artichoke and avocado

3-30-2020 Mon. 


 DINNER --- okra, tofu and moon bean noodle soup | guacamole | steamed artichoke | pan fried lotus root | pan-fried plantain | pan-fried  shishito peppers 

• fun to have fresh artichoke 

make up green deficit

6-23-2016 Thu. warm, rain and clouds



 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- sandwich 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- fresh peas with shiitake and garlic scape | sauteed seasonal string beans with fermented black bean sauce | rice | wine 

•   farmer's market and home cooking

matsutake !

10-03-2015 Sat. cool, rainy. 


 WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapes | apple 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
 DINNER --- steamed egg custard with matsutake mushroom and dashi | Shanghai salsa | simmered eggplant | wine and soy braised rock fish with fermented fava bean sauce | salad | wine 

 

• festive, something nice about season and life, represented by matsutake. 
•  the whole rock fish is rather big, half fileted and marinated in white miso, and half with bones cooked shanghai style.

Shojin cuisine at Kajitsu

5-29-2011 Sun. hot, sunny.

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( at local cafe in W. Village) cappuccino | croissant
LUNCH --- ( at A.O.C., French) bloody marry | grilled baguette with lamb sausage and roasted red pepper | green salad
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- (at West Eleventh living room) green tea
DINNER --- ( at Kajitsu )

Hana ( 花）：

Salad of Cucumber, Rikyu-Fu and Fiddlehead Fern
Grated Cucumber, Celery, Dark Night Carrot, Pearl Onion, Glass Noodles, Wasabi, Soy Yuzu Vinaigrette
鬼おろし胡瓜と利休麩
Clear Soup with Grilled Cabbage Ball, Leeks and Mitsuba
焼キャベツの薄葛澄まし椀
Sushi with Green Tea Leaves and Pickled Green Plum
Baby Artichoke Agebitashi
Grated Fuji Apple and Onion, Purple Potato
Chilled English Pea Soup
Freeze Dried English Pea, Grated Ginger
新緑茶の粽寿司
ベイビーアーティーチョークの揚げ浸し
えんどう豆の一口ポタージュ
House-Made Soba with Warm Dipping Sauce
Sansho Flowers, Wasabi, Scallions
花山椒の温製つけ蕎麦
White Asparagus Tempura with Irakusa Sauce
Shiso Leaf
Grilled Nama-Fu with Soy Morel Mushroom Sauce
Market Vegetables
Grilled Garbanzo Beans
極太白アスパラの一本揚
焼生麩 編笠茸のソース掛け
Steamed Rice with Diced Sunchokes and Fennel Puree
Crispy Arugula and Fennel Leaves

House-Made Pickles
菊芋の炊き込みご飯
自家製漬物
Yatsuhashi
Azuki Bean Paste, Cardamom,
薫風生八ツ橋
Matcha Tea with Candies by Kyoto Shioyoshiken
抹茶と干菓子～京都塩芳軒より～



Fern and Rikyu-Fu

soup and cha

green tea leaf sushi, artichoke, pea soup, and saki

soba, rice, tempura and pickles

• unique experience of Japanese Buddhist vegetarian cooking.
• Rikyu-fu is wheat gluten (Chinese name Kao-fu) often used in Buddhist diet. they are handmade from a shop in Nara Japan ( shown in the drawing in the last picture) served at Kajitsu.