鮨　天ぷら　祇園いわい 祇園店

The new restaurant that opened in August 2003 had counter and table seating✨

At the seats, they provided:
Karasumi salt🧂
Wasabi salt🧂🔥
Natural salt🧂

For drinks, I chose:
Plum soda✨
Peach soda🍑

I had the premium kaiseki course🍣🍤

First course:
Sandwich of fried medium fatty tuna🥪

Appetizers:
White asparagus and Inca potatoes with peanut sauce
Canola flower with sesame dressing
Tender octopus simmered
Plum and lily root

Sashimi of Spanish mackerel

Shrimp tempura🍤
Anago (conger eel) tempura🐟
Eggplant tempura🍆
Sweet potato tempura🍠

Intermezzo:
Terrine with four types of vegetables and salmon🌽🐟

Fried sweetfish (Amadai)🐟

Nigi of squid🍣
Nigi of sea bream
Marinated red meat
Shrimp dog🦐

Crab shinjo with snake basket lotus root🦀

Nigi of kohada (shad)🍣
Nigi of Hokkaido masunosuke🍣
Medium fatty tuna🍣
Eel🍣

Red miso soup

Thin roll with fatty tuna

Egg🥚
Ishigaki strawberry🍓

First course:
Sandwich of fried medium fatty tuna🥪
The crisp-fried medium fatty tuna was tender, and the sauce was flavorful, pairing well with the bread—delicious!🥪

White asparagus and Inca potatoes with peanut sauce🥔🥜
Both the asparagus and potatoes were sweet, and the peanut sauce was delicious🥜
Canola flower with sesame dressing🌸
It was easy to eat with little bitterness, and the sesame flavor was prominent and tasty.
Tender octopus simmered🐙
It was incredibly tender and flavorful, very delicious🐙
Plum and lily root🌸
The plum blossoms were cute, absorbing the dashi flavor well, and the taste was delightful🌸

Sashimi of Spanish mackerel🐟
The skin was grilled🔥
Topped with myoga and mizuna✨
Accompanied by three types of vinegar and soy sauce✨
The grilled skin was fragrant🔥
The flavor of the garnish was excellent, and all the elements together made it delicious🐟

Shrimp tempura🍤
It had the head🦐
The head was crispy and the meat was sweet and delicious🦐
I enjoyed it with:
Tempura sauce
Karasumi salt
Wasabi salt
Natural salt
All were delicious🦐

Anago🐟
The flesh was fluffy, sweet, and very tasty.
Eggplant🍆
Beautifully presented, juicy, crispy, and delicious🍆
Sweet potato tempura🍠
Made from sweet, fluffy sweet potatoes, very delicious🍠
For the tempura varieties, I used:
Tempura sauce
Karasumi salt🧂
Wasabi salt🧂🔥
Natural salt🧂
All were delightful🦐

Intermezzo:
Terrine with four types of vegetables and salmon🌽🐟
With a sauce of white miso and plum puree
Young corn🌽
Okra
Bell pepper
Cucumber🥒
Salmon🐟
Set in gelatin, the dashi jelly itself was delicious
The sauce of white miso and plum puree was delightful✨

Fried sweetfish (Amadai)🐟
With crunchy scales and fluffy, sweet meat—very tasty🐟
The refreshing flavor of sudachi was also delicious🐟

Before the sushi, they served gari, which was also sweet and delicious, and I ate a lot🫚

Nigi of squid🦑
Seasoned with salt and sudachi
The squid was sweet and rich in flavor
The sudachi’s flavor was excellent and very delicious.

Nigi of sea bream🍣
The sea bream was tender, rich, sweet, and paired perfectly with the tangy rice—delicious!🐟

Marinated red meat🍣
The marinade had soaked in well, and the flesh was tender, sweet, and delicious🐟

Shrimp dog🦐
Wrapped in nori
Vinegared rice
With a large shrimp tempura🍤
Plenty of uni
Sweet sauce
It was an incredibly luxurious dish🦐
The shrimp tempura was crispy🍤
Uni was well-formed and rich
The sweet sauce tasted great with the rice and nori—super delicious!❤️

Crab shinjo with snake basket lotus root🦀
The crab meat was fluffy🦀
The snake basket lotus root was soft and fluffy, and the outside was crispy, paired with a sweet sauce and ginger flavor that was incredibly delicious🦀

Nigi of kohada (shad)🍣
Beautifully presented with a brush of soy sauce
It was lightly marinated with vinegar and was tender with a good flavor—delicious!🐟

Nigi of Hokkaido masunosuke🍣
Topped with caviar✨
The cuts were beautifully intricate, rich, and yet melted in the mouth—delicious!🐟

Medium fatty tuna🍣
Thick and incredibly sweet, melting, rich, and delicious🍣

Eel🍣
Very fatty, soft, rich, and fluffy—delicious!🐟
The sauce brushed on was sweet and tasty✨

Red miso soup
The dashi flavor was strong, with excellent flavor from the mitsuba—delicious!✨

Thin roll with fatty tuna
Packed with rich, fatty tuna, it was sweet, soft, and delicious🐟

Egg🥚
Sweet, plump, fluffy, and tasty🥚

Ishigaki strawberry🍓
Nagasaki strawberries cooked in wine and set in jelly🍓
It is said to resemble Ishigaki, hence the name🍓
Fresh and sweet strawberries were incredibly delicious🍓

The quality of each item was top-notch, and everything was delicious🍣🍤
There was about an equal number of Japanese and foreign tourists; it was easy for foreigners to eat, with explanations on tablets, and some staff were fluent in English✨
This is a place I want to visit again for when I want a luxurious experience or as a reward for myself🍣🍤