We've once again concocted a menu for the New Year carefully sprinkled with hints of good luck and flavors of good cheer to welcome 2012 during these chilly early months. We look forward to having you and your family and friends around our dinner (and lunch!) tables this season.

For a year of health and well-being:
■ Roppongi Nouen's Prosperous Hot-pot Course ■　￥5,800

An course arrangement showcasing Roppongi Nouen's dedication to quality and originality.

 

● Plum Vinegar-dressed Cod Shirako

A simple and elegant presentation utilizing our homemade vinegar crafted from ume-boshi (plum) and yuzu citrus juice matched with fresh cod shirako.

 

● Farmers' Welcome Vegetable Platter
- served with egoma-walnut spicy miso dipping sauce -

Enjoy a daily-fresh selection of seasonal raw vegetables from our partnering farmers throughout the nation together with the invigorating, aromatic homemade spicy miso-base dipping sauce thanks to long-time partnering farmer Sasaki-san of Iwate Prefecture.
*Note that dipping sauce differs from that of image.

 

● Turnip Bowl Chawanmushi (egg custard) and Chomeiso Tempura

A silky-smooth egg custard (chawanmushi) brimming with a unique blend of healthy and invigorating ingredients such as herring roe, young yellowtail (fukuragi), lily bulb (yurine), ginnan beans and other surprises gently nestled within an entirely edible turnip bowl. Served with a light, crispy chomeiso tempura picked fresh from Kikai Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

 

● Kuromame & Miyaji Pork Wafu Terrine

Sweet, boiled Japanese black beans, ginger, and oba (perilla leaf) exquisitely fused with renowned Kanagawa Prefecture-raised Miyaji brand pork to create an all-new, entirely unique take on the classic terrine. Enjoy with our homemade sauce derived from an array Japanese mixed spices and mustard and vibrant, leafy shungiku.

 

● Winter Tomato and Fresh Seafood Daiginjo Sake Hot-pot with Chinese Medicinal Herbs

A hot-pot featuring a remarkably complex amalgam of ingredients resulting in flavors exquisitely simple and comforting for the cold winter season, boasting a sweetness derived from farmer Abe-san's winter-harvest tomatoes and heartiness from the season's mixed root vegetables doctored with our homemade medicinal oil comprised of 10 different traditional Chinese herbs with light hints of white miso and sake-kasu, all integrated to enhance the fresh catch of sea bream, shrimp and scallops. Modify to your liking with white miso sauce and "Echigoryu" daiginjo sake (nihonshu) from Niigata's Taiyoshuzo.

 

● Rice Steamed with Bamboo Shoot and Red Sea Bream

Rice steamed and cooked together with fresh bamboo shoot and red sea bream using Roppongi Nouen's original earthenware pot to bring out the flavor in each individual grain. Accented with spring vegetables pickled with rice malt from Koji-ya.
*Miso soup can be added for an additional 100 yen per person.

 

● Nouen Original Strawberry Daifuku

A refreshing blend of sweet and sour in this original take on the traditional Japanese daifuku, made with strawberry confiture and sprinkled with black sesame and gently wrapped in our own special warabi-mochi, garnished with fresh and dried-strawberries and accompanied by a lightly fried, savory and crispy slice of "arare" roasted mochi.

 

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■ Nouen Early Spring Hot-pot Course ■　　￥3,800

Taste the heart of Roppongi Nouen.

 

● Farmers' Welcome Vegetable Platter
- served with egoma-walnut spicy miso dipping sauce -

Enjoy a daily-fresh selection of seasonal raw vegetables from our partnering farmers throughout the nation together with the invigorating, aromatic homemade spicy miso-base dipping sauce thanks to long-time partnering farmer Sasaki-san of Iwate Prefecture.
*Note that dipping sauce differs from that of image.

 

● Turnip Bowl Chawanmushi (egg custard) and Chomeiso Tempura

A silky-smooth egg custard (chawanmushi) brimming with a unique blend of healthy and invigorating ingredients such as herring roe, young yellowtail (fukuragi), lily bulb (yurine), ginnan beans and other surprises gently nestled within an entirely edible turnip bowl. Served with a light, crispy chomeiso tempura picked fresh from Kikai Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

 

● Umedori Chicken & Winter Radish Frosty Fields Hot-pot

Exquisitely dressed with edible flowers and dried miso over undulating hills of gobo (burdock root), onion and fresh root vegetables from the Anzada farmers of Yamagata, an arrangement to invoke imagery of the frosty countryside of winter and early spring, this tantalizing hot-pot fills out with Wakayama-raised "umedori" (plum chicken) dressed in koji-salt and the year's sweetest crop of winter-harvested, fresh-grated radish.

 

● Aritayaki Piping-Hot Farmer's Rice

Delicious rice painstakingly raised by our partnering farmers from across the nation, cooked to perfection in Roppongi Noen's custom-made aritayaki earthenware pots to bring out the refined flavor and luster in each individual grain. Served with seasonal koji-salt pickled vegetables.
*Add miso soup for an additional 100 yen per person.

**Upgrade to Steamed Crab Rice for an additional 800 yen per person.

 

● Amazake Ice Cream Monaka w/ Fresh Strawberry

Our homemade amazake ice cream gently sandwiched between a "monaka" wafer made only from rice mochi, sprinkled with dried strawberry and fresh strawberry to garnish.

 

*We kindly request that all course orders be placed for a minimum of two (2) persons. Should you wish to place an order for a single person, please inquire with a staff member when placing your order.

 

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■ New Year's Celebration Course ■　　￥7,800～
 (advance reservation required - minimum 2 persons)

A course carefully crafted using only the freshest vegetables, designed to provide an entirely unique and unforgettable meal for your most special occasion. Please inquire with the staff for further details.

*Please note that reservations for this course must be made at least 3 days in advance of your visit.

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■ All-You-Can-Drink ■　　2hrs. - ￥2,800 per person

A diverse selection of beverages you can pair with any meal - perfect for large groups, parties, and special get-togethers.

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