2008 August menu




Kai-Course Menu (Dinner)


Hors d'oeuvre platter
flying fish tartar flavored with ginger,
sauted taro stalk sprinkled with sesame,
shark fin set in aspic,
grilled Japanese abalone glazed with wasabi soy sauce,
grilled cheese marinated in white miso,
deep fried shrimp ball filled with fresh corn,
skewered deep fried octopus suction cup


sashimi
deep fried rocktrout topped with julienned vegetables
(burdock root, udo stalk, leek, carrot, celery, enoki mushroom, mitsuba herb)
served in a delicate bonito broth


sashimi
blanched flathead, tiger shrimp, octopus and taro stalk
served with wasabi and salty Japanese plum paste


Grilled Dish
blowfish carpaccio served with vegetables
and a truffled dressing


Simmered Dish
sweet soy flavored simmered Alfonsino fish,
served with silken tofu, green onion and kinome herb


Refresher / Entremets
seaweed noodles in a soy-vinegar broth with ginger


Main Course
your choice of:
fresh fish of the day served in a style of your choice:
either simmered with burdock in a sweet flavored soy sauce,
or steamed with a citrus infused dipping sauce (ponzu), or deep fried,
or
steamed pike conger and season's new matsutake mushroom
served with grated radish with a citrus-soy sauce,
or
grilled tender Japanese beef served with season's new matsutake mushroom and vegetables,
steamed at the table on a hot stone
served with a spicy tofuyo sauce and grated radish with a citrus-soy dipping sauce
or
shark fin in a savory egg custard (chawanmushi)


Rice and Noodle dish
your choice of:
seasonal steamed rice with fragrant matsutake mushroom,
or Japanese vermicelli in soup topped with salted plum and fragrant ohba leaves,
served either hot or chilled,
or mackerel aged 3 years in rice bran (nuka-saba) on rice with a light dashi broth,
or Michiba style “sanratamen”, Chinese noodles served in a fragrant spicy beef broth,
or plain rice served with a fragrant miso soup (akadashi) and pickles


Dessert
an assortment of two desserts:
fig jelly with a blueberry yoghurt sauce
and
warm sweet red bean soup with millet cake


*contents of the menu are subject to change due to the availability of ingredients


August 2008

Restaurant Kaishoku Michiba
Owner Chef Michiba Rokusaburo
Chef Morikawa Tamotsu



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