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Tilefish and karasumi clear-soup, finished with more karasumi and a yuzu crowning garnish

The balance between the saltiness of the karasumi and the flavor of the tilefish is superb.

Kazunoko-Konbu Wrapped in Squid, Green Asparagus Yawata-Maki

This is the appetizer course. For the herring roe on kelp wrapped in squid: desalt it as usual. Removing all the salt would leave it flavorless, so…

Grilled nut tofu, salt-fermented Ise lobster roe, a preparation shaped to resemble chestnuts, bottarga with squid and cheese Ohara-me style, Otafuku garland chrysanthemum greens with scallop and sea urchin

This is the sake accompaniment course. For the grilled nut tofu, I started with a base of sesame tofu and added walnuts and chestnuts, which are in…

• Serves 10 · ¥1,150

• Cook time 40 min

Whale meat pickled in miso, bottarga, sardines simmered with sansho pepper, chicken liver and cheese crackers, banded coral shrimp steeped in rice porridge, black konjac grilled in fragrant soy sauce, fava-bean dumpling shaped like a paper lantern, seared thick Kyoto-style fried tofu with butterbur miso, and crunchy pickled plum and crunchy udo, a mountain vegetable, on pine-needle skewers

Whale blubber loses its fat cleanly when you use Sado's 'Saigetsu' aged miso. For the whale meat pickled in miso, we parboil whale blubber in…

• ¥2,550

• Cook time 3 hr

Yellowtail Sake-Lees Yuan-yaki, Lotus Root Mochi

This is a use of the winter ingredient yellowtail. This is the grilled course. For the yellowtail sake-lees yuan-yaki, the yellowtail is filleted…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 days

Bottarga and cheese sandwich, deep-fried

For the bottarga (karasumi) and cheese sandwich, deep-fried, karasumi is usually paired with something light and refreshing like daikon, but this…

• ¥320

• Cook time 20 min

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

King salmon cold-smoked and vinegar-cured, bottarga cold-smoked and vinegar-cured, small sea bream cured with bamboo grass, butterfish vinegar-cured, barracuda rolled with chrysanthemum, Japanese mountain yam with salmon roe sauce, and vinegar-set yam

Let me start by explaining the vinegared dish course. As for the king salmon ogawa-jime, the king salmon is soaked in a soy sauce saumure…

Ezo Abalone and Sesame Tofu with Arima Sansho Shark-Fin Sauce

For the Ezo abalone and sesame tofu with Arima sansho shark-fin sauce, raw abalone has a crisp, springy texture, and cooking it makes it tender, but…

• ¥770

• Cook time 1 hr

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

Beltfish rolled around burdock, duck loin with mushroom dressing, whiting and bottarga sandwich, deep-fried, kuruma prawn and persimmon in tofu dressing with truffle, tender-simmered octopus, conger eel sushi

This is a seasonal-vegetable course. First, for the beltfish yawata-maki, I wrap beltfish around a core of kinpira-style braised burdock and grill it…

• ¥580

• Cook time 1 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…

Shinano yukimasu ogawa roll wrapped in nozawana, rapeseed blossom-apple-iwana oyako koji dressing, Shinshu beef and chrysanthemum-greens checkerboard hakusen-age, three-colored egg terrine with cherry blossoms, miso-marinated fuki wrapped tōji-style in yuba and grilled, runner bean awayuki terrine, leaf wasabi and yam sushi

Let's begin with the appetizers. For the Shinano yukimasu ogawa roll wrapped in nozawana, ogawa is normally made using minced squid or white fish…

Japanese-Style Gratin

Japanese-Style Gratin uses scallop, but it can also be made deliciously with pen shell, cockle, or Ezo ishikage cockle. Rather than simply searing…

• ¥700

• Cook time 1 hr

Whale red meat, grilled with golden egg yolk

This is the grilled course. The marinade for the whale red meat used in the golden-glazed grilling combines dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, mirin…

• ¥2,000

• Cook time 2 hr

Young sea bass grilled wakasa-style, onion grilled with fermented miso mash, coconut custard, chicken gizzard dressed with tofu, bottarga deep-fried in a buckwheat coating, salmon, stone-wall-cut liver, and matcha sweet pancake sandwich

This is a grilled hassun assortment. The young sea bass is filleted into three pieces, marinated in the wakasa marinade for about 20 minutes, then…

Aperitif: chrysanthemum sake, prime hairy crab, steamed salted sea cucumber intestines from Kaneko, conger eel grilled with tofu skin, soy pulp, seared-and-chilled surf clam in white vinegar dressing, bottarga, eel liver in walnut vinegar

This is the sake-pairing course. In keeping with the theme, the aperitif is also chrysanthemum sake. Chrysanthemum dew is said to promote longevity…

Sweet shrimp in a yuzu shell, Ōharagi kisu, Kizuki burdock, saimaki-prawn leaf cracker, pine-nut pinecone-shaped matsukaze

This is the appetizer course. The sweet shrimp in a yuzu shell has sweet shrimp and vinegar-cured turnip diced small inside a hollowed yuzu shell…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,500

• Cook time 15 hr

Snow crab dressed with grated carrot and daikon, savory egg parcel, smoked salmon and prosciutto turnip rolls, Ishikawa taro coated with gently bain-marie-cooked, sieved sea urchin

Starting with the appetizers. For the snow crab dressed with grated carrot and daikon, the crab is boiled in salted water and removed from the shell;…

Herring roe marinated in miso, flounder rolled in sweet rice paste and kelp, dried sea-cucumber ovary, pinecone-scored small abalone, bottarga and daikon, black soybean on pine-needle skewers, daikon and dried persimmon namasu

For the herring roe miso-marinated, I salt the herring roe, remove the salt, then marinate it for about 2 days in whole-bean miso with mirin and…

• ¥1,850

• Cook time 30 min

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

Abalone liver tofu, new-season bottarga wrapped in lettuce, eel grilled with an egg-yolk glaze, cod milt grilled with cheese, Pacific saury ogawa-style, winter duck leek roll, and sweet shrimp in a fragrant marinade

Starting with the tray course, the abalone uro tofu. Uro refers to the liver; we use abalone liver saved from summer and set it with gelatin. For the…

Spanish mackerel grilled with a vegetable stuffing and sweet potato, aigamo duck "spring mountain", peeled tomato in a yuzu-citrus vinegar, pufferfish milt in a cloth-wrung purse, sweet shrimp with egg yolk and salted fish innards, roe-bearing ayu simmered with sansho pepper, thin daikon tied into firewood bundles

First, the appetizer is a seven-item assortment. For the Spanish mackerel kenchin-yaki with sweet potato, the Spanish mackerel is prepared…

Yuzu Cup, Snow Crab in Grated Daikon, Grilled and Marinated Kuruma Prawn, Oyster Grilled with Shichimi Pepper, Persimmon and Bottarga Mountain Yam Roll, Miso-Grilled Lily Bulb, Deep-Fried Chestnut

For the appetizer course's grilled and marinated kuruma prawn, the kuruma prawn is soaked in sake-salt water to bring out its aroma, then grilled and…