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    A counter tucked into a Nishi-Ogikubo back alley, this kappo restaurant builds its menu almost entirely around vegetables, which sounds ascetic until the food arrives. The chef's approach follows the seasons closely, so the takiawase changes face as the year moves, cooling in summer and warming in winter. The room is quiet and unhurried, the kind of place where a small bowl of greens dressed in sesame sauce somehow asks nothing of you and delivers everything.

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    • Takiawase

      “Takiawase highlight the ever-changing faces of nature, with colourful vegetables that cool you in summer and warm you in winter.”

      Michelin Guide
    • Salad with mashed tofu dressing

      “Appetiser platters arrayed with salad with mashed tofu dressing, seasoned boiled greens and vegetables dressed with sesame sauce calm the soul still further with their savoury flavours.”

      Michelin Guide
    • Seasoned boiled greens

      “Appetiser platters arrayed with salad with mashed tofu dressing, seasoned boiled greens and vegetables dressed with sesame sauce calm the soul still further with their savoury flavours.”

      Michelin Guide
    • Vegetables dressed with sesame sauce

      “Appetiser platters arrayed with salad with mashed tofu dressing, seasoned boiled greens and vegetables dressed with sesame sauce calm the soul still further with their savoury flavours.”

      Michelin Guide

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