Ume no Hana

Recently I dined at a "tofu" restaurant with a Japanese friend. Ume no Hana (the picture above is from their website) is a speciality restaurant that serves a variety of yuba and tofu dishes. There are several of these particular restaurants throughout Japan. The one we visited was in Yokohama in the Sky Building. The location on the 29th floor offered beautiful evening views of the Yokohama skyline.

We opted for the set course menu that included the items illustrated in this picture (from the restaurant web site) to the left. Each course came beautifully presented and made even tofu look and taste appealing!

Not sure if I can remember every detail, but there were yuba strips, fu pops, tofu egg custard with scallops, soy milk shabu shabu with pork and seasonal vegetables, and risotto Japanese style.

All this was accompanied by a delightful umeshu, japanese plum wine.

The menus at Ume no Hana are only available in Japanese, so I am thankful to my Japanese friend Naomi for inviting me to share in this wonderful meal with her.