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one of the first meals i’ve committed this trip was a journey up to the gifu mountains for this local gem. katatsumuri (the snail), is a rustic game meat and mushroom specialist restaurant, where the owner decides on the ever-changing menu depending on the catches and mushroom harvests of the day.
with connections to specialist butchers around japan, one can definitely expect a series of unexpected meats, from which we had a sample of bear, civet, duck, boar and deer upon our visit. we started with some welcome platters with ingredients and harvests of the area, fresh berries, chestnuts, and a series of ayu and komochi ayu which were salted and grilled, in tempura, aged and fermented. probably some of the best ayu i’ve had, fatty with a very mellow bitterness that was actually enjoyable unlike most. amongst the tempura selection, we also had boar, ebi-imo and moroko fish which were also delightful. the boar rib, deer meat dip, deer ankle tendon stew were also one of my favourite dishes today. followed by the fresh grill duck and mushrooms, then a assorted mushroom hotpot, where a series of meats are added like boar, bear and civet; all fresh enough to be eaten like sashimi. the hotpot is then brought back to the kitchen to be prepared as a zosui before ending with herbal tea and fruits. definitely a meal to remember, thank you for the gracious host for hosting.
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december 2023
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daily tasting menu (¥33,000)
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would revisit: try once
reservations: yes
price range pp: ¥30,000-¥60,000
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📍かたつむり
location: 502 nagataki, yamagata, gifu
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