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Five-color namasu

Last is the vinegared course. For the five-color namasu, king crab is at the center, wrapped in Shōgoin daikon on the outside. Kintoki carrot cut…

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

Aromatic Steamed Eel with Rice Oil

I've approached umami as richness = fat, for a new, refreshingly summery aroma and flavor, and a new combination of ingredients. The steamed dish is…

• ¥700

• Cook time 30 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

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…

Tilefish nanban-zuke and shrimp nanban-zuke with accordion-cut cucumber, freeze-dried tofu achara pickle, Fushimi pepper, and mixed scallion

This time, on 'vinegared dishes,' I learned from instructor Nakamura (Ryōtei Chiyoda). I take up 'nanban-zuke.'

Kagoshima kurobuta pork and snap pea, ginger-flavored, kombu-cured amberjack, green tea shinjo skewer, baby shrimp, baby turban shell with herbs, mallet-rolled kokanee salmon, young rakkyo prosciutto roll

Kagoshima Kurobuta Pork and Snap Pea, Ginger-Flavored is made by rolling snap peas in Kagoshima kurobuta pork as a vegetable-in-meat roll and…

• ¥606

• Cook time 1 hr

Sea squirt with citrus dressing, shrimp with fennel dressing, surf clam hydrangea-style dressing, sansho herring, beef with egg-yolk dressing

This is the sashimi course. In place of the usual sashimi, I made a five-color namasu. It uses seafood, beef, and sanshō herring, a local dish of…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Tateshina Beef Tenderloin, Deep-Fried with Aromatics

For the Tateshina beef tenderloin deep-fried with aromatics, I normally prepare Tateshina beef tenderloin — delicious even as a crossbred cattle — as…

• ¥850

• Cook time 20 min

Grilled Okinawan peanut tofu

I pursued the pleasure of the sound of chewing. The grilled peanut tofu is crisp on the outside and molten within, and the island-banana fritter also…

Steamed Chicken with Nametake Sauce

At our membership-based restaurants, I make a sample using ingredients that can be reliably obtained, and have each restaurant prepare it themselves…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 40 min

Floating Venison, Roast Venison

As for Floating Venison, in Karuizawa where I work, honshu deer are culled as harmful wildlife, but out of sympathy with those involved who don't…

• Serves 1 · ¥550

• Cook time 2 hr

Green pea mousse, grilled banana with a miso glaze, water shield soda, threeline grunt kombu-cured mountain-vegetable salad, horse mackerel and celeriac terrine

This is the appetizer course. For the fresh greenery mousse, 100 g of green-pea paste, 30 g of dashi, and 25 g of fresh cream whipped to about 85…

Eel and cucumber in vinegar

This is a vinegared dish. We always include one eel dish in the summer course. This time we made it as the classic unagi-zaku, shaped into an eel…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 40 min

Making Vegetables Delicious

We developed a new-sensation dashi using garlic with its odor suppressed, as part of "Giving Value to Vegan Cuisine within Japanese Cuisine." Since…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,308

• Cook time 20 min

Peach-scented sweet fermented rice drink, clam grilled with potato, crab roll wrapped like ceremonial paper, diamond-shaped tricolor mochi, icefish five-color fritter, dried persimmon with cheese

The peach-scented amazake, inspired by the peach blossoms that bloom in March, we finished as a pale pink, alcohol-free drink with a smooth mouthfeel…

Mineoka milk-and-kuzu tofu, winter melon and vegetable sushi, eel and turban shell uzaku, oil-seared Fushimi peppers, deep-fried eel with roe, sake-steamed eel

This is the appetizer course. Mineoka tofu is said to originate from Mineoka Ranch in Chiba, where milk is kneaded with kuzu starch to resemble tofu…

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…

Conger Eel Shirayaki, Hakata-Style Pressed

I proposed this as a way of serving seafood, using Kanagawa ingredients while exploring the prefecture's local cuisine. This is a vinegared dish. For…

• Serves 1 · ¥550

• Cook time 40 min

Mock eel raft, snow crab grilled with a grated daikon glaze, coin-shaped salmon and corned beef cheese, five-color potato sushi in a twisted rein shape, petit tomato stuffed and grilled

This is the appetizer course. For the damselfish chimaki-zushi (sushi shaped like a bamboo-leaf-wrapped dumpling), the sushi rice is mixed with a…

Sliced Abalone with Summer Vegetables in Abalone-Liver Sauce

For the sliced abalone with summer vegetables in abalone-liver sauce, I prepare the abalone by slow-simmering it whole, cut the summer vegetables to…

• ¥350

• Cook time 1 hr

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…

Duck yawata-maki, shrimp simmered shiba-ni style, taro and sea bream miso dengaku, kabocha squash, egg-yolk glaze-grilled squid

Under the theme "Relief from the Fierce Summer Heat," I wanted to offer a moment during the summer season where guests could forget the heat. There…

• Serves 1 · ¥180

• Cook time 30 min

Sesame Tofu-Vinegar Dressing, Simmered Tendon Aspic, Basil Miso Dressing

This is a set of three appetizers. For the sesame tofu-vinegar dressing: beef tongue is high in protein, low in calories, has little off-flavor, and…