Store Name: Yanagiya, Gifu Nearest Station: 20 minutes by free shuttle bus from Mizunami Station Regular Holidays: Irregular Price: JPY 31,900 This renowned regional cuisine restaurant has earned two Michelin stars and was ranked number one on Tabelog for ten consecutive years. This was my 13th visit. No matter how many times I come, the extraordinary experience here is always exceptional. It seems they have revamped the menu this year, adding white grilled eel and pheasant! Appetizers: - Leaf wasabi pickled in soy sauce - Bamboo shoots with fuki miso and kinome miso - Moroccan beans with sesame - Sweet bamboo with katsuobushi pollen - Simmered venison tenderloin - Garlic chives pickled in soy sauce - Bee larvae → Previously, there was one small dish, but this time there are two! That means double the appetizers! What a generous offering! (^O^) - Grilled yamame (sweetfish) - Grilled ayu (sweetfish) - Pheasant tataki - Dried ayu - Grilled pheasant, thigh and breast meat - Pheasant skin with ponzu, mixed with okahijiki and bracken - Venison tenderloin - Venison loin - Assorted tempura: ayu, tara no me (bitter greens), sugar snap peas, myoga bamboo, bent bamboo, new potatoes, quail, venison tenderloin, and wild boar meatballs - White grilled eel - Grilled eel kabayaki with rice - Pheasant and wild vegetable rice - Shijimi clam red miso soup - Warabi mochi (bracken starch dumplings) This hearty course features 15 dishes made with local ingredients. Despite rising prices, the course fee remains unchanged, offering the same price throughout the seasons. Even with the cost of the Shinkansen, this is a dining experience you can't find in Tokyo. I look forward to my next visit! (＾Ｏ＾)
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