This is a course meal served only during July and August every year at a restaurant called Usami in Usuki city (Oita Prefecture, Japan). The ingredients are taken from all different parts of lotus plant. They slightly change the menu every year; these are from this year.
• Info website (in English): www.jpinfo.com/45605
• Restaurant website (in Japanese): www.sekibutsukankocenter.com/hasuryouri.html
• Restaurant website (in Japanese): www.sekibutsukankocenter.com/hasuryouri.html
Lotus and ginger tofu
Lotus sparkling with the lotus branch as straw
Corn soup and okra
Cold udon noodle
Deep fried vegetables
13 kind vegetable jelly
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Miso balls (You add boiling water to make instant yummy miso soup)
Lotus sticky rice and shrimp rice packed in lotus leaves
Sweet tofu with lotus seed and kiwi fruit