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Satsuki (fifth month of the lunar calendar) is fermentation
The theme for May is "Satsuki (fifth month of the lunar calendar) is fermentation." Fermentation is the process of using microorganisms to enhance the flavor of food such as umami and sweetness, making it more delicious. Fermented foods contain plenty of antioxidants and good bacteria that improve gut health, benefiting not just your health but also beauty. Therefore, in May, we are serving Kyoto-style cuisine that features fermented foods from around the world. We also have homemade fermented foods available, such as nukazuke for appetizers and Amami-Oshima's fermented rice and sweet potatoes, called miki. For the amuse-bouche, pork and beef ham as well as preserved sardines will be served in a traditional hassun tray. Our steamed dish is a combination of fermented tomatoes and saury fish. We hope you enjoy the taste of homemade fermentation.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Satsuki (the fifth month of the lunar calendar) is fermentation
Sakizuke:
Assorted pickled vegetables in rice bran, served with sweet sake and olive oil
Wan-mono:
Bonito based soup and fermented sweet potato soup, with deep-fried fat greenling
Hassun:
Boiled Kyoto green leaves mixed with blue cheese and sesames
Picked sardine in rice bran
Homemade hum; spec and bresaola
Cooked burdock root in spicy soy sauce and sugar
Lightly roasted bonito sashimi
Boiled green peas with sugar
Mushimono:
Steamed Japanese Spanish mackerel with salted rice malt and fermented tomato
Kuchinaoshi:
Sweety vinegar sorbet with sweety and sourly gingerroot
Main dish:
Pork cutlet topped with butterbur shoot miso
Shokuji:
Deep-fried kimchi tempura bawl
Red miso soup with freshwater clam and fermented butter
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean ball with mugwort
Baked yogurt
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Uzuki (fourth month of the lunar calendar) is local cuisine
The theme of our menu for April is regional cuisine. Regional cuisine refers to dishes that have been handed down from one generation to the next in a particular region, prepared in a manner unique to that region using ingredients that have taken root in the region over time. However, food distribution, processing, and storage technology have become so modernized today that the regional qualities of food have started to wane.
In view of this, our menu for this month features a completely new combination of regional cuisines from all over Japan never attempted before, ranging from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, presented in the style of “Kyo-kuzushi kappo.”
We hope you will get to experience the wonderful culinary culture of Japan that is gradually being forgotten.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Uzuki (fourth month of the lunar calendar) is local cuisine
Kyoto prefecture’s Sakizuke:
Dried young sardines and Japanese pepper served with avocado and cream cheese
Akita prefecture’s Wan-mono:
Natto and Bonito based soup with tofu and minced pork dumpling
Various local’s Hassun:
Sakura shrimp fritter and cherry blossoms scented salt
Spicy tofu
Sardine dumpling served with hand-rolled nori
Boiled edible wild plants“KOGOMI”with yuzu pepper
Sweet cooked carrot
Marinated spring sea bream sashimi in Kyoto miso
Hokkaido’s Nimono:
Cooked salmon trout, petit verre, peccoros with cream and miso sauce
Kuchinaoshi:
Cherry blossom sorbet
Miyazaki’s Main dish:
Fried chicken with vinegar, sambal and tartar sauce
Tokyo’s Shokuji:
Fukagawa-meshi ochazuke with leaf bud
Various local’s Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Milk and sweet bean jelly with strawberry
Bean ball with cherry blossoms
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Spring Bread Festival
"Spring Bread Festival" is the theme of the menu for March. In honor of the "Spring Bread Festival" held every year by a certain bakery, which is well known for giving away white plates as gifts, Yamashiroya Shozo has prepared a bread-filled menu.
The first course will be an egg sandwich, popular at coffee shops in Kyoto, called the “Kyoto egg sandwich". Enjoy this unusual sandwich made, with Japanese ingredients sandwiched between two pieces of bread.
In the bowls are homemade croutons, which look and taste amazing. We have also prepared other dishes that will surprise you, such as dishes which use different kinds of bread and Japanese ingredients as bread.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Spring Bread Festival
Sakizuke:
Egg sandwich alla Kyoto
Wan-mono:
Chicken broth with large crouton
Hassun:
Butterbur sprout miso with grissini
Boiled bamboo shoot mixed with bread crumbs and black garlic paste
Firefly squid mixed with peanut butter and miso
Pickled red snapper sashimi in saikyo miso
Pickled seasonal onion in red plum vinegar, topped with snow crab
Castella with rape blossoms
Pickled broccoli in rice bran with white sesame
Agemono:
Templa; flour tortillas rolled around cherry salmon and asparagus
Kuchinaoshi:
Homemade ricotta cheese mixed with mint and matcha
Main dish:
Grilled chicken with nut butter and sesame
Shokuji:
Seafood chirashi sushi
Red miso soup with deep-fried Japanese wild edible plants
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
White bread with cream cheese
Half dried kiwi
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Festivals of Early Flower Month
The theme of the February menu is “Festivals of Early Flower Month.” Early Flower Month, also known as February, is named after the first flowers that bloom in the year, which are plums. Although many people think of cherry blossoms when they hear the word “flower”, the first flowers of the year are actually plums. This is why the traditional Japanese calendar calls February the Early Flower Month.
Changing the subject, February is a month with many famous events. Here at Yamashiroya Shozan, we have created menus based on the themes of the events such as “First Horse Day”, “Setsubun” and “Valentine's Day”. This year, we will prepare a menu that incorporates all these festivals, and also makes use of the plums which is the first flower of the year. We believe that by enjoying the course to the end, you will be able to fully experience February.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Festivals of Early Flower Month
Sakizuke:
Thyme flavored sushi wrapped with deep-fried tofu
Wan-mono:
Bonita, black ginger milk Kuzu starch soup with cod milt
Hassun:
Roasted soy beans
Cooked lotus root with spicy cod roe
Plum-flavored gluten
Deep-fried sardine with nutmeg
Millet wheat gluten covered with chocolate
Pickled califlore in rice bran
Scorched yellowtail with plum liqueur jelly
Nimono:
Kyoto radish and deep-fried sea bream cooked in bonito-based soup with curry flavor
Kuchinaoshi:
Homemade ricotta cheese with plum
Main dish:
Pork tempura served with cheese fondue
Shokuji:
Plum ochazuke with hibiscus tea
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Ganache with red wine
Sweet been ball with green peas
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New Year’s Gift
The theme of our January menu is "New Year's gift." January is the month for celebrating the beginning of a new year.
With this in mind, we at Yamashiroya Shozo have prepared a New Year's gift for our guests to enjoy throughout the month.
For the appetizer, we welcome you with a platter of traditional Japanese New Year’s-style cuisine in honor of the New Year. This is followed by a Kyoto-style New Year mochi soup called ozoni. We hope you enjoy our unique way of eating mochi rice cakes dipped in roasted soybean flour.
For the fried dish and palate cleanser, we have prepared dishes that look like a decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts and a wrapped offering of money. Although you don't often have a chance to receive a New Year's gift, we hope you will enjoy a special New Year's gift from us at Yamashiroya Shozo.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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New Year’s Gift
Sakizuke-Hassun:
Kelp with herring roe
Boiled black beans with dark rum
Boiled burdock root mixed with spicy cod roe and pomegranate
Fish cake pickled in rice bran
Cooked lotus flavored with cumin
Sweet rolled omelet hoji tea
Deep-fried smelt with sesame
Wan-mono:
Traditional New Year’s soup with miso and rice cake
Otsukuri:
Red & White sashimi with soy sauce and fermented black beans
Agemono:
For New Year’s Gift; Cream croquet with porcini mushrooms and scallops
Kuchinaoshi:
For New Year’s Gift; Citrus sudachi ball with homemade ricotta cheese
Main dish:
Lightly-roasted venison served with apple and onion soy sauce
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with mussels and saffron
Tomewan:
Red miso soup with mozzarella cheese
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet boiled burdock root with sweet red beans
Bean ball with lily bulb
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Winter Solstice
The theme of December’s menu is “winter solstice”. The winter solstice is the day with the longest night and the shortest daytime each year. Therefore, the sun’s strength is at its lowest ebb on this day. After this day, however, the sun’s strength begins to return, making the winter solstice an optimistic time. For this reason, it is said that our fortunes begin to rise after the winter solstice.
Ingredients relating to the winter solstice include pumpkin (seven hibernal flowers), adzuki, and yuzu.
For the appetizer, we ward against bad luck before calling for the good. We prepared adzuki as the appetizer because they are said to have the power to protect against misfortune.
Everyone likes to take a yuzu bath on the winter solstice. This comes from a play on words: taking the baths to cure sickness (touji) on the winter solstice (touji). Yuzu is therefore used to flavor the ricotta cheese palate cleanser.
Pumpkins are summer vegetables, but because they can be stored for a long time, they were a valuable source of nutrition during the winter months when food was scarce. Eating pumpkin is meant to give encouragement to help us make it through the harsh winter.
For December we have prepared a menu in the hopes of keeping you in good health and improving your fortunes. Please come and enjoy the food to help bring in the new year.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Winter Solstice
Sakizuke:
Rice porridge with red beans and scarlet runner been
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based soup with grated Chinese cabbage, monkfish liver pate and garlic
Hassun:
Cooked kumquat in sugar
Cooked red konnyaku in bonito-based soup
Strawberry and pistachio mixed with tofu
Cooked daikon radish topped with sweet miso and beats
Tempra pickled mushroom in rice bran
Salmon roe and egg yolk
Deep-fried spam rolled in seaweed
Agemono:
Steamed yellowtail and Kyoto yam, covered with grated pear
Kuchinaoshi:
Crispy wafers with homemade ricotta cheese and Yuzu
Main dish:
Sweet and sour pork with pumpkin
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with soy milk, topped with tuna pickled in soy sauce and garlic
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Deep-fried buck wheat cookies flavored with Japanese mustard
Sweet jelly with strawberry and condensed milk
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Kotatsu Opening
The theme for November’s menu is “Kotatsu Opening.” November will bring more cold days. It’s the time of year when we wonder when we should take out our heater. In the old days, people would open the kotatsu on the day of the Boar (old lunar calendar), so it is said that it’s a good time to bring out the heater. Thus, we welcome you to the November theme, “Kotatsu Opening,” with a menu that is just like a kotatsu, warming your body and soul on a cold day. Since “Kotatsu Opening” is done on the day of the Boar, we have prepared a dish of pickled melon and mackerel, named after the child of a boar, Uribo. The grilled mackerel and the sweetness of the pickled melon are a perfect match. The next bowl is mizore soup with Shogoin Kyoto turnips. This wintery dish is made with grated turnips to express the mizore. The soup is made with light kudzu sauce, so it does not get cold easily and you can enjoy the hot broth. It’s natural to eat tangerines when sitting under a kotatsu. For the appetizer, we served tangerines with shira-ae. Other dishes are also served with kudzu sauce, so please enjoy the warmth of our food.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Kotatsu Opening
Sakizuke:
White melon pickled in sake lees and grilled mackerel
Wan-mono:
Grilled sea bream in bonito-based soup with grated Kyoto radish
Hassun:
Baked minced chicken and cartilage flavored with cumin seeds
Sweet and spicy quail egg
Daikon pickled in salted rice yeast
Castella with taro
Carrot boiled in oil
Tiny sushi ball with squid
Mandarin mixed with tofu and saikyo miso
Agemono:
Deep-fried Hamo fish with herb bread crumbs, served with starchy sauce and couscous
Kuchinaoshi:
Homemade ricotta cheese
Main dish:
Meat balls with truffe, served with grated cucumber
Shokuji:
Ochazuke carbonara with fresh pepper
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Baked apple with brown sugar syrup
Bean ball with sweet potato
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Autumn leaves
The theme for October’s menu is “autumn leaves”. In autumn, leaves turn beautiful colors, enveloping the town in beautiful scenery. Autumn leaves are as popular as cherry blossoms are in spring. This is why, for October, we chose to use red autumn leaves as a theme for our dishes. From appetizer to hassun dish, everything will follow this theme. “Momiji” is the name given to the leaves of maple trees when they change color, and are one of the most notable examples of autumn leaves, which has resulted in the Japanese word for autumn leaves to be read as “momiji”. Our dishes will be served in red dishes inspired by their color, and are sure to be a feast for the eyes.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Autumn leaves
Sakizuke:
Broiled tilefish with carrot and mayonnaise, served with pickled Japanese ginger and spicy ginkgo nut
Wan-mono:
Bonito and garbanzo-based soup with venison dumpling
Hassun:
Sea bream cured with kombu
Cooked and roasted chestnut
Cooked Hamo roe with curry powder
Momiji fu flavored with Japanese pepper
Millefeuille with smoked salmon and cucumber
Turnip pickled in bran
Nimono:
Steamed glutinous rice topped with Hamo fish and matsutake mushroom
Kuchinaoshi:
Persimmon vinegar and Amazake sorbet
Main dish:
Deep-fried chicken with cinnamon
Shokuji:
Coffee ochazuke with sweet-and-salty pork
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Castella with pumpkin
Sweet rice jelly with beet
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Kiri-hito-ha
The theme for September’s menu is kiri-hito-ha, a kigo, or poetic seasonal phrase meaning, “a single Paulownia leaf.” Among the many trees that shed their leaves in the fall, the Paulownia is the very first to do so. It is when watching the Paulownia leaf fall that we learn that fall has arrived. This is the scene that kiri-hito-ha depicts. Yamashiro-ya Shozo’s menu for September will make you feel the beginnings of autumn. For our appetizer, we have used chrystanthemums in honor of the seasonal Chrysanthemum festival. The wan-mono (wooden bowl) dish that follows also evokes autumn with cosmos (also known as “autumn cherry blossoms”) scattered on the dish. Among our hassun (small dishes), we have prepared tsukimi-dango, or “moon-viewing mochi,” in the likeness of Japanese silver grass, reminiscent of the season of the harvest moon. We hope you enjoy these and many other dishes in the theme of kiri-hito-ha that are full with ingredients that will make you experience the coming of fall.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Kiri-hito-ha
Sakizuke:
A dashi of boiled edible chrysanthemums and garland chrysanthemums in soy sauce, served with boiled Hamo fish
Wan-mono:
Thin soup made from boiling sea bream served with Cosmos petals
Hassun:
Deep-fried enoki mushrooms
Moon-viewing dumpling with Foie gras
Marinated turnip in vinegar and soy sauce
Baked Japanese yam with garlic and soy sauce
Eggplant and soy milk jelly
Pickled gingko in rice bran
Hamo roe cooked with curry powder
Mushimono:
Turned bonito and fig, served with sesame and miso cream sauce
Kuchinaoshi:
Green papaya sorbet
Main dish:
Pork cutlet with meringue and row egg
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with olive fruit
Red miso soup with pickled maitake mushroom in rice bran
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean ball with chestnut
Red wine jerry with grape
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Summer Festival
The theme of our August menu is “Natsumatsuri” (Summer festival). Lively festivals are held in many places in summer, and we hope that you can enjoy the vibes of exciting summer festivals through the dishes we are serving this month.
For the appetizer, we will be serving ground cherries that resemble the lanterns used to mark the return of the spirits of ancestors during the Bon Festival. This is followed by a seasonal dish, a fried dish, and a palate cleanser reminiscent of the dishes served by food stands at a festival. The menu also features okonomiyaki, chocolate bananas, takoyaki, and shaved ice served in Yamashiroya’s unique style, allowing you to indulge in the atmosphere of a summer festival. Other summer ingredients that will surely make this a memorable dining experience are also showcased.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Summer Festival
Sakizuke:
Chinese lanterns
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based and grated asparagus soup with tofu and bitter melon
Hassun:
Boiled peanuts
Teriyaki eel and cucumber
Pickled Japanese ginger in red wine and cloves
Pickled green tomato in amaretto
Grilled corn
Baked squid with Shuto
Japanese savory pancake with shrimp
Chocolate-coated banana with rice crackers
Agemono:
Octopus dumplings
Kuchinaoshi:
Shaved ice
Main dish:
Chicken roll stuffed with ratatouille, served with pickled shishito pepper in rice bran
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with grilled Hamo and tomato
Spicy red miso soup
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Toffee apple
Pudding with amazake
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Hamo-centric Dishes
The theme of our menu for July is “Hamo-centric Dishes.” One of the three major festivals in Kyoto, the Gion Festival is also known as the Hamo (pike conger) Festival. July, the month when the Gion Festival is held, is also the time of the year when consumption of hamo is at its highest. It used to be very difficult to find fresh fish in central Kyoto in the past due to its inland location. Despite the poor transport links, hamo was the only fish that could be transported alive to Kyoto thanks to the fortitude of the fish. However, hamo has many tiny bones, making it impossible to consume directly. For this reason, cooks in ancient times devised a culinary technique called honekiri, where 26 fine cuts are made per inch of hamo to make the fish edible even with its tiny bones. Hamo prepared using this traditional culinary technique is exquisite. For July, Yamashiroya Shozo’s Kyo-kuzushi Kappo will be serving a menu that features not only hamo prepared using the honekiri method but also hamo roe, liver, bones, as well as dashi broth simmered with hamo, that you will surely enjoy.
Our “Hamo-centric Dishes” menu will allow you to experience hamo dishes that bring the unique ideas of Yamashiroya Shozo to life.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Hamo-centric Dishes
Sakizuke:
Hamo fish roe cooked with green Japanese pepper
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based soup with boiled Hamo and water shield
Hassun:
Seared Hamo and wasabi
Deep-fried Hamo bones and red perilla salt
Moroheiya and shrimp
Pickled melon cucumber with tapenade
Zucchini pickled in rice bran
Castella with fig and saikyo-miso
Agemono:
Hamo tempura served with curry salt and small ume
Kuchinaoshi:
Bitter gourd sorbet
Main dish:
Roasted duck served with gourd and grapefruit
Shokuji:
Japanese mixed rice with Hamo and green chili
Hamo liver soup
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Green tomato pickled peach liqueur
Bean ball with Japanese mugwort
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Samidare
The menu theme for June is "Samidare." Samidare refers to the rain during the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which corresponds to June in the modern calendar. In other words, it is a reference to the rainy season. The term was used as an alternate name for the fifth month under the lunar calendar system.
What comes to your mind when you think about the rainy season? Many people probably associate it with snails and hydrangeas. That is why we serve escargot with fresh seasonal potatoes for the tsukidashi (appetizer). The wanmono (soup) is hydrangea soup. Since actual hydrangea plants are poisonous, we prepared soup resembling the appearance of hydrangeas for your visual enjoyment. We have also prepared other dishes connected with the rainy season, such as plums and shigureni, which we hope you will enjoy.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Samidare
Sakizuke:
Japanese modern style escargot
Wan-mono:
Soup with hydrangea
Hassun:
Ginger-simmered beef in sweetened soy sauce
Minced mackerel with sake and plum jelly
Seared bonito
Boiled New Zealand spinach mixed with blue cheese
Pickled snap pea in rice bran
Muscat mixed with tofu and miso
Marinated lotus in vinegar with thyme
Nimono:
Simmered octopus with plum, avocado form, served cold
Kuchinaoshi:
Green plum sorbet
Main dish:
Pork shabu-shabu like a kishimen
Shokuji:
Deep-fried Korean style pancake rice bowl
Red miso soup with freshwater calms
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean jelly with apricot
Guimauve with bitter summer orange
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Kazekaoru
Kazekaoru is the theme of our menu for May, a reference to the cool light breezes of early summer that rustle through the green leaves of lush trees in this season.
The appetizer is made with Takigawa tofu and deep-fried small ayu fish infused with hints of sage to create a refreshing dish that represents early summer. For the wanmono (course served in a small bowl), subtle traces of mint imbue the grated fava bean soup with fresh and invigorating flavors. Our offerings also include tempura made from such delicacies as new tea shoots and ice plants, as well as other lush dishes such as basil-flavored tartar. Please come enjoy our delicious and aromatic menu, just as fragrant and refreshing as an early summer’s breeze.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Kazekaoru
Sakizuke:
Takigawatofu served with deep-fried young ayu
Wan-mono:
Bonito and broad beans soup with deep-fried fat greenling and pepper mint leaf
Hassun:
Rhubarb pickled in rice bran
Tempura sprout of fresh tea and tempura ice plants
Cooked butterbur covered with chocolate
Vinegared mozuku seaweed
Oak leaf rice cake with braised pork
Sashimi, squid and salmon roe
Nimono:
Low-temperature steamed the season’s first bonito served with grilled vegetables
Kuchinaoshi:
Japanese pepper-bud sorbet
Main dish:
Deep-fried free rang chicken served with basil mayonnaise
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with sardine pickled in rice bran, and seaweed
Red miso soup mussel
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Cherry jelly
Nerikiri with honey
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Hana Matsuri
The theme of our menu for April is “Hana Matsuri” (Flower Festival). Hana Matsuri is a Buddhist event that commemorates the birth of the Buddha.
During Hana Matsuri, hydrangea tea is served to visitors at many temples. Adhering to the customs of this event, Yamashiroya Shozo will be serving hydrangea tea at the start of the meal. We have prepared a course menu that showcases ingredients reminiscent of spring, including broad beans, mountain asparagus, bamboo shoots, etc., all of which often featured at Hana Matsuri.
We have also prepared a wide selection of Italian wines imported by our company to complement the menu, and we are confident that you will be able to enjoy an unforgettable meal with your family and friends, business associates, or other guests. We look forward to serving you at our restaurant.
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Hana Matsuri
Sakizuke:
Bracken starch tofu cake topped with broad beans and fermented cream sauce
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based soup with foie gras, turnip and wheat gluten
Hassun:
Pickled lotus root in sweet vinegar and Hassaku orange
Wheat gluten with Japanese mugwort and miso
Sauteed Udo with red wine
Japanese icefish mixed with salted rice malt
Savoy cabbage with garlic miso
Marinated sea bream in Komb
Spring onions tempura
Nimono:
Cooked ocellated octopus with risoni and rape blossoms
Kuchinaoshi:
Cherry blossoms sorbet
Main dish:
Pork cutlet topped with Japanese pepper miso, served with pickled bamboo shoot in bran
Shokuji:
Chinese pepper steamed rice topped with Spanish mackerel and Japanese pepper
Red miso soup mussel
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Skewered “amacha”dumplings with sweet green soybeans paste
Marshmallow with strawberry
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Spring Bread Festival
The theme of our March menu is “Spring Bread Festival.” Drawing inspiration from the “Spring Bread Festival” held by a certain popular bakery every year where they give away white plates, Yamashiroya has also prepared a menu starring bread.
The first dish on this menu is “Kyo Tamago Sandwich,” an egg sandwich commonly found in Kyoto’s cafés. Please enjoy this unusual sandwich that is made by serving Japanese ingredients between slices of bread. The soup bowl on this menu features our homemade croutons, which have a striking flavor and appearance. Also comprising other dishes that we have prepared using different kinds of bread and Japanese ingredients in the style of bread that you are sure to enjoy, this menu is full of surprises. We hope you will like our March menu.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Spring Bread Festival
Sakizuke:
Egg sandwich alla Kyoto
Wan-mono:
Crouton flavored with saffron
Grated cauliflower and bonito-based soup, with grilled spanish mackerel and rape blossoms
Hassun:
Butterbur sprout miso with grissini
Spicy firefly squid
Pickled celery in rice bran
Roquette and mustard greens mixed with mustard and vinegar
Castella with hijiki seaweed
Toasted wheat gluten topped with Japanese tapenade
Yam and crown daisy marinated on kelp seaweed
Agemono:
Templa; flour tortillas rolled around cherry salmon and asparagus
Kuchinaoshi:
Ricotta cheese mixed with saikyo miso and Japanese pepper
Main dish:
Steamed chicken in fermented fish soy sauce, served with udo, Japanese parsley and preserved tofu
Shokuji:
Steamed green peas rice topped with toast crumbs
Red miso soup with Japanese ginger
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Steamed cake with sweetened beans
Bean ball with wormwood
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Valentine’s Day
The theme of February's menu is "Valentine's Day". In Japan, the custom is for women to give chocolates to men on February 14th. We have accordingly prepared a February menu that uses chocolate and roses as ingredients.
For the appetizer, we have a dengaku of awabu and gomafu made with chocolate. As is typical of Kyo-kuzushi kappo, guests can personally spread the miso onto the dengaku before enjoying. The next dish is a dashi made using rose hips. Please use all five senses to enjoy the rose fragrance and the beautiful pink-colored dashi. Both the classic palate cleanser of homemade ricotta cheese as well as the ochazuke entrée are made with cacao, the precursor of chocolate. Please savor the taste of cacao.
We have prepared a unique menu for your dining pleasure, and we hope you will enjoy it.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
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Valentine's Day
Sakizuke
Millet wheat gluten and sesame wheat gluten with sweet miso and chocolate paste
Wan-mono:
Rose hips and bonito-based soup with crab dumpling and rose petal
Hassun:
Blowfish skin pink jelly
Pickled Fourme d’Ambert in rice bran
Lily bulb soup
Pickled lotus root with rice seasoning
Castella with ripe blossoms
Smoked salmon, pickled sliced radishes and cucumber, millefeuille style, served with salmon roe
Nimono:
Cooked radish topped with yellowtail and foie gras
Kuchinaoshi
Ricotta cheese with cacao, served with Japanese pepper
Main dish:
Deep-fried gyutan with rosemary, served with pickled onion and raisins
Shokuji:
Cacao nibs ochazuke with magret de canard and Kyoto green onion
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Ganache with sake
Red bean jelly with coffee
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Happy New Year
The theme for our menu in January is “Happy New Year”.
For January, we have prepared an auspicious menu to celebrate the beginning of the new year.
The appetizers are arranged like Osechi (Japanese New Year dishes) to get you into the New Year mood.
Next, for soups, we have the classic New Year dish, Ozoni (Japanese New Year Mochi Soup). As our restaurant serves Japanese Kyo-kuzushi kappo (Kyoto Deconstructed Fine Dining) cuisines, we used a white miso base, in the Kyoto style. For the sashimi and palate cleanser, please enjoy the auspicious red and white arrangement.
Come and celebrate the beginning of the new year at Yamashiro-ya Shozo.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Happy New Year
Sakizuke-Hassun:
Deep-fried kuwai with trifle salt
Chishatou
Burdock root mixed with spicy pollack roe and cheese
Simmered black soy-beans with sweet brandy
Teriyaki dried sardines
Grilled yellowtail with miso and olive
Pickled lotus root with thyme
Wan-mono:
Traditional New Year’s soup with miso and rice cake
Otsukuri:
Red & White sashimi with soy sauce and red wine
Mushi-mono:
Steamed Kyoto radish and tilefish
Kuchinaoshi
Ricotta cheese in red & white
Main dish:
Steamed venison with red miso, served with pickled petit daikon in rice bran
Shokuji:
Steamed oyster rice with saffron
Clear soup with raisins
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Bean ball with sake lees
Sweet bean jelly with tiger pattern
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Christmas
The theme for December’s menu is “Christmas”. We have reimagined Christmas cuisine in a Japanese Kyo-kuzushi kappo style.
Our appetizer this month is a small tofu pouch that looks just like Santa’s sack. Eat it to find out what delicious present is inside.
Our bowl is a beef stew with bonito broth, prepared with miso. We hope you will enjoy this Japanese-style beef stew.
For our main dish we have prepared tempura wings. This Christmas, why not forget the turkey or fried chicken, and enjoy chicken wings tempura at Yamashiroyashozo?
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Christmas
Sakizuke:
Santa’s small sack with tomato and miso sauce
Wan-mono:
Beef stew with bonito-based miso soup
Hassun:
Mashed sweet chinese yam and red peas
Strawberry tempura
Carrot castella
Pickled red and white chinese artichoke in sweet and sour sauce
Chawan-mushi with spinach
Pickled cauliflower in rice bran
Broiled shogoin daikon with monkfish liver and cream sauce
Yaki-mono:
Steamed yellowtail and ebi-imo taro, topped with grated pear
Kuchinaoshi
Ricotta cheese flavored with cumin seeds
Main dish:
Chicken drumstick tempura with dipping sauce for tempura
Shokuji:
Sushi such as the camellia, salmon, radish, and squid
Red miso soup with red wine and raisins
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet potato with ginger
Gateau chocolate with chest nut
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Shichi-Go-San
The theme for November’s menu is “Shichi-Go-San.” Shichi-Go-San is an event that celebrates the growth of children since the Heian period. I prepared this menu to pray for the healthy growth and happiness of the children that will support Japan in the future.
The appetizer is Yamashiroya Shozo's signature red rice. All our employees tie “mizuhiki” ornaments with their wishes. For the appetizer, we prepared a lovely homemade Chitose-ame candy. The menu also includes sea bream and red and white ingredients for a celebratory occasion.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Shichi-Go-San
Sakizuke:
Red rice with“mizuhiki”ornament
Wan-mono:
Grated garbanzo beans in bonito-base soup with kebab
Hassun:
Monkfish liver with ponzu
Three-color pickles flavored with lemon grass
Spam cutlet
Pickled mushroom in bran tempura
Homemade chitose candy
Pickled mackerel with cumin
Sweet potato cheese cake with apricot
Mushi-mono:
Low-temperature cooked autumn sea bream, served with genovese sauce
Kuchinaoshi
Homemade ricotta cheese
Main dish:
Magrets duck cooked in red wine with juniper berry, served with foie gras and baked apple
Shokuji:
Conger chirashi sushi with pickled green shiso leaves and myoga radish
Red miso soup with cream cheese
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Baked persimmon
Lotus roots pudding
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Halloween
The theme of our menu for October is “Halloween,” and it will feature pumpkin and sweets that will remind you of Halloween.
Celebrated on October 31st every year, Halloween has been rapidly gaining popularity in recent years. Shibuya, where our restaurant is located, will get in the mood for Halloween once October comes around, and you can enjoy the sight of people dressed in costumes. We hope you look forward to our original Halloween-themed Kyo-kuzushi kappo that will be served at Yamashiroya Shozo this autumn in Shibuya, the city of Halloween.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Halloween
Sakizuke:
Ball-shaped tuna sushi, like a candy
Wan-mono:
Grated broad peanut-pumpkin soup with biscuit and foie gras
Hassun:
Ginkgo nut, radish and purple sweet potato, served with bagna càuda and miso
Deep-fried shiitake mushroom with rice crackers
Pickled colinky in rice bran
Stir-fried yam with truffle salt
Steamed taro with miso and chocolate
Sweet rolled omelet with hoji-tea
Grilled eel with cucumber in sweet vinegar
Mushi-mono:
Steamed lettuce roll with Hamo fish and matsutake mushroom
Kuchinaoshi
Ricotta cheese with sour orange and rice cracker
Main dish:
Pork stir-fry with grated ginger sauce, served with jack O lantern
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with sea bream and sesame cream
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Pumpkin and sweet bean ball
Baked pumpkin cake with soybean flour
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Harvest Moon
The theme of the menu in September is the “Harvest Moon.” The season of the mid-Autumn harvest moon, said to be the time of year when the moon is at its most beautiful, has arrived. Since ancient times, Japan has revered the moon, with the people enjoying lunar-viewing parties as part of the festivities that encompass the celebrations of the fall harvest.
The “Harvest Moon” menu of September makes lavish use of autumn ingredients such as sweet potatoes, chestnuts, and beans, as we celebrate the harvests of the fall season.
We have prepared several lunar-themed items (that evoke the shape of the full moon) which appear here and there, as we at Yamashiroya Shozo look forward to welcoming all of you to enjoy the moon-viewing season with us.
At Yamashiroya Shozo, we hope you will enjoy our unique take on “Kyo-kuzushi kappo.”
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Harvest Moon
Sakizuke:
Mochi ball with liver and deep-fried Enoki mushrooms
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based soup with grated chickpeas and horse meat kebab
Hassun:
Moon viewing tapioca balls
Steamed satoimo taro with handmade sesame salt
Pickled sliced Hamo fish and chrysanthemums
Turnip pickled in sweet sour sauce and cloves
Hasuimo sushi with red wine vinegar rice
Simmered Chamiton pork with mashed potatoes
Steamed abalone with white wine and dill
Agemono:
Bonito confit flavored with Yuzukosho and scorched fig
Kuchinaoshi:
Bitter melon sorbet
Main dish:
Pork cutlet covered with meringue and grated yam
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with chestnut and Porcini mushrooms
Spicy red miso soup with nameko mushrooms
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet-potato paste flavored with brandy
Apple bunny
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The Hamo Fish Course.
The theme for July is the Hamo Fish Course.
An indispensable summer dish in Kyoto, hamo (pike conger) is widely enjoyed as a seasonal taste from early summer onward.
The fish is said to grow up drinking the waters of the rainy season, and reaches its peak season around the time of the Gion Festival, at the end of the rainy season.
Because of its many small bones, hamo cannot be eaten as it is. A cooking method called "bone cutting" is used. Hamo bone cutting is a showcase for the skills of a Kyoto cuisine chef, even appearing in an expression proclaiming the task to be a test of mastery. A true chef is said to be able to place the blade so as to cut 26 bones every three centimeters.
Yamashiroya Shozo carefully performs filleting and bone cutting for each and every hamo sent directly from the producing area in Oita Prefecture. We invite you to enjoy the Hamo Course, featuring an assortment of seasonal hamo throughout.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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The Hamo Fish Course
Sakizuke:
Fried Hamo fish marinated in spicy vinegar sauce
Wan-mono:
Cold bonito-based soup with grated tomato and green soy beans
Hassun:
Fresh asparagus topped with fermented bonito and cream cheese
Salted oriental melon with tapenade and olive oil
Minced Hamo inserted in Manganji pepper
Deep-fried Hamo bones
Hamo roe salted with bell pepper
Zucchini pickled in rice bran
Soy -braised pork with mashed potatoes
Agemono:
Deep-fried Hamo and Hamo based starch soup
Kuchinaoshi:
Soy milk sorbet with beet
Main dish:
Roasted Magrets duck and deep-fried Kamo eggplant, served with soy sauce and olive oil
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with grilled Hamo and corns
Red miso soup with mozzarella cheese
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Pumpkin cake
Sweet and spicy tomato
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The 118th Night.
June’s theme is The 118th Night.
At Yamashiroya Shozo, we had planned our May menu around the theme The 88th Night of Spring, but had to suspend business due to the state of emergency declaration. We are approaching June full of regret without having been able to present our 88th Night menu to you all even once. For that reason, although it is a month late, we are delighted to offer you our 88th Night menu in June, restyled 30 days later as The 118th Night. We eagerly look forward to sharing the joy of eating out with you.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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The one hundred eighteenth night
Sakizuke:
Soba noodle with green powdered tea topped with peanut sauce
Wan-mono:
Bonito and broad beans-based soup with scallop ball and wasabi cream sauce
Hassun:
Green tea and sesame tofu
Green maple leaf tempura
Taranome kinpira with Chinese chili bean sauce
Asparagus with black sesame sauce
Boiled octopus mixed with Saikyo miso
Red cabbage and shrimp mixed with cream cheese
Pickled young corn in rice bran
Nimono:
Deep-fried Ainame fish and eggplant served with bonito-based soup and grated cucumber vinegar
Kuchinaoshi:
Shochu with green tea sorbet
Main dish:
Boiled chamiton pork and mashed potatoes wrapped in fresh magnolia leaf
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with roasted rice and deep-fried horse mackerel
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean jelly with earl grey tea
Bean ball with green powdered tea
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The eighty eighth night
The theme for May is The Eighty eighth Night. The Eighty-eighth Night is the eighty eighth day after Risshun, the beginning of spring. This is the time when spring becomes summer, and weather becomes warm and mild; it marks the beginning of the season for sowing rice seeds and picking tea. There is a saying that if you drink fresh with fresh tea leaves harvested on the eighty eighth night, you can ward off illness. We have therefore included plenty of tea related ingredients in this month’s menu.
Try the fragrant tea soba noodles served with a peanut sauce for an appetizer. Next, enjoy the fragrance of tea with tea sesame tofu and fresh tea leaf bud tempura. For the main dish, we have Chamiton pork from Kagoshima, made using pigs raised on a diet of tea leaves. The Chamiton pork is cooked in hojicha, wrapped in fresh magnolia leaf, and steamed with fresh grated potatoes. Take the opportunity to enjoy Yamashiroya Shozo's unique Kyoto Kuzushi Kappou (avant garde Kyoto cuisine) made using tea related ingredients.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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The eighty eighth night
Sakizuke:
Soba noodle with green powdered tea topped with peanut sauce
Wan-mono:
Bonito and broad beans-based soup with scallop ball and wasabi cream sauce
Hassun:
Green tea and sesame tofu
The first tea leaf bud tempura
Taranome kinpira with Chinese chili bean sauce
Asparagus with black sesame sauce
Boiled octopus mixed with Saikyo miso
Spring cabbage and shrimp mixed with cream cheese
Pickled young corn in rice bran
Nimono:
Deep-fried Ainame fish and eggplant served with bonito-based soup and grated cucumber vinegar
Kuchinaoshi:
Shochu with green tea sorbet
Main dish:
Boiled chamiton pork and mashed potatoes wrapped in fresh magnolia leaf
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with roasted rice and deep-fried horse mackerel
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean jelly with earl grey tea
Bean ball with green powdered tea
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Cherry Blossom Viewing
The theme for April’s recipes is “Hanami”. “Hanami”—watching cherry blossoms to celebrate the coming of spring—is one of Japan’s oldest traditions.
Cherry blossoms or sakura fall off the tree branches after blooming in just 2 short weeks, and the beautiful scenery of the flowers fluttering in the wind is often likened to how fragile life is.
This month’s course starts from mini plate appetizers that resemble lunchboxes for hanami picnics. The mini plates contain hanami dumplings and Kyoto egg sandwich with savory rolled omelletes, made to resemble lunchbox items. Next, we have bamboo shoot soup, a typical seasonal ingredient in spring. To allow you to enjoy lots of rice wine during your hanami, turmeric is mixed into the soup stock, making it an alcohol detox. The main dish is horse meat. Horse meat is also called sakura meat, making it the perfect meat for this season. Other than that, the dishes are also sprinkled with sakura petals.
Please savor your meal as if you were at a hanami picnic at Yamashiroya Shozo.
Enjoy a unique “neo-Kyoto haute cuisine” at Yamashiroya Shozo.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Dumplings
Egg yolk pickled in rice bran
Konnyaku ball simmered in soy sauce
Duck meat ball simmered teriyaki sauce
Blowfish skin pink jelly
Arch shell and asparagus mixed with walnuts and miso
Egg sandwich alla Kyoto
Wan-mono:
Spicy bonito-based soup with bamboo shoots and seaweed
Oshinogi:
Sea bream sushi wrapped in a leaf of cherry blossom
Agemono:
Fresh bonito cutlet served with ponzu sauce
Kuchinaoshi:
Cherry blossom sorbet
Main dish:
Horse sashimi tartar served with four kinds of sauce
Shokuji:
Grilled Spanish mackerel with saikyo miso rice bowl
Tomewan:
Bonito-based soup with dried shrimp tempura
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Bean ball with cherry blossoms and cheese
Dorayaki with strawberry
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Breath of Spring
The theme of our March menu is "Breath of Spring". The Breath of Spring is what makes us feel the arrival of spring, and the life that it brings. As this is being written, in February, it is still cold, but the first breath of spring has come, and we are starting to see warmer days. Spring is already around the corner.
The end of winter is expressed with our Deep-fried Bamboo Shoots with Coconut and Lingering Snow Espuma, an appetizer that has become a staple in the Breath of Spring, and brings anticipation for spring's arrival. It is the beginning of the course. In the bowls and simmered dishes, the warmth of spring is expressed by our cherry-red soup and bean paste, and the wild vegetables used throughout the course give you a sense of the strength of life.
Visit Yamashiro-ya Shozo and try our original Kyoto Kuzushi cuisine.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Deep-fried bamboo shoots with coconuts and Japanese pepper foam
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based miso soup with minced calm ball and water cress
Hassun:
Spicy boiled fire fly squid
Small fish with beaten egg and cumin
Taranome pickled in rice bran tempura
Marinated spring onions in plum vinegar
Rolled sushi with rape blossom and jelly fish
Marinated Udo in miso
Grated Japanese parsley soup
Mushimono:
Steamed salmon trout, clams, autumn poem topped with pink milk starch
Kuchinaoshi:
Yuzu flavored ricotta cheese with rice cracker
Main dish:
Pork loin cullet flavored with truffle
Shokuji:
Seafood chirashi sushi
Tomewan
Red miso soup with deep-fried Japanese butterbur
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Amazake mousse
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Setsubun(bean-throwing day)
February’s menu theme is “Setsubun.” “Setsubun” once refered to the day before the beginning of spring, summer, autumn, or winter. In Japan’s lunar calendar, the new year began in the spring, so Setsubun, the day before the beginning of spring, was an important day, and was the equivalent of New Year's Eve. Therefore, the Setsubun before spring was considered important, and the word Setsubun came to refer to this day. The well known bean-throwing ceremony is an event to purge evil spirits to welcome the New Year as well.
We use seasonal ingredients and traditional culinary techniques to prepare the unique “Kyo-kuzushi kappo” of Yamashiroya.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Non traditional “Lucky direction roll”
Wan-mono:
Kenchin-jiru soup with deep-fried tofu mixed with some sliced vegetables
Hassun:
Roasted soy beans
Sardine boiled in sweetened and soy sauce with poppy seeds
Spicy konjac
Pickled broccoli in rice bran
Plum-flavored gluten
Grilled bamboo shoots with herbs
Kumquat cooked with honey and pear
Nimono:
Sea bream and Kyoto radish cooked in bonito-based soup with curry flavor
Kuchinaoshi:
Yuzu flavored ricotta cheese with rice cracker
Main dish:
Whale meat sashimi marinated in Saikyo miso,
served with fried buckwheat noodles and mustards sauce
Shokuji:
Ochazuke with salted plum, sed kelp, rice cracker and blowfish
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Good luck in!
Red wine agar jelly
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Pure White
The theme for the January meal plan is “Pure White”. While we are entering the coldest and harshest season of the year, this is also the only season during which we are graced with the beautiful landscape after a snowfall.
The colors of the meals in the plan are also made to be “white” so that it will be a feast for the eyes as well. As was written by Yutaka Hara in a haiku poem, “Roast some mochi, and turn over the leaf to a new year”, let’s reflect on the previous year and look ahead to the new year with renewed hopes and resolutions. We use seasonal ingredients and traditional culinary techniques to prepare the unique “Kyo-kuzushi kappo” of Yamashiroya.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Pickled mackerel sandwich with white celery
Wan-mono:
Bonito and milk Kuzu starch soup with soft cod roe
Hassun:
Pickled cauliflower in rice bran
Maitake mushroom salad dressed with tofu paste
Leek mixed with yam and quail egg
Creamed soup with lily bulb
Boiled burdock mixed with spicy cod roe
Marinated boiled Japanese pond smelt
Seared scallop with salted bonito guts
Agemono:
Deep-fried stuffed lotus root and foie gras
Kuchinaoshi:
Ricotta cheese with organic yuzu citron
Main dish:
Beef tongue in chicken-based soup served with boiled organic mandarin
Shokuji:
Cooked rice with fresh peppers
Tomewan:
Red miso soup with mascarpone
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Steamed yam bun
Bean ball with mashed potatoes
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Torino-Ichi(Poultry Fair)
Our theme for November’s menu is Torino-Ichi. Taking place upon each day of the rooster in November, Torino-Ichi (Poultry Fair) is a festival where people pray for good fortune and prosperity. Celebrated at Otori-jinja shrines across the Kanto region, the festival dates back to the Edo period, and was even featured in classic ukiyo-e prints and Ichiyo Higuchi’s novella“Takekurabe”.
Participants in the festival buy special good luck charms known as engi-kumade (lucky rakes), and pray for wealth and prosperity in the coming year. These engi-kumade are said to “rake in fortune” and “sweep up blessings”. They are also bought to “snatch up good fortune”, and for this purpose they mimic the talons of an eagle (washi), a reference to the Japanese verb washitsugamu, meaning to snatch or grab.
Additionally, charms of different sizes are sold, and there is a custom of buying one size bigger than you bought the previous year, in the hopes that the coming year will be more prosperous than the previous one.
At Yamashiro Shozo this month, we are drawing upon this ancient and wonderful cultural tradition, and interpreting it through our unique “Kyo-kuzushi kappo”.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke & Hassun:
Red konnyaku cooked in bonito-based soup
Steamed shrimp ball
Sweet and spicy quail egg
Daikon pickled in salted rice yeast
Sweet potato Mochi with foie gras
Sweetened mochi flavored with Japanese pepper
Wan-mono:
Bonito and pumpkin-based soup with Maqre duck meatball
Otsukuri:
Amberjack sashimi served with sake and Yuzu
Agemono:
Yam tempura and conger eel tempura, served with miso and mascarpone
Kuchinaoshi:
Pickled tofu in rice bran with dried seaweed
Main dish:
Horse tataki served with avocado sauce
Shokuji:
Squid ink flavored Ochazuke with minced chicken
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Persimmon mousse
Bean ball with chestnut
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Red Maple Leaf Hunting
The theme for October’s menu is “Red Maple Leaf Hunting.” Aristocrats of the Heian period admired many flowers such as cherry and wisteria blossoms, but in point of fact, autumn maple leaves are rarely mentioned. Cherry trees were planted in the Imperial Palace and at the estates of the aristocracy, but enjoying the autumn colors required an excursion to the mountains. Originally, the same word used for hunting animals was used to refer to the activity, as Heian aristocrats used to say jokingly that they were going hunting when they went to appreciate the autumn leaves.
We created a menu based on this time-honored culture of autumn foliage viewing, with dishes that evoke the imagery of red autumn leaves. Please enjoy Yamashiroya Shozo’s unique interpretation of innovative Kyoto cuisine.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Scorched saury, apple and cumin mixed with sweet vinegar
Wan-mono:
Bonito based soup with grated potato and minced venison ball
Hassun:
Half raw sea bream preserved in seaweed
Scorched sweet chestnut
Ginkgo nut in perilla oil
Deep-fried gluten cake sandwich with Tapenade
Fresh yuba mixed with mascarpone cheese
Salted Hamo fish roe with Yuzu citron
Agemono:
Deep-fried bonito and turnip served with bonito-based soup starch
Kuchinaoshi:
Pickled tofu in rice bran with dried seaweed
Main dish:
Steamed pork and dried persimmon mixed with tofu and miso
Shokuji:
Rice cooked in tomato-based soup with grilled Hamo fish
Tomewan:
Bonito-based soup with deep-fried Hamo liver
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sangria jelly with pear
Black sesame ball
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All Matsutake Mushrooms
The concept of the September menu is ”All Matsutake Mushrooms.” Matsutake mushrooms and other mushrooms are mentioned in old historical Japanese texts such as The Nihon Shoki/The Chronicles of Japan and Manyoshu. The Kokin Wakashū (an anthology of Japanese waka poetry) written during the Heian period has poems about how aristocrats enjoyed matsutake mushroom hunting as a seasonal event. There is a saying, “Matsutake mushrooms smell excellent, and Shimeji mushrooms taste excellent,” which shows how Matsutake mushrooms have great smells. Therefore, it is often eaten to bring out the smells in menus like “matsutake mushroom and Japanese broth steamed in a teapot” as well as “matsutake rice.” However, they continue to be difficult to artificially cultivate, and the produced amount is declining each year. It has become an expensive ingredient just for enjoying the fragrance.
Plenty of these matsutake mushrooms that smell excellent were used to express Yamashiroyashozo’s original “Innovative Kyoto Cuisine.”
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Matsutake mushrooms and sea bream sashimi
Wan-mono:
Foamed bonito-based soup with lotus mochi and Yuzu pepper
Hassun:
Sliced Hamo and purple chrysanthemums mixed with vinegar
Chinese lantern
Deep-fried Enoki mushrooms
Shimeji mushrooms boiled in miso and soy sauce
Hamo roe jelly
Salmon roe and olive oil drops
Mushimono:
Hamo, matsutake mushrooms and steamed rice served with spicy Kuzu starch sauce
Kuchinaoshi:
Celery sorbet
Main dish:
Sliced cinfit de magret canard, steamed matsutake mushrooms and scorched fig
Shokuji:
Steamed rice with matsutake mushrooms and shallot
Tomewan:
Red miso soup with deep-fried pumpkin
Desset:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Bean ball with purple potatoes
tiramisu with tofu
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Hamo-centric Dishes Part.2
As a continuation from our July menu, our August menu is “Hamo-centric Dishes Part 2.” In August, as in July, we are getting fresh Hamo (Daggertooth pike conger) air-flown from Oita’s Kitsuki City, carefully cut them in-store, and debone them. We make broth from the Hamo bones we get while deboning them by boiling them for 5 hours, and the broth is also used to full extent in all the dishes. In particular, it is used for the main course, “Hamo Shabu Plan,” in which each serving comes with a personal shabu-shabu hotpot and is a must-try. Organic red onions and hearty maitake mushrooms, from Oita as well, are served together on the side. Don’t be fooled by the simple cooking method, as the broth may be light but combined with the rich and potent “Hamo”, it will blow you away.
Our August menu, “Hamo-centric Dishes Part 2.” As we did in July, we will continue to use fresh Hamo to its full potential to serve you our original “Kyoto Deconstructed Fine Dining.”
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Grilled Hamo fish and mayonnaise with satsuma mandarin sauce
Wan-mono:
Shrimp dumpling and coriander in fermented fish soy sauce
Hassun:
Steamed Hamo sushi with Japanese pepper
Pickled young ginger with cloves
Boiled Hamo roe cooked with curry powder
Deep-fried Hamo bones
Zucchini pickled in bran
Young plum pickled in sweet sauce
Hamo and cucumber mixed with sweet vinegar
Nimono:
Boiled Hamo with tomato juice and vegetables served with tomato miso sauce
Kuchinaoshi:
Celery sorbet
Main dish:
Steamed chicken in fermented fish soy sauce
Shokuji:
Tendon topped with Hamo tempura
Tomewan
Red miso soup with Hamo fish bladder
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sweet bean jelly with Shikwasa
Kuzu starch noodle with jasmine sweet sauce
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Hamo zukushi
The theme of our July menu will be “Hamozukushi.” Hamo (pike conger) may be a fish unfamiliar to people living in eastern Japan, but in the Kansai region and especially in Kyoto, it is an ingredient that has been well-loved and often enjoyed since ancient times.
In our hope to allow as many people in Tokyo as possible to conveniently enjoy the taste of hamo, we have been procuring fresh hamo from Kitsuki City in Oita prefecture with which we share deep affinities. The fish is shipped to us by air and carefully prepared at our restaurant.
The dashi stock is made by extracting the flavors from the hamo bones recovered during our preparation of the fish over the course of five hours, and it features prominently in our menu. In particular, for the “Hamo-shabu Plan” whose main dish is hamo-shabu, every guest will be served this delicious stock as a shabu-shabu base.
We use organic red onions as well as meaty Maitake mushrooms sourced from Oita prefecture for the garnish.
Enjoy the subtle but powerfully memorable flavors unique to hamo that has been prepared using our simple culinary techniques.
This “Hamozukushi” will be available in July. We will continue to use seasonal ingredients based on the prevailing theme to showcase our restaurant’s unique take on “Kyo-kuzushi kappo.”
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Sesame tofu with satsuma mandarin sauce
Wan-mono:
Grilled Hamo fish with tomato-based soup
Hassun:
Steamed Hamo sushi with Japanese pepper
Boiled Hamo roe with vegetables
Deep-fried Hamo bones
Minced octopus ball with basil jelly sauce
Pumpkin pickled in rice bran
New sweet potatoes cooked in brandy
Green tomato flavored with orange liqueur
Age-mono:
Hamo tempura with spicy salt and served with pickled plum
Kuchinaoshi:
Celery sorbet
Main dish:
Pork cutlet topped with dried egg yolk and minced yam
Shokuji:
Hamo ochazuke in Hamo soup-base, served with Japanese rice crackers
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Rice-flour dumplings and Dragon fruits
Pudding with green soybeans
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Summer Purification Rites
The theme for the June menu is ‘Summer Purification Rites (Nagoshi no Harae)’. At the event held on June 30th, people pass through a cogon grass ring built in the shrine grounds in order to rid themselves of sins and impurities. This ritual is also known as ‘Chinowa-kuguri’. Chinowa refers to a ring (wa) woven from cogon grass (chigaya).
The origin of this traditional event can be traced back to the purification ritual of the creator deity Izanagi. It is still held at shrines all over Japan around June 30th, even though we have moved to the Gregorian calendar.
In accordance with the theme of ‘Summer Purification Rites’, we present our restaurant ‘Kyoto Kuzushi Kappo’, which uses seasonal ingredients.
We also have a large selection of specially imported Italian wines to accompany our dishes and offer takeout and delivery menus. We believe you will find our restaurant to be an ideal location for dining with friends, family or colleagues.
We look forward to your visit.
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Sakizuke:
Sesame paste stiffened with Kuzu starch
Wan-mono:
Grated broad beans in bonito-based soup with deep-fried fat greenling
Hassun:
Deep-fried young sweet fish with salt and herbs
Stir-fried green soy beans with garlic
Cold corn pudding
Pickled sugar snap pea in rice bran
Pickled mozzarella in rice bran and miso
Stir-fried burdock with salty and sweet sauce
Deep-fried shallot with vinegar miso
Agemono:
Bonito tataki cutlet
Kuchinaoshi:
Celery and sake sorbet
Main dish:
Horse tataki served with roquette sauce
Shokuji:
Eel Chirashi sushi
Tomewan:
Red miso soup with deep-fried eggplant
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Sake lees mousse
Pineapple pickled in plum wine
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Setsubun(bean-throwing day)
Our theme for the month of February is “Setsubun.” Setsubun refers to the days before the seasonal turning points of the first days of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Setsubun thus occurs four times a year. However, in the Japanese lunar calendar, the new year starts in the spring, so the Setsubun that occurs the day before spring starts (February 3rd) is a very important day similar to New Year’s Eve. Therefore, importance is placed on this Setsubun in particular, and “Setsubun” in general now mainly refers to this day.
In the past, during the turning points of the seasons, and particularly during the turning points between the old and the new year, it was thought that evil spirits could enter more easily, and many rituals to get rid of these spirits took place. The act of scattering parched beans, which all Japanese people are familiar with, is an example of a ritual to get rid of evil spirits to welcome the new year.
At Yamashiroya Shozo, we utilize seasonal materials in accordance with each month’s theme and express an original “Kyo kuzushi Kappo.”
Furthermore, we always import many varieties of Italian wine that fit with our menu, so you can always find yourself satisfied no matter the occasion, be it a company gathering or enjoying time with family and friends. We always keep our restaurant warm in anticipation of our guests.
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Sakizuke:
Non traditional“Lucky direction roll”
Wan-mono:
Bonito-based soup with grated Kyoto radish and chia seeds, blowfish and ginkgo nuts
Hassun:
Roasted soy beans
Deep-fried sardine with rice crackers
Raw sea bream mixed with grated green soybeans
Spicy konnyaku
Pickled broccoli in rice bran
Spicy crab flakes
Roasted bamboo shoot with various herbs
Nimono:
Kyoto radish and sea bream cooked in bonito-based soup with curry flavor
Kuchinaoshi:
Scorched mozzarella with miso and vinegar
Main dish:
Raw whale tataki and mustard soy sauce served with fried buckwheat noodles
Shokuji:
Home-made fermented sardine Ochazuke with fresh seaweed
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
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The Whiteness of New Year
The theme for January’s menu is “The Whiteness of New Year” It is the coldest it has been this season, and it keeps getting colder, but the winter scenery after snow has just fallen is a beautiful sight that can only be seen during this time of year.
Our menu items are centered around the color “white” in line with January’s theme, and are quite a sight for the eyes.
Yutaka Hara’s haiku goes as follows: “Grill a few mochi, welcome in the brand new year, turning back around.” Let us look back on the last twelve months as we nurture our wishes and goals for the new year.
We are keeping our restaurant warm for your arrival.
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Sakizuke:
Squid sushi with strawberry
Wanmono:
Bonito and milk Kuzu starch soup with cod roe
Hassun:
Pickled tofu in miso
Leek mixed with yam and quail egg
Rape blossoms mixed with mustard topped by thinly-sliced radish
Pickled cauliflower in rice bran
Boiled burdock root mixed with spicy cod roe
Creamed soup with lily bulb
Deep-fried lake smelt with spelt wheat
Agemono:
Scallop-cream croquette with porcini mushroom
Kuchinaoshi:
Cream cheese mixed with bonito flakes served with seaweed
Syusai:
Tsukune with quail egg in chicken broth
Shokuji:
Ochazuke a la carbonara with fresh pepper
Dessert:
Hoji-tea ice cream
Agar jelly with dried orange
Coffee and vanilla castella sponge cake
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The Warm Days of Winter
Similar to the Indian Summer of autumn, we have some warm days during winter.
December is a very busy month with many year-end parties and preparing for the New Year. Remaining healthy for such activities is very important.
We have created a menu with various seasonal ingredients which will offer you highly nutritional dishes and bring body warmth.
We hope you will enjoy the “winter warmth” as well as the festivities of this season.
Selected wines of December
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*FIANO DI AVELLINO SIGNIFER D.O.C.G.
*CAMPANIA AGLIANICO I.G.P.
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Sakizuke: San Marino ham with egg yolk foam
Wan-mono: Bonito-based soup with anglerfish liver, Chinese cabbage and spicy miso
Hassun: Kyoto carrot and white celery mixed with olive oil and Japanese pepper
Red Konnyaku pickled in rice bran
Stir-fried organic green papaya with soy sauce and sugar
Steamed foie gras with citrus vinegar
Bonito-based simmered Japanese radish with beets and miso
Seaweed with herring roe soaked in bonito-based soup
Nimono: Cooked yellowtail and Kyoto yam with grated La France pear
Kuchinaoshi: Cream cheese mixed with bonito flakes served with seaweed
Main dish: Pork tempura covered with cheese sauce
Shokuji: Spicy Ochazuke with soy sauce marinated tuna and olive oil
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Bean ball and chocolate
Lotus root jelly
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Autumn Leaves
The autumn leaves and the Heian Period aristocrats remind us the event in the Tale of Genji written in the 12th century, in which the main character Hikaru Genji performs the elegant Seigaiha dance.
The Heian Period aristocrats loved various blossoms and flowers such as cherry blossoms and wisteria, but autumn leaves do not appear in the Tale of Genji so often.
This is because cherry trees and others can be planted in the garden of the court, but they had to go to the mountainside to enjoy the autumn leaves. The word “Kari” originally means to hunt the animals, but they used the word to hunt the autumn leaves.
We hope you will enjoy the seasonal menu with the arrival of autumn.
Selected wines of October
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*DORO BIANCO GARDA BIANCO D.O.C.
*CHIARETTO VALTENESI CLASSICO D.O.C.
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Sakizuke: Round sushi with saury and Foie gras miso
Wan-mono: Bonito-based soup with grated green apple and magret de carand
Hassun: Sweet potato chips and soy milk dip
Chestnuts cooked in coconut milk
Ginko nuts pickled in fermented fish sauce
Stir-fried yam with garlic, soy sauce and butter
Brown mushrooms pickled in rice bran
Hamo fish roe jelly
Swordfish with beated egg
Nimono: Deep-fried tofu mixed with chopped Kyoto yam, covered with crab starch
Kuchinaoshi: Yuzu ricotta cheese with rice cracker
Main dish: Sliced, steamed chicken with Matsutake mushrooms, served with Japanese pickles and cashew nuts
Shokuji: Rice cooked in tomato-based soup with grilled Hamo fish
Tomewan: Bonito-based soup with deep-fried Hamo liver
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Black sesame ball
Half-dried persimmon with Mirin -
Chrysanthemum Festival
Sakizuke: Sushi with yellow chrysanthemum, grilled Shiitake mushroom and smoked salmon, served with foamed ginger
Wan-mono: Foamed bonito-based soup with lotus mochi and Yuzu pepper
Hassun: Pickled sliced Hamo fish and chrysanthemums
Salmon roe and olive drops
Chinese lantern
Pumpkin pickled in rice bran
Deep-fried Enoki mushrooms
Shimeji mushrooms mixed with miso and seaweed
Rice cracker sandwich with foie gras and sweet beans
Nimono: Steamed Kanpachi fish, radish and Shungiku, covered with sweet and spicy starch
Kuchinaoshi: Pear and celery sorbet
Main dish: Meat dumpling with truffle, served with grated cucumber
Shokuji: Steamed rice with spicy miso and chestnuts
Tomewan: Red miso soup with mozzarella
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Mushed sweet potato with dried apricot
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Beating Summer Heat
“Shokibarai” or beating summer heat is the Japanese tradition, to eat cold food or ingredients to cool down the body heat during summer. Not only the food but also the Chinese herbal medicine is used which has the effect to cool down the body heat.
Based on the Chinese herbal medicine, sometimes warm or hot drinks and food were taken.
However, nowadays most people drink cold soft drinks or beer to overcome summer heat, and this tradition has become an excuse to enjoy drinks and food to get rid of summer heat or stress at work.
We hope this month’s menu will give you the power to fight against sever summer heat.
Selected wines of August
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*OFFIDA PECORINO D.O.C.G. BIO
*DORIAN EMILIA I.G.T. ROSSO
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Sakizuke: Yam soup with abalone and abalone liver soy sauce, served with seaweed
Wan-mono: Shrimp dumpling and coriander in fermented fish soy sauce soup with citrus
Hassun: Soft-shell turtle jelly
Eel, cucumber and white peach mixed with vinegar
Sword fish with soy sauce and egg
Zucchini pickled in rice bran
Young plum pickled in sweet sauce
Stir-fried Goya with deep-fried tofu
Fruit tomato jelly
Nimono: Cold assorted dish; Hamo fish, Okura, spaghetti squash and tomato
Kuchinaoshi: Celery and grape sorbet
Main dish: Stewed pork with Yuba and salty wasabi
Shokuji: Hamao tempura rice bowl with young Yuzu
Tomewan: Red miso soup with Hamo air bladder
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Fig florentin
Water melon jelly
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Various Hamo Fish Dishes
Various Hamo Fish Dishes
Hamo fish has not commonly been eaten in the Kanto region, but has been popular with people in Kansai and especially Kyoto. We will serve fresh Hamo fish to Tokyo diners by arranging air shipment of fresh Hamo from Ohita Prefecture for special preparation in our restaurant.
The soup-base is made from Hamo bones, cooking over five hours, which is served as a Shabushabu base. Please enjoy the simple yet delicious dishes
Organic red onions and thick Maitaki mushrooms are served with Hamo fish. We also imported directly Italian wine which add fine flavour to these Japanese dishes.
We hope that this month’s menu will be enjoyed in the company of your family, friends or corporate colleagues.
Selected wines of July
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*MARCHE PASSERINA I.G.P.
*VINO ROSSO VERONESE I.G.T. "GODO"
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Various Hamo Fish Dishes
Sakizuke: Poached Hamo fish and Junsai in Vichyssoise jelly
Wan-mono: Grilled Hamo fish with tomato-based soup flavored with olive oil
Hassun: Steamed Hamo sushi with Japanese pepper
Cooked Hamo roe with beaten eggs
Deep-fried Hamo bones
Deep-fried Hamo with sesame
Pumpkin pickled in rice bran
New sweet potatoes cooked in brandy
Green tomatoes flavored with orange liquor
Age-mono: Hamo tempura with spicy salt served with pickled plum
Kuchinaoshi: Celery and green grape sorbet
Main dish: Two varieties of horse sashimi with olive oil, served with pickled new onion and raisons
Shokuji: Hamo ochazuke in Hamo soup-base, served with Japanese rice crackers
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Two jellies, black-tea and peach
Sweet pumpkin Chakin
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Cleansing of impurities for Summer
At the end of June, there is a traditional ritual to get rid of all impurities from the first half of the year.
This is a wish for health and well-being for the rest of the year. Even today, this ritual can be seen at various shrines around Japan on June 30th.
Our restaurant offers a menu designed for the health of the diner. We hope you will overcome the heat of Summer.
Selected wines of June
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*ZIBIBBO I.G.P.
*VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE D.O.C.
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Cleansing of impurities for Summer
Sakizuke: Seared tuna, deep-fried shallot, served with vinegar miso
Wan-mono: Red cabbage and bonito starched milk soup with savory cabbage roll
Hassun: Bracken starch tofu cake with sesame and red beans
Stir-fried green soy beans with garlic
Deep-fried young sweetfish with herbs
Cold corn pudding
Apricot, radish and paprika pickled in sweet vinegar
Chopped raw horse mackerel with pickled plum and miso
Mushi-mono: Chicken and Kiritanpo in fermented fish soy sauce soup with Junsai
Kuchinaoshi: Celery sorbet with Kumin-flavored tomato foam
Main dish: Grilled lamb marinated in Saikyo miso
Round eggplant with miso
Thinly-sliced pickled lotus root and thyme
Shokuji: Eel chirashi sushi
Tomewan: Red miso soup with new ginger pickled in rice bran
Dessert: Hoji-tea ice cream
Sake lees mousse
Pineapple pickled in plum wine
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Cherry Blossom Viewing
Cherry Blossom Viewing
In Japan the term "blossom viewing" relates to cherry blossom and is custom that dates back for a thousand years. Originally, blossom-viewing was introduced from China at a time when plum blossom viewing was more common in Japan. During the Heian Period, throughout Japan cherry blossom viewing took over. All over Japan, people enjoyed viewing cherry blossom because they are seen as the guardian of rice as when the blossom arrives it is when the spirits tell the people it is time to plant rice. People treasured the spirit of cherry blossom and prayed for a good rice harvest.
For this month's menu, we have incorporated the theme of cherry blossom viewing so that you may enjoy that can be seen as a special lunch box taken with when viewing blossom.
Sakizuke/Hassun is a variety of seasonal vegetables and sea-food. Please enjoy the colors, scents, appearance and flavors.
Wanmono is deep-fried Aburame fish which is an early Spring speciality. It is served with grated new potatoes in a bonito-based soup.
Oshinogi presents a rice ball wrapped in bamboo leaf. The mochi rice is steamed with only salt and sake with bamboo shoots and Tochi inside.
Nimono offers minced shrimp ball with spicy oriental sauce.
The main dish is free-range chicken which is steamed at low temperature in a vacuum pack finished with fermented fish soy sauce, a speciality of Akita Prefecture. Enjoy the soft and tender texture which is quite surprising for chicken.
Shokuji consists of Ochazuke with Yuba and young spring leaves.
Cherry blossom is the major symbol of Japan, when huge crowds visit the many famous places for viewing to enjoy the arrival of Spring. The blossom has a very subtle scent called "coumarin" which helps relaxation and the blossom also affects the five senses with which you will enjoy our menu.
Selected wines of April
*3 di NOTTE VINO SPUMANTE BRUT
*PRATOBIANCO EMILIA I.G.T. BIANCO
*DORIAN EMILIA I.G.T. ROSSO
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Cherry Blossom Viewing
Sakizuke: Dumplings -
Egg yolk pickled in rice bran
Cooked Konnyaku
Minced chicken ball with chocolate sauce
Blowfish skin jelly
Small squid mixed with peanut butter
Thinly-sliced boiled asparagus
Thinly-sliced dried radish with tomato catsup
Wan-mono: Bonito and potato-based soup with deep-fried Aburame fish
Oshinogi: Rice ball wrapped in bamboo leaf with bamboo shoots and Tochi
Nimono: Minced shrimp ball with oriental sauce and fried rice paper
Kuchinaoshi: Celery and pepper sorbet
Main dish: Steamed chicken in fermented fish soy sauce
Shokuji: Ochazuke with Yuba and young spring leaves
Tomewan: Red miso soup with deep-fried Japanese butterbur
Dessert: Bean ball with cherry blossom flavor
Cheesecake with cherry blossom
Hoji-tea ice cream
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Setsubun (Bean-throwing day)
Setsubun comes between Winter and Spring, a term according to the traditional Japanese calendar, such as Risshun (beginning of Spring), Rikka (beginning of Summer), Risshu (beginning of Autumn) and Ritto (beginning of Winter). Setsubun is the day before Risshun and also New Year's Eve in the traditional Japanese calendar, when people throw beans to get rid of evil spirits.
Roasted beans were used for bean-throwing events and eaten afterwards to bring well-being.
We have incorporated the theme of "Setsubun" for this month's menu.
Wanmono offers bonito-based soup with grated Kyoto radish and ginko nuts.
Kyoto radish is in season during winter and becomes more sweeter. It is grated to represent snow and placed in the soup with grilled blowfish and ginko nuts and thickened with Kuzu starch.
Hassun is a variety of seasonal dishes such as deep-fried sardine with salt and herbs or plum-flavored gluten. Enjoy their eye-appeal before eating.
Nimono offers Kyoto radish and sea bream cooked in bonito-based soup with curry flavor, quite an unusual combination of ingredients creating an innovative dish.
The main dish is a roasted duck from Shiogama. The duck is roasted with far- infrared heat and served with Shiogama salt. The pickled apple in rice bran is placed diagonally, so that the duck and apple can be tasted separately.
Shokuji presents home-made fermented sardine Ochazuke with fresh seaweed.
At Yamashiroya Shozo we offer a discounted Wine Fair during February. A good chance to experience more expensive wine. We went to various wineries to select and directly import their products and hope that they bring enjoyment with the food.
Selected wines of February
*SPUMANTE BIANCO PROSECCO EXTRA DRY
*VERNACCIA di SAN GIMIGNANO D.O.C.G.
*CAMPANIA AGLIANICO I.G.P.
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Setsubun (Bean-throwing day)
Sakizuke: Inari-sushi with thyme, served with cheese and basil
Wan-mono: Bonito-based soup with grated Kyoto radish and Chia seeds, blowfish and
ginko nuts
Hassun: Deep-fried sardine with salt and herbs
Plum-flavored gluten
Roasted soy beans
Grilled squid with fermented squid guts
Crab and yam jelly
Lotus root with spicy miso
Cod roe and Shirataki mixed with Japanese pepper
Nimono: Kyoto radish and sea bream cooked in bonito-based soup with curry flavor
Kuchinaoshi: Salt-flavored lemon sorbet with white pepper
Main dish: Steamed salty duck with pickled apple in rice bran
Shokuji: Home-made fermented sardine Ochazuke with fresh seaweed
Dessert: Bean ball with Okara and cacao nibu
Tofu donut
Hoji-tea ice cream
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Breath of Spring
Breath of Spring
The long winter is finally coming to its end when March arrives. However, the Japanese Archipelago stretches from below Arctic to subtropical, so the arrival of Spring varies across the nation and so does the variations of Spring. In recent years we also receive the unpleasant effects of pollen allergy or hay fever.
We have used the theme of "Breath of Spring" for this month's menu to express the joy of a long-awaited Spring to rural and urban areas.
Sakizuke is deep-fried bamboo shoots with rice crackers. These bamboo shoots are precious in early Spring. They are served with Japanese pepper foam, representing remaining snow.
Wanmono offers bonito-based soup with sesame tofu, clam and coconut milk.
The sesame tofu is made from sesame paste and Kuzu starch. Enjoy the combination of this tofu and clam as well as the added flavor of the coconut milk.
We have used various wild herbs for Hassun which arrive with the true coming of Spring.
Nimono presents poached salmon trout, clams and rape blossoms topped with pink milk starch to express the new excitement of Spring.
The main dish is steamed Chaminton pork, a brand of pork from Kagoshima that is fed tea leaves and does not have strong odor, which is served with Yuzu miso and adds the freshness of citrus fruit.
It seems that the best time of Spring is in the early morning, as written down in old Japanese and Chinese classic poems and essays.
The long Winter is about to close as Spring arrives around the corner.
Please pay us a visit to savor this fresh breath of Spring.
Selected wines of March
*SPUMANTE BIANCO PROSECCO EXTRA DRY
*IRPINIA FALANGHINA D.O.C.
*VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE D.O.
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Breath of Spring
Sakizuke: Deep-fried bamboo shoots with rice crackers and Japanese pepper foam
Wan-mono: Bonito-based soup with sesame, tofu, clam and coconut milk
Hassun: Dried herring pickled in Sochu and soy sauce
Caramelized small fish, walnuts and coconut flakes
Taranome tempura with trifle salt
Japanese wild herbs pickled in rice bran
Marinated Udo in miso
Boiled Shungiku and Enoki mushrooms
Small fish mixed with miso and egg yolk
Nimono: Poached salmon trout, clams and rape blossoms topped with pink milk starch
Kuchinaoshi: Celery and pepper sorbet
Main dish: Steamed Chaminton pork with Yuzu miso served with spicy Udo
Shokuji: Seafood Chirashi sushi
Tomewan: Red miso soup with deep-fried Japanese butterbur
Dessert: Cooked apple in red wine
Kiwi fruit, strawberry and peach jelly
Hoji-tea ice cream
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