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cooked for over 10 hours, and we use the highest-quality oxtail. Lots of love and labor goes into making it. Fifth is our famous beef tongue, which comes from a special wagyu beef farm and the flavor is exceptional. There are also dipping sauces we suggest adding to enhance the flavor. Sixth, our assorted vegeta- bles consist of bok choy, spinach, tofu, mochi, shimeji mushrooms and potato starch noodles. The seventh is two rolls of U.S. wagyu beef wrapped with Chinese cabbage and cooked in the broth for about 10 seconds. Dish No. 8 are kurobuta pork rolls (100% Heritage Berk- shire Natural Pork). Berkshire pigs are raised without using antibiotics or growth-promoting hormones, and have a powerhouse of essen- tial vitamins and minerals.We suggest adding the lemon salt to this course.
The ninth, our monthly chef’s dish, is a parsnip purée with Swiss chard and braised oxtail in red wine. The next two courses (10 and 11) are tai snapper from Tsukiji and king crab (we serve this with shoyu and wasabi). Guests are encouraged to either warm it up in the broth or eat it like sashimi. For No. 12, we created a porridge (for an additional fee, you can choose soba or Chinese noodles in place of the rice) with the leftover oxtail broth
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prepared tableside.We add barley rice to the oxtail broth, then we add grated Yamaimo. Last but not least at 13 is our monthly dessert. Currently we have a coconut semifreddo with assorted local fruits. This is an Italian dessert that is similar to ice cream.
AL: Does the restaurant have a specific motto or mission it runs by?
TT: Our goal was to give guests authentic Jap- anese hospitality and the spirit of our cuisine. We want our customers to enjoy the food that we take pride in preparing, respecting our purveyors and using highest quality ingre- dients in a welcoming atmosphere.
AL: What other options does the restau- rant offer?
TT: There are two other types of course meal options. The 10-course meal ($58.50) comes with our monthly appetizer trio, cha- wanmushi, nabe (beef tongue and assorted vegetables), two U.S. wagyu rolls, two kuro- buta pork rolls, the monthly chef’s dish, tai snapper, barley rice porridge and dessert. The six-course meal ($39.80) features beef tongue, the monthly chef’s dish, two kuro- buta pork rolls, the monthly chef’s dish, tai
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snapper, barley rice porridge and dessert. You can also create your own nabe. The oxtail broth is $9 per person and some of the items you can order are beef tongue ($12), two pieces of wagyu ($9.80), two pieces of kurobuta pork ($6.90) and two pieces of tai
snapper ($12.80).
For guests that want to order a la carte,
these are most popular: beef tongue sashimi ($12), tai snapper sashimi ($12), chawanmushi ($4.50) or pickled onion in tamari sauce ($4.90). The full menu is online at ichifujiha- waii.com/menu.
AL: Anything else you’d like to share?
TT: For the premium course meal, please allow about two-and-a-half hours for this ex- perience. For the 10-course meal, allow about two hours, and the six-course meal, about one-and-a-half hours for a truly wonderful experience.
Ichifuji
2334 S. King St. Ste. C, second floor, Honolulu 808-367-0012 ichifujihawaii.com
5:15-10 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays; closed Mondays-Tuesdays
1. Beef Tongue Sashimi ($12)
2. Otoshi Nabe Premium Course Meal ($98.50)
3. (Clockwise, from top left) nagaimo wasabi-zuke ($6.80), onion pickled in tamari sauce ($4.90), Ichifuji kelp tomato ($3.90), seared mentaiko ($7.80) and edamame pickled in soy sauce ($3.90)
4. Beef Tongue Katsu ($12)
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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee