takayama SAKANA

Fine dining of selected seasonal ingredients and the highest quality of Hida beef can be enjoyed in a peaceful location.

Sakana Restaurant in Takayama serves seasonal cuisine. Most of dishes are made from local products such as highly acclaimed Hida-Beef, also we go into the mountains by ourselves to get wild ingredients. In this diary, I'd like to make some notes of seasonal food and scenes of Hida area.

Wild veg picking

Spring food Spring scene

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This miniature palm trees look-like vegetable called Momiji-kasa (maple leaf  umbrella). People say it's queen of wild-veg.

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Udo is very popluar and farmed ones are sold in the market, but wild ones have much stronger flavour. The texture is like asparagus.

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Tara-no-me is also popular but it's hard to find wild ones.

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Only young tiptops are edible. It grows very spiky stick....

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These wild vegs are turned into delicious dishes by the chefs' hand.

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Wild-veg cuisine is limited for this season, so I hope all the wild-veg lovers to enjoy the real taste. The variaty of vegetables are subject to change everyday, becuase it's all depends on the nature.

by Kay