セロニアス2016
【Featured Restaurant★】In April, I visited Go-ryori Fujita for the first time in a while. The meal started with a delightful appetizer combining Seko crab from the Unzen Bay and seasonal mountain vegetables, followed by a soup made with clam broth (and a hint of bonito broth) that is only available at this time of year. The dishes featuring Kyoto bamboo shoots, seasonal mountain vegetables, and cherry salmon were all excellent. If there is availability, I would love to visit this reservation-only restaurant regularly. Looking forward to my next visit.
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【Reposted below】Located about a 15-minute walk from Nishi 18-chome Station on the Tozai subway line, Go-e-miyo 3-tok, selected as one of the top 100 restaurants on Tabelog and as one of the top 2023 restaurants, is a completely reservation-only Japanese restaurant quietly nestled in a residential area. If you're not familiar with the area, you may find yourself looking around as you visit. Mr. Fujita, who has honed his skills at top restaurants in Kyoto and elsewhere, may seem like a quiet artisan at first... but he also has a playful side, living with a snapping turtle and showing a mischievous streak when handling a clay pot (laughs). The dishes are excellent, but personally, the appetizers are outstanding. It's not an exaggeration to say that I come to savor the soup dishes. I have high expectations for this restaurant to become one of the leading Japanese restaurants in Hokkaido.
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【Chef's Choice Course】
1. Appetizer: Seko crab (innards & roe) from Unzen Bay, fiddlehead ferns, mountain udo, fava beans, perilla flowers
2. Soup: Kyoto bamboo shoots, clams from Mie, hajiki seaweed, kinome leaf
3. Hassun 1: Seared blackthroat seaperch from Shima, wild asatsuki herb, spicy daikon radish
4. Hassun 2: Flounder marinated in kelp & fatty tuna (with vinegar sauce, egg yolk soy sauce, salt)
5. Rice Dish: Steamed rice with golden eye snapper & sea urchin
6. Yakimono: Tanba shimeji mushrooms with spinach, fried pickled herring, grilled horse mackerel, rice-stuffed octopus, fuki no tou miso
7. Cold Dish: Hokki clam and azuki sprouts with vinegar miso dressing & Toyama firefly squid
8. Simmered Dish: Bamboo shoots, cod sprouts, taraba crab paste
9. Rice Cooked in Pot: Cherry salmon, bamboo shoots, fried Kyo negi leeks
10. Dessert: Seike oranges, red tsuyaka strawberries, ruby red kiwi, cherry blossom mochi made with domyoji rice flour
【Budget (approx.)】
Course + 3 types of sake: around 20,000 yen