At Higashiyama Tsukasa, a Japanese restaurant in Kyoto, Chef Tsukasa Miyashita, who trained for 16 years at the renowned Gion Maruyama and Gion Sasaki, creates innovative dishes.This year, they earned a Michelin star! Congratulations!I visited with three friends from Nagoya.【Cheers】"Homemade Fermented Citrus Soda" "Kyoto Bancha and Black Tea" 【Grilled Masu Salmon】 The salmon is grilled over charcoal, with herbs, seaweed, and snap peas, evoking a fresh green image. Served with rice crackers, lemon koji, and a squeeze of kabosu.【Shari Okayu】 A rice porridge made with vinegared rice and egg yolk, topped generously with sautéed kinome (young leaves) and green asparagus.【Miso Soup with Fish Cake】 Prepared by soaking gyokuro tea, kombu, and natural kinome in water overnight. Combined with fluffy scallop fish cake in the soup.【Two Types of Sashimi】 "Sweetfish Sashimi" The skin is lightly blanched for tenderness, served with okahijiki (sea vegetable) and wasabi, finished with a citrus soy sauce made from white soy sauce and dashi."Donchicchi Horse Mackerel" Horse mackerel from Shimane Prefecture marinated in vinegar and soy sauce, served with a paste of green onion and ginger. Donchicchi refers to Iwami Kagura.【Cold Noodles】 Homemade cold noodles, served with water shield and udo (Japanese wild celery). Garnished with nasturtium. Accompanied by a fermented soup made from rice washing water, daikon, and cucumber, enhanced with sweetfish fish sauce.The firm noodles are kneaded like udon and made using a pasta machine.【Fresh Spring Rolls】 One of the specialties. Rice paper wrapped with sesame, perilla leaves, and fried sweetfish. Two small sweetfish, with a distinct bitterness.【Thank You Pork】 Roasted Thank You pork served with grilled watercress and a sauce made from pea shoots and clam dashi.【Final Rice Dishes】 "Salted Rice Ball" Prepared hot by the apprentice, paired with grilled nori by the chef."Mapo Curry" A dry curry made by combining mapo tofu with curry."Homemade XO Sauce and Egg" Rice topped with homemade XO sauce and rich "Dragon's Egg".【Okonomiyaki】 A fusion of Spanish omelet with octopus, yam, tomato, and cheese, made as a special for a friend's birthday. It was incredibly delicious! I want to have it again…(^q^)【Dessert】 "Grilled Warabi Mochi" Warabi mochi made with brown sugar and burnt hojicha, served with milk ice cream and kinako (roasted soybean flour) mixed with cardamom.【Beverage】 "Tokushima Bubble Bancha" With lemongrass.Today was another fun and delicious lunch gathering filled with laughter.
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