new summer menu with new cdc sergio. one of the best menus i’ve had so far, not a single miss.
highlights
- the fatty, crunchy karei engawa was great, never had engawa that fatty
- chinmi
- chiayu tsukudani, like a candied ayu
- abalone with fresh mochi and saikyo miso
- the refreshing chilled somen noodles
- black cod tempura with dashi
- perfectly fried and crunchy menchi katsu with iwate rice
- shirasu with iwate rice
- yatsuhashi
stay tuned for a forthcoming kaiseki menu from new sergio. he’s super knowledgeable and with his seven years of apprenticeship at kikunoi in kyoto this should be right up his alley. I was looking forward to him going full kaiseki since he came to la.
shout-out to unverified max
sergio
chinmi - hokkaido cured scallop, 3 year cured oita shiitake mushroom
hassun
chiayu - young sweetfish tsukudani
cucumber stuffed with salted plum, smoked bonito and sesame
mozuku shot with green grapes
fresh yuba, shrimp, dashi joyu, shiso flowers
karei sashimi(hokkaido), smoked karasumi, yamaimo, nori
abalone, fresh mochi, white miso
octopus chimaki wrapped in bamboo leaves
chilled somen noodle, pearl tomato, japanese parsley, summer vegetables
tempura of black cod, warm dashi, grated radish
grilled sawara in junmai daiginjo sake lees, bettara zuke
grilled eel unagi stuffed with eggplant, young ginger pickle
menchi katsu - crispy minced wagyu cutlet, red miso, shaved cabbage
iron pot rice from iwate - ginga no shizuku variety
house miso in smoked dashi broth, tororo shaved konbu, shiitake
salted shirasu, sansho
koji custard, yatsuhashi
poached loquat in elderflower gelee
