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Kochi Tebako Pheasant 'Zōni'

This is the simmered dish from Kochi's New Year and regional home-style cuisine. Tebako Pheasant Zōni uses 'Tebako pheasant,' raised on Mt. Tebako at…

• Serves 1 · ¥555

• Cook time 40 min

Gyokuro Soup, White-Simmered Mountain Yam

I devised a dish that is unusual yet distinctive enough to make people want to try it, combining a serving style well received as a hot-weather soup…

• Serves 1 · ¥320

• Cook time 50 min

Salmon and pineapple roll, kombu-cured lavender jobfish with flavor pearls, Yoro-style tofu, local octopus and taro stalk, tomato cup, fig and prosciutto roll

From the appetizers. The lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii) is lightly kombu-cured under vacuum for about half a day. This time the ruby…

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…

Akashi sea bream, spring-haze steamed

This is a warm dish timed to the season when the cherry blossoms open. As for the Akashi tai harugasumi-mushi, this is normally a dish made with…

• Serves 1 · ¥900

• Cook time 30 min

Crab deep-fried tofu fritter, matsutake mushroom in light batter, autumn eggplant fried and then simmered, millet wheat-gluten cake deep-fried and simmered, leaf-shaped kabocha squash simmered to soak in the broth

This is a simmered dish. The crab hiryōzu is made from a base of pressed tofu, fish paste (surimi), and grated mountain yam mixed together, into…

Sea bream, pen shell clam, and bluefin tuna straw-seared

From the dishes I created under the theme "Ryokan Cuisine Today," this time it's the sashimi course. Within this menu, I often split the sashimi into…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,600

• Cook time 1 hr

Grilled Matsutake Steeped in Chrysanthemum Petals, Uruka-Dressed Dish, Autumn Fruits Set in Amber Jelly, and More

For the dish dressed with uruka (fermented sweetfish innards), the coating is made by desalting ayu uruka and pressing it through a sieve, then…

Yam and agar jelly

Deep-fried tofu fritter and moray eel with seaweed sauce

For this dish, I used shima-dofu (Okinawan firm tofu) in the hiryozu, so you can taste the flavor of the soybeans more directly than with regular…

• ¥300

• Cook time 1 hr

Dressed with irizake

The appetizer course should be something we can serve guests right away and that pairs well with sake — and since it's the first thing served, we try…

Mountain yam and Japanese trefoil

Mountain yam and mitsuba

Flounder Toji-Yaki, Kuruma Prawn Grilled with Shuto

This is the hachizakana course (a side dish accompanying the grilled course). My master taught me to always include something sweet, something…

Abalone with grated mountain yam

Eel Hakata-Style, Eel and Mountain Yam Griddle Cake, Eel with Curry Miso

These are three sake-pairing dishes for new-style eel cuisine. For "Eel Hakata-Style," I personally love the combination of narazuke (sake-lees…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,800

• Cook time 40 min

Steamed Duck and Tomato Timbale

This is a mallard duck dish from an ingredient arrangement for repeat customers. The mallard duck used this time is called "Zao Shinzan Chikutansui…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 1 hr