Fabulous luncheon at Narisawa in Tokyo. Themes “Early Summer Collection 2016” and subtitled “Innovative Satoyama Cuisine, Beneficial and Sustainable”. Satoyama is a Japanese term for the borderlands between foothills and arable land, or in Narisawa’s interpretation, the meeting of sea, forest and cultivated land.
The menu is also a tribute to the Japanese national mold, Koji, Aspergillus Orzyae: “A microbe, living in Japan for over a millenium, its secret power used at Narisawa in the dessert Tsubaki & Koji”.
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- “Satoyama Scenery and Essance of the Forest” with cedar-infused oil, fermented soy and bark from root veggies.
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- 2014 Koshu from Toriivilla Imamura in Yamanashi. Taste a little like pinot gris or viognier.
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- Sparkling rosé from Japanese indigenous grape, Kyoho. Flowery and elegant.
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- “Baby Sweet Fish” from Kanagawa.
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- Juicy langoustine from Shizouka with sea urchin from aomori and watershield from Hiroshima.
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- If eggplant always tasted like this, that’s all I would eat.
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- Okinawa sea snake bouillon.
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- Okinawa sea snake.
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- Best yoghurt in my life.
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- “Sumi 2009” Kobe Beef from Hyogo. Tender heaven.
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- Damascus steel knife … only the best for Japanese beef.
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- The bread is fermenting …
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- Sato Uhei, Junmai Daiginjo Sake from Aramasa Brewery in Akita.
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- “Tsubaki and Koji” … Camellia flower and the famous, indigenous and addictive mold.
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- Few dishes does like this green tea bonanza look even better …
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- … while finished.