Wednesday, December 14, 2011

New Year’s Eve at Biwa

imageIn celebration of the beginning of a new year, we have again put together a very special kaiseki-style menu of dishes that we hope will provide for an auspicious transition from this year into the next. We are all real excited about this year’s menu (and painstakingly-selected, coursed sake pairing!), and hope very much that you will join us for this special evening!

A nine course dinner to celebrate the New Year

Sashimi
sashimi of salmon, tuna & salmon roe
yuki no bosha yamahai junmai

Hotate
smoked scallop with avocado & greens
mantensei junmai ginjo

Osechi
a selection of foods from the traditional new year’s bento
nanbu biijin junmai daiginjo

Sumashi
clear soup with chicken
yukikage tokubetsu junmai

Kaki-Gohan
rice cooked with oysters
a&m quenard nv petillant de savoie

Yakiniku
grilled pork with kimchi
minato yamahai namazake genshu

Nimono
butterfish simmered with daikon and sake
chikurin karoyaka junmai ginjo

Toshikoshi Soba
chilled buckwheat noodles for prosperity in the new year
towari honkaku shochu

Kuri
chestnut cake with sweet red bean
choice of:
yamazaki single malt whiskey
murai nigori genshu
housemade plum wine

Dinner
$55/ person

Sake pairing
$35/ person

Vegetarian menu available by reservation

Reservations accepted for parties of all sizes

”Akemashite omedeto!!!” (Happy New Year!!!)