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Yellowtail and turnip simmer with snow crab, shiitake, turnip, millet gluten, ginkgo nut, Kujo scallion, and yuzu

This cooking method makes the most of the seafood's flavor. All of the broth is transferred to the …

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…

Crab, Local Clam and Rapeseed Blossom Crystal Aspic

“Knorr® Chicken Consommé” makes generous use of extract from fresh, domestic mature hens (“rōkei”), together with chicken meat and chicken fat…

• ¥1,000

• Cook time 3 min

Crab fish-paste dumpling (baby mustard greens, yuzu)

When making the crab fish-paste dumpling, I run scallop through a food processor and combine it with crab meat, so that the crab's natural flavor…

• Serves 1 · ¥3,800

• Cook time 1 hr

Snow crab and sesame tofu, aromatically steamed, yellow yuzu, Kujo scallion, fragrant mushroom

We break down the snow crab right in front of the guest, and it's popular enough that guests from overseas often film it. Kōtake mushroom (a fragrant…

A Soup Course Styled After Hanabira-Mochi, with Butterbur Sprout Tofu

This is a soup course styled after hanabira-mochi, the petal-shaped mochi confection eaten in January. I slice turnip somewhat thickly and let it…

• Serves 1 · ¥600

• Cook time 1 hr

Pine-cone-cut tokobushi abalone simmered for long life, bamboo-cut celtuce pickled in miso, bottarga and cheese pressed in layers, miso-pickled plum-blossom tofu, layered plum-blossom salmon, two-ingredient herring roe roll, candied baby sardines with a kombu knot, layered crab and sea urchin fish-paste dumpling scored and grilled, crab cracker, monkfish liver rolled in sweet-pickled daikon, sake-lees plum blossom layered into an auspicious plum shape, debira dried flounder in a sweet vinegar marinade, kosode-style salmon grilled in a citrus-soy marinade, and mountain yam wrapped in paper and cooked

These are celebratory hors d'oeuvres. For the miso-pickled celtuce, we pickle it in Saikyo miso. Since the celtuce is peeled into one continuous thin…

Crab and sesame tofu with soft first-skimmed tofu skin, bush-warbler-green lily bulb, pumpkin and cheese terrine, Japanese halfbeak wrapped in coarse glutinous rice and sakura leaf, fava beans and whelk in plum-mist dressing

The toro-yuba in the crab and sesame tofu with toro-yuba is the soft portion that rises first when making yuba. For the lily bulb uguisu: combine…

King crab and lotus root manju, chrysanthemum-cut daikon in sake-lees pickle, millet wheat gluten Dutch-style simmered, bamboo-leaf-cut kabocha

This time, on 'simmered dishes,' I learned from technical director Saito (Nihon Ryōri Kinari). This time I take up 'renkon manju.'

Chrysanthemum and grated daikon salad, octopus simmered with adzuki beans, monkfish liver in savory aspic, morel, papaya, and white kidney bean tofu dressing, Tatsutagawa tofu, served in a kabosu shell, hagi shinjo

For the octopus simmered with adzuki beans, briefly parboiling the octopus in tea first turns it a deep red color. I then simmer it slowly in…

Monkfish liver rolled like folded paper, quick-blanched crab claw, crab roe with sea urchin, raw cod roe simmered to infuse flavor, snow-ring lotus root vinegar pickle, served in a hollowed yuzu shell

The monkfish liver hosho-maki is a longstanding technique, but I thought pairing it would let guests enjoy not only its rich umami but also the…

• ¥430

• Cook time 20 min

Pacific saury simmered with shiso, persimmon and cheese mallet-shaped roll, amber chestnut, mallard duck and kabocha in a distant-mountains presentation, chrysanthemum greens dressed with crab innards, shrimp and small sea bream chrysanthemum-style sushi, monkfish liver egg-yolk grilled

For the Pacific saury (sanma) simmered with shiso: first the head, fins, and scales are removed from the saury and it is cut into chunks. It is then…

Foie gras savory steamed egg custard, frozen konjac layered Hakata-style, monkfish set in jelly, mackerel sushi wrapped kosode-sleeve style, plum-shaped arrowhead tuber, kuruma prawn lightly simmered in dashi Edo-mae style, egg-bearing baby octopus simmered in a savory sauce, lettuce stem, Chinese yam, and crab with plum rice porridge, and rapeseed blossoms with mustard dressing

For the appetizer course's foie gras chawanmushi, the foie gras is broken up into pieces before being used.

Spring sea bream and crab roll, deep-fried; herring-roe wakame, Tosa-style deep-fried; angelica tree shoot

Tomato and Onion Droplet

I devised this as the zatsuke (the first dish served at the start of a banquet) within a summer set menu. This is a chilled soup course. For the…

• Serves 1 · ¥300

• Cook time 2 hr

Ginkgo Tofu; Oyster and Fig Dengaku; Pacific Saury Simmered Arima-Style; Grilled Duck with Western Vegetables; Crab and Chrysanthemum Greens with Tonburi

This is the seasonal-vegetable course. I plate the ginkgo tofu and top it with a round-cut piece of tofu-dressed salad made from persimmon that has…

Koshu-style grilled chicken grunt, tomato baked in white sauce, steamed eel rice

This is the grilled course. For Koshu-style grilled isaki, the isaki is filleted into three pieces, coated with flour, and pan-grilled in olive oil;…

• ¥2,750

• Cook time 2 hr

Walnut tofu, small abalone steamed with sake, roe-bearing sweetfish simmered and steeped, chrysanthemum petals lightly steeped, Pacific saury rolled with burdock root, crab and tofu skin egg-yolk-batter fried, pine-needle-style skewer

Shrimp-shaped taro manju (crab yoshino-ni, spinach, dewdrop-cut ginger)

For the ebi-imo steeped in dashi, it's important to press it through a sieve while it's still warm. If it cools down, the starch in the taro hardens…

Hairy crab picked from the shell, kuruma prawn in areca-nut style, octopus tender-simmered with whiting, golden sushi, deep-fried stuffed red Manganji pepper, tube-cut mountain yam, rare immature salmon

As for the appetizer's tender-simmered octopus: normally I use the tender-simmering method that has been handed down since long ago, but this time I…

Matsutake tofu, turnip, eggplant, lotus root, sweet potato, barracuda, and crab

First is the appetizer course. This is matsutake tofu, using the quintessential taste of autumn. It is based on soy milk sold locally, and by adding…

• ¥680

• Cook time 2 hr

Sanbō-stand assortment: shrimp and lily bulb temari-zushi, squid temari-zushi, and more

For the shrimp and lily bulb temari-zushi, the lily bulb and Japanese mountain yam are steamed and then worked into a smooth paste in a double boiler…

Crystal aspic

For the vinegared dish, the crystal aspic sets each ingredient in a very loose jelly made from a light, dashi-based vinegar, and is served just as it…

Autumn Salmon, Autumn-Brocade Rice Cream Croquette

This is a fried dish. The autumn salmon and autumn-brocade rice cream croquette uses salmon, soy milk skin, and white sauce. Since we run an inn, we…

• Serves 30 · ¥3,500

• Cook time 1 hr