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KAMAMESHI NAKAI
Kamameshi
Our specialty
Rice steamed in a porcelain pot with soy sauce, stock and vegetables
Kindly refer to the Glossary below for any unfamiliar terms.
- Kinoko Kamameshi
- Sansai-Okowa Kamameshi
- Unagi Kamameshi
- Chicken and Burdock-root Kamameshi
- Spring and Autumn Specials
Kinoko Kamameshi Set – ¥2,100
Kinoko Kamameshi Set with miso soup (instead of vegetable soup) – ¥1,750
Kinoko Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
"Kinoko – mushroom or fungus usually grown on dead wood.
Shimeji commonly grows on beech wood."

Sansai-Okowa Kamameshi Set – ¥2,300
Sansai-Okowa Kamameshi Set with miso soup (instead of vegetable soup) – ¥1,950
Sansai-Okowa Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
"Sansai – mountain vegetables. A range of wild plants is found seasonally in the Okutama region. Some are available naturally for mere weeks and are considered delicacies. They include young leaf sprays, flower buds, soft stems and fern tips”
”Okowa – Sticky (glutinous) rice”

Unagi Kamameshi Set – ¥4,100
Unagi Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
Production Area : Aichi ken, Mikawaisshiki

Chicken and Burdock-root Kamameshi Set (30-per-day limit) – ¥2,600
Chicken and Burdock-root Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
(Please note that Chicken and Burdock-root Kamameshi is not available at the same time as Spring and Autumn Specials)

Takenoko Kamameshi Set – ¥2,300
Takenoko Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
Springtime Special (mid-April to mid-May)
"Takenoko – bamboo shoot. Fat bamboo shoots burst through the forest floor for a brief period during spring and their tender tips are highly prized."

Kuri Kamameshi Set (Chestnut Kamameshi) – ¥2,500
Kuri Kamameshi with Tomato vegetable soup (instead of vegetable soup) – add ¥110
Autumn Special (mid-September to mid-October)

Glossary
- Kama – iron pot (the porcelain bowl imitates the shape of the original Japanese iron pot for cooking rice)
- Mizutaki – Clear vegetable Soup with chicken and Japanese style soup stock.
- Sashimi-konnyaku – Konnyaku is a firm jelly-like health food (high fibre, no calories) derived from the konnyaku potato. “Sashimi-konnyaku” refers to thin-sliced, ready-to-eat konnyaku. Add soy sauce and wasabi for taste.
- Manjuu – Soft bun with sweet bean-paste filling. The filling is called “anko” in Japanese, and it is made from sugar and boiled adzuki beans.
- Miso – traditional Japanese flavouring made from fermented soybeans.
Teishoku – Set Meal Menu
- Teishoku – set meal with a main dish and side dishes of rice, miso soup and Japanese pickles.
- Fish Teishoku
- Tororo Teishoku
- Fried Chicken Teishoku
- Fried Sliced Pork Teishoku
Fish Teishoku – Grilled river-fish set
Yamame (masu trout) Teishoku – ¥1,950
Iwana (charr) Teishoku – ¥1,950
Ayu (sweetfish) Teishoku – ¥1,950
Nijimasu (rainbow trout) Teishoku – ¥1,900

Tororo Teishoku – ¥1,680

Fried Chicken Teishoku – ¥1,920
With rice, miso soup and Japanese pickles
Fried Sliced Pork Teishoku – ¥1,850
With rice, miso soup and Japanese pickles
Noodles
- Soba – noodles made from buckwheat flour
- Udon – thick and soft wheat noodles
- Ramen – thin and long wheat noodles
- Zaru Soba
- Sansai Soba
- Soba with Tororo
- Zaru Udon
- Kirikomi Udon

Zaru Soba – cold soba on “zaru” bamboo tray – ¥850
Large serving of soba and udon – add ¥160
Sansai Soba – ¥900
Large serving of soba and udon – add ¥160
Sansai – mountain vegetables. A range of wild plants is found seasonally in the Okutama region. Some are available naturally for mere weeks and are considered delicacies. They include young leaf sprays, flower buds, soft stems and fern tips.
Soba with tororo – ¥950
Large serving of soba and udon – add ¥160
Tororo – a sticky mass made by grating the ‘nagaimo’ yam
Zaru Udon – cold udon on “zaru” bamboo tray – ¥850
Large serving of soba and udon – add ¥160
Kirikomi Udon – Hot udon noodles with chopped vegetables – ¥990
Large serving of soba and udon – add ¥160
Side dishes
- Mushroom dishes
- Fish dishes
- Meat dishes
- Soup
- Small dishes

Shimofuri-dake yaki – ¥680
(Shimofuri-dake mushrooms cooked with butter and oil on a hotplate)
Shimofuri-dake – Shortened version of “Shimofuri hiratake”. This is a new type of mushroom produced through the crossbreeding of European hiratake with the traditionally prized Japanese hiratake.
Yaki – cooked by frying or grilling
Genboku-shiitake yaki – ¥900
(Grilled log-grown shiitake mushrooms cooked with butter and oil on a hotplate)
Genboku-shiitake – “Otanba-grown log-grown shiitake mushrooms”
These mushrooms are grown at the foot of the mountain opposite.
They are harvested in the spring from mid-March to mid-April, and in the fall from mid-October to mid-November.

Shimeji mushroom mixed with freshly ground wasabi – ¥480
Kinoko – mushroom or fungus usually grown on dead wood.
Shimeji commonly grows on beech wood.

Shioyaki – Grilled River Fish
- Yamame (masu trout) Shioyaki – ¥980
- Ayu (sweetfish) Shioyaki – ¥980
- Iwana (charr) Shioyaki – ¥980
- Nijimasu (rainbow trout) Shioyaki – ¥930
Shioyaki – salt-flavour grilled
Okutama Yamame fish sashimi (limited quantity) – ¥1,200
Kara-age – ¥950
(Deep-fried seasoned chicken)
Fried sliced pork – ¥880
Jumbo Yakitori chicken (one for one person) – ¥550
Basashi – horsemeat sashimi – ¥1,380
Yaki – cooked by frying or grilling

Mizutaki – ¥660
(Vegetable soup with slice of lemon)
Mizutaki – Clear vegetable Soup with chiken and Japanese style soup stock.

Tomato Mizutaki – ¥830
(Tomato Vegetable soup with slice of lemon)
Mizutaki – Tomato vegetable Soup with chiken and Japanese style soup stock.

Sashimi-konnyaku – ¥720
Sashimi-konnyaku – Konnyaku is a firm jelly-like health food (high fibre, no calories) derived from the konnyaku potato. “Sashimi-konnyaku” refers to thin-sliced, ready-to-eat konnyaku. Add soy sauce and wasabi for taste.

【S14】Konnyaku Miso-Dengaku 6 pieces – ¥480
(Sashimi-konnyaku with miso sauce)
Miso – traditional Japanese flavouring made from fermented soybeans.

Tororo (ground yam paste) – ¥680
Tororo – a sticky mass made by grating the ‘nagaimo’ yam

Tsukimi Tororo – ¥750
(Egg yolk on a bed of tororo yam paste)
Tsukimi – literally ‘moon viewing’. A raw egg yolk upon white tororo represents a yellow moon shining through white cloud. If you don’t love it already, maybe you never will.
Tsukemono – Japanese Pickles – ¥495
Nagori tofu – ¥495
Raw wasabi from Otamba Small – ¥300
Raw wasabi from Otamba Medium – ¥400
Raw wasabi from Otamba Large – ¥500
Drinks & Dessert
- Alcohol
- Soft drink
- Dessert
Draft Beer (Medium) 500ml – ¥715
Draft Beer (Small) 300ml – ¥528
Bottle Beer (Medium bottle) 500ml – ¥748
No-alcohol beer 330ml – ¥462

Sake (180ml) Alcohol 15~16% Hot/Cold – ¥605
Sake (360ml) Alcohol 15~16% Hot/Cold – ¥1,045
Gensyumasuzake (180ml) Sake in a wooden box on a saucer – Alcohol 17~18% – ¥880
Namazake (Cold sake) (300ml) – ¥1,045
Kotsuzake (Sake containing grilled Iwana fish) (360ml) – ¥1,870