Higashiyama Muku (東山無垢)

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🇯🇵 Kaiseki / 📍Higashi-Yama

📓 Visits: 1

Higashiyama Muku opened in July 2023 and with its low prices and competent cooking became moderately difficult to reserve very quickly. Owner/chef Tatsumi Mishima previously ran Tsuruju in Yokohama. Omakase is now JPY 18,000 + 10% service. I went shortly before the price rise.

There isn't that much to say about the food other than that the quality of ingredients was very good and the quality of cooking excellent. My only complaint with the food was that the suppon chawanmushi was just dashi and didn't contain any pieces of meat. Two rice dishes are served from pots shared by all diners. Any left over riced is not packed up for you to take home and they were a bit quick in taking it away so eat fast at this point and don't be afraid to ask for refills of both types at the same time.

All the cooking is done in a back kitchen, where Mishima-san spent most of his time, leaving a server to attend drinks, so there isn't much atmosphere. None of the staff spoke English.

It's incredible to find a kaiseki meal of this standard at this price in Tokyo in 2024 and it's no wonder they're always full. The chef was willing to take another booking after the meal but said that otherwise all bookings had to be made via Omakase. I didn't want to commit to a date right then, but I would go back in the future.

Higashiyama Muku will be featured in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025 and I'd be surprised if it wasn't awarded a Star.

📌 https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1317/A131701/13286250/

❓ My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.3 (value: 5.0)

📱 Booking: 🟧 Via Omakase only. Seats fill up very quickly.

📍 Location:

1-15-5 Higashi-Yama. 8 mins north-west from the West Exit 1 of Nakameguro station.

📅 Visit April 2024

🕕 Dinner 16,500

🛎️ Service charge: 10%

💧 Water charge: 1,100 for a small bottle of Hildon

Suppon chawanmushi
Akagai, rannou, vinegar jelly, nanohana
Owan, hotate shinjo
Kinmedai sumiyajki, chorizo
Smoked sakaramasu pressed sushi
Tachiou sumiyaki
Sanda gyu, hana sansho
Takenoko takikomi gohan
Asparagus, sakura ebi takikomi gohan
Yomogi ice-cream, azuki, mochi
Sakura wagashi
Tea or coffee

💴 Damage: 20,328 (16.5k + drinks @1980 + 10%)

⏱️ Time taken: 2h

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