3 Uguisudani Vichyssoise. 【 Kamakura Thousand Tales】鎌倉千一夜〜魑魅魍魎跋扈躑躅の躊躇


 It is better to enter the forest than to look at it.Humidity and insects can be annoying, so try to keep it as light as possible choose a sunny day to go.Because it continues to create shade even after the sun rises, it's cool.Because trees respire instead of photosynthesizing, it emits a unique fragrance of its own ingredients and fills the space. The overwhelming siege network instinctively acts as a defense, looking up at the sky to find an escape. Finding the sky in the gaps between the branches and leaves that are strongly stretched, first of all, calm down. As I gradually become accustomed to the space, I will notice the details. The morning dew clinging to the moss growing on the old stock,with tall branches as if to care about me Little birds resting around. To the light that shines through from the sky without any obstruction floated water vapor, a winged insect hovering in front of me like a guide in the forest. It is right to turn myself into a wild animal there. I just want life.Breathing in the fresh air of the morning, full of fragrance It circulates throughout the body, stepping on fallen leaves and walking away to promote blood flow. I will eventually find food.  From now on, I will refrain from gathering in the forest and killing for the time being. I want to leave it to the grace of human wisdom. 

Well delusional.  The imaginary table is located on the site of Toshoji Temple, east of Hachimangu Shrine. This temple, which was once counted as one of the Kanto ten temples, established by Yoshisada Nitta as the place where the Kamakura Shogunate ended.After 800 people killed themselves, the land was abandoned, and later turned into an orchard full of peach trees, and eventually abandoned.  It is the trace of a soldier's dream.This dream field will be maintained, and a decaying Western-style building adjacent to the field. Thoroughly polishing it completely transforms it into a residence and cuisine (kitchen) for a chef returning from Avignon in the south of France.White gravel was spread only on the ground where people walked, and a large 10m long table was placed on it to create a faint shade of trees to avoid direct sunlight.  Other lands leave plants sprouting from seeds carried by the wind and birds, By planting various herbs in between, it became a garden with appreciation and benefits.  Kamakura, where one of the best farms in the southern Kanto region and Sagami Bay spreads all the way to Miura a treasure trove of ingredients.  I don't have a hard time making seasonal menus every day. I'm good at watercolor sketches of the ingredients of the day The unique touch is also popular.

 Today is early summer, so I chose cold soup for the first time this year.Spring-planted polone onions and new potatoes from a contracted farmer in Sekiya. I received a message that it was vichyssoise without hesitation.It is said that the weather will be cloudless all day today. No cancellation of lunch reservations. I start preparing for the usual 20 people exactly. Picking chives with the morning dew still on them.The cry of the nightingale that echoes throughout the valley of Kasai. It was as perfect as you could imagine.

 It's past March this year, and the warblers have started practicing their vocalizations, it didn't sound like the beginning. one that repeats only the first "ho", there are various things that pass through all the phrases but become strangely buds.,by making it a routine every morning, it came to this beautiful voice. Well, they must have overworked their throat, today's Vichyssoise will be colder than usual,

 Come have a drink later!

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