May 27th 2014

 
White Asparagus Ohitashi

 

 

Sweet Fish /Ayu, served with Tadezu Sauce

 

Kuruma Prawn / Kuruma Ebi from Kumamoto

 

Spring Tempura

Ramps, Young Corn, Fresh Morel & Procino Mushroom

April 17th 2014

 

Foie gras marinated with Saikyo miso,

served with turnip puree

Spring Vegetable Tempura

ramps, fiddle head fern and devil's club

 

Kuro Buta Osso Bucco

braised pork shank with sweet soy sauce,

served with green pea puree, roasted onion and sautéed ramp



February 25th 2014

Snow Crab from Alaska

 

 

Japanese Barracuda (Kamasu) from Hokkaido

Horse Mackerel (Aji) from Miyazaki

Black Scraper (Umazura) from Fukuoka

Needle Fish (Sayori) from Kumamoto

 

Red Grunt Fish (Akaisaki) from Fukuoka

February 18th 2014

Ichica Bachica Bento Box (limited 10 boxes/day) $34
the content of the bento box change daily (no substitution)

Ichica Bachica is the original Japanese phrase for the restaurant's name 1or8,
a phrase used whenever placing a bet.

January 30th 2014

Kyoto Red Carrot

House-Smoked Scallop, Shrimp and Pacific Herring with Genmai Tea/Cherry Wood

Sea Urchin Tasting, Hokkaido, Santa Barbara, Maine

January 28th 2014

 

Pacific Herring (Nishin) from Hokkaido

January 22nd 2014

Target Dory (Matoudai) from Kagoshima

January 16th 2014

Sardine Trio
grilled salt cured whole sardine, pickled sardine with vinegar, braised sardine with sweet soy sauce & umeboshi.

 

Skate Cheek Tempura

November 29th 2013

 

Oden - Japanese Winter Soul Food/Pot au Feu on Our Late Night Menu

Please try with warm sake

November 19th 2013

Cod Fish Milt (Shirako), a winter delicacy
left : from Maine
right : from Hokkaido

October 30th 2013

 

Miyazaki Wagyu - Kaburi Sashimi

October 22nd 2013

Tempura bone marrow marinated with miso
 

Shishamo Smelt (Male) sushi & Shishamo Roe Sushi

October 18th 2013

 

Shishamo Smelt (Female & Male), it only comes market for 2 weeks every year

 

Hourse Mackerel Tempura, served with tomato konbu sauce

 

Slow cooked Halibut, served with sake mash/saikyo miso/ root vegetable soup & mozzarella cheese

October 10th 2013

 

Black Sea Urchin / Red Sea Urchin from Karatsu


October 3rd 2013

Sea urchin from Iki

Uchiwa Ebi from Kagoshima

September 22nd 2013

Albacore
pan fried Arare crusted albacore,
seved with tomato/konbu sauce & preserved lemon/saikyo miso sauce

September 20th 2013

Halibut Miso Zuke
grilled halibut fillet marinated saikyo miso,
served with sweet corn kakiage and grilled eggplant & shishito pepper

Chef's Table

Chef's Table-tempura

shrimp, matsutake maushroom, chesnut, pumpkin, sweet corn kakiage, fresh king crab, sea eel,
sea urchin with shiso, Japanese sweet potato, shungiku, Japanese eggplant, akaushi (red cow sirloin), silky pork loin, etc............

September 13th 2013

Poached Halibut Fillet, served with Tomato/ Konbu broth sauce

September 11th 2013

Matsutake from Washington