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another one of the most remarkable meals i’ve had this trip. helmed by a warm chef with a extremely bubbly team, this kaiseki has gained a lot of popularity and attention, deservingly so.
so grateful to be invited by another fairy god-mother to try their winter matsuba-kani course right before christmas. their ‘signature’ chutoro with an eggyolk sauce and gorgeous knife-work in the ika marks an incredible start to the meal. the first kani dish of the night was a form of a meatball in dashi wanmono, so concentrated in sweetness of crab and one of my favourites of the night. followed by simply grilled kani legs, a mix of kani and kani miso with a side of shari with karasumi, before the kani gohan. other plates in between of course featured his gorgeous hassun, with a theatrical lights off moment, it was truly a feast for the eye and stomach, featuring freshly fried and piping hot sweet potato tempura, ankimo, shirasu and some vegetable dishes. his freshly grilled unagi was also remarkable, super plump and meaty, before the final round of shiro gohan is served with ample compliments to your liking which i got everything - karasumi, ikura, egg yolk, akami zuke, jako, burdock. given his newly established sweets shop, his desserts were no less spectacular, featuring a persimmon panna cotta and a red bean and pear daifuku. thank you for the gorgeous meal, would love to come back and experience another season here.
side note: his dorayaki from his sweets shop are so so good, highly recommend the mascarpone one, fresh cream and azuki was also very very nice.
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december 2023
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december course (¥38,500)
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would revisit: yes
reservations: intro-only
price range pp: ¥30,000-¥60,000
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📍赤坂おぎ乃
location: 6-3-13 akasaka, tokyo
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