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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Cold Tomato Soup






Cold Tomato Soup


Would you like to have some cold refreshing tomato soup? And it's not gazpacho.
I'd like to introduce an unique Japanese variation of tomato soup. Strained over time and slowly ripened Momotaro tomatos are used to make a hearty and pure tomato extract. Then softly and gently boiled with dashi a fresh piece of lobster and abalone(Awabi in Japnese) are dropped into the soup. After that the chef adds some okra and red siso as an accent. Served with Nasturtium, an edible flower.

This cold luxury owan(soup), stuns us with it's looks, and cools us down
when we indulge. This is a soup that can be enjoyed around the world.


冷製トマトスープ

暑い夏場には、温かい椀物の代わりに贅沢な冷製トマトスープはいかがでしょう。といってもガスパチョではありません。
しっかり熟した完熟桃太郎トマトをゆっくり時間をかけて漉して抽出したピュアなエキスに、柔らかくやさしく煮た産地直送のロブスターとアワビを落とします。アクセントに夏のお野菜オクラ、赤紫蘇と食用のお花ナスタチウムを添えて。

冷たく冷やされた一杯のこの華やかな冷製椀物、見た目にため息、食べて涼しく、贅沢なロブスターとアワビを楽しんだ後の澄んだトマトスープの強烈で意外なトマト味に、心踊らない人はいないでしょう。



Photo shoot at Hirohisa