Yoshimura

On Tuesday I was invited to a farewell party by the Daito Bunka University English department, that was mainly for two tenured professors retiring, but they were big enough to include me and another staff member who were leaving after only a year. Yoshiwara (located in Itatabashi ward near Hasune Mita line subway station-I regret forgetting to pick up a business card) is a stylish traditional-informed fusion washoku restaurant. The staff were clad in kimonos and the decor and plate ware were artistically rendered-as was most of the unusual food.

I also regret not taking the menu card home with me, because I had some of the most interesting traditional-fusion fare I have ever tasted. This soup dumpling has little fish stuck into it. There seems to be a premium on presentation here as you will see in the following pictures.

This dish had sashimi draped on an orange complimented with a sauce. There was also some other types of sashimi wrapped in a daikon (Japanese radish) shaving.

This next dish has a baby octopus and garnish along side a green tea-flavored mochi (pounded rice) ball with scallops inside.

Three servings of this course came on a single plate, I'm not even sure how to describe this course. That's what I love about this country I have been here more than 10 years and i can still be surprised and encounter something I've never encountered before.

Comments

[Captain]

Damn! It was only by the time I got to the end - and saw no mention of soap, towels, and shapely ladies (I thought for sure the kimono reference was some elaborate tease) - that I realized you are talking about _another_ Yoshiwara.

[MC]

I hear you, I was looking for the website link and found several other interesting links, perhaps the Captain can do a tour of the "other" Yoshiwara for us...

[MC]

D'Ohhhh...YoshiMURA not YoshiWARA--big difference, but stil couldn't find any online info...

[Captain]

I think this is the place:

http://www.yoshimura-hasune.com/

[MC]

Yep, that's it-hats off to the Captain...