Japanese Cuisine Rei is set to open in Kofu City on February 2025, 2. We went there early to cover the restaurant, which offers casual lunch meals of authentic Japanese cuisine prepared by a chef who has been working in Tokyo for many years.

The relaxed and calm interior has mainly counter seats and three tables. In the evening, it seems to be bustling with people looking for good food and drinks.

The lunch menu is available in three varieties: tempura, eel, and pork loin, and all come with salad, chawanmushi, a side dish, rice, soup, pickles, and dessert, making for a truly luxurious meal. The generous salad is served with a homemade soy sauce-based dressing.

The chawanmushi, which spreads the gentle umami unique to Japanese cuisine, has a golden ratio of egg that melts in your mouth and dashi stock. The texture of the plump shrimp hidden in the shaky egg liquid with dashi stock is also excellent.

Today we will be enjoying our recommended "Flavored Pork Loin Set Meal"!
The thick slices of domestic pork are carefully prepared by grilling them until they are tender, bringing out the pork's natural flavor to the fullest.

The flavorful sauce is well-mixed with the tender pork, giving it a thick, smooth texture. It's also easy to eat because it's cut into thin strips.
When eaten with Takekawa Town's rare 4-pachi rice cooked in a clay pot, the small grains and gentle flavor of the rice are combined with the fragrant, delicious flavor of the pork.

The final dessert was also homemade, of course. The chef used to work in a shop with a pastry chef, and this milk mousse has a melting milk pudding-like taste. It was refreshing, yet satisfying with the richness of milk, making it the perfect way to end a meal.

In the evening, the restaurant serves kaiseki cuisine, but also offers a full range of a la carte dishes such as sashimi, vinegared dishes, tempura, and fried chicken. Kaiseki originally referred to food served at tea ceremonies, and expresses the spirit of the tea ceremony. The cuisine at Japanese Cuisine Rei embodies the spirit of hospitality and respects wabi and sabi.