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Dinner was served on a low table, in a private dining alcove. The efficient front desk even provided a reminder to hurry on down - it would take a while to get through the meal! The kaiseki meal is designed to showcase local ingredients, presented beautifully. As it happens, the signature food of Shibu Onsen is salmon, so quite a few of the courses featured the fish, prepared in different ways.
The courses we were served were as follows:
Here is a gallery, over which to drool.....
- steamed fish cake
- salmon sashimi
- hot pot of thin sliced beef with vegetables
- broiled salmon with scrambled egg
- steamed riceflour dumpling with minced chicken
- pot of steamed, grated turnip with 'surprises' (including oyster, prawn, scallop, chicken etc.)
- tempura of yuba, deep fried salmon and sliced almond
- soba noodle with wild plants
- steamed rice
- soup with sea bream, clam and chervil
- vegetable pickle
- strawberry mousse
Here is a gallery, over which to drool.....