook time 10 min

Oil-steamed smelt

With the wish for guests to experience, with all five senses, the seasonal feeling of spring as the breeze turns warm, we devised a way to use…

• Serves 10 · ¥170

• Cook time 2 hr

Squid tossed with shuto, flounder aspic, mock foie gras of chicken white liver, aromatic fried shrimp, hydrangea-shaped fried kamaboko, young chicken and asparagus roll, thread-like sea vegetable, Japanese anchovy pressed and pickled with ginger, paper-umbrella-shaped myoga and potato sushi, cucumber cut as a tree frog with moromi miso, raindrop tapioca

The 'Sound of Rain' appetizer platter (Amaoto no Zensai) is an appetizer that expresses the June season through rain, green, polka dots, paper…

Small turban shell with a seafood-and-barley-miso dressing, octopus ogura-style, crab and yellow chive amber jelly, tomato and egg saikyo-miso pickle, pike conger sushi with sansho pepper, Peach Pine and smoked salmon kombu roll, fava bean and tofu-skin cheese dressing

This is the appetizer course, plated on a leopard plant leaf. For the small turban shell dressed with jinda, sweet egg-yolk miso and olive oil are…

Winter melon steamed dumpling

This is a chilled dish. For the winter melon manjū, the winter melon is peeled, salted, then blanched and refreshed in hot water. After that, it is…

Fragrant Fried Bonito with Hoshiko

This is a fried course. Fragrant Fried Bonito with Hoshiko is, in a sense, a dish that puts waste to good use, making full use of in-season bonito…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 10 min