TSUKUMI, themed around overnight-dried fish, surprisingly features the dream fish: shichimi (kinki).

▲ Overnight-dried kinki fish, known as the "dream fish." (Photo / Huang Shiyuan)

Reported by Huang Shiyuan / Taipei

"Cormorant Rice TSUKUMI," featuring overnight-dried fish made by the century-old Japanese shop "Takashita Shoten" from Wakayama, will officially open on the 4th floor of Breeze XinYi on 11/5. In addition to its signature overnight-dried dishes, it also combines Taiwanese-favorite seafood N<与釜饭料理，皆以定食的型态呈现，共有五大系列，每套380元起。

Themed around overnight-dried fish, Cormorant Rice TSUKUMI uses handcrafted overnight-dried fish from the century-old Japanese shop "Takashita Shoten" in Wakayama. The preparation method differs from typical outdoor air-drying. Instead, fish fillets are coated with Wakayama’s plum vinegar and salt, then placed one by one on natural pulp within iron mesh baskets. Layers of Kishu binchotan charcoal fragments, separated by cotton cloth, are stacked on top. The charcoal absorbs moisture from the air, sealing in the fish's natural sweetness while preserving its umami.


▲ Overnight-dried horse mackerel with binchotan set meal. (Photo / Provided by Cormorant Rice TSUKUMI)

The Overnight-Dried Feast series offers six different overnight-dried set meals: cod jaw, kinki fish, horse mackerel, mackerel, saury, and seasonal fish, along with Kishu binchotan overnight-dried set meals, each priced between NT$380 and NT$550. Among them, kinki fish is known as the “dream fish” of white-meat fish, with tender flesh and rich juiciness.

Cormorant Rice TSUKUMI currently has two stores in Japan—Yokohama Takashimaya and Chiba Takashimaya—both specializing in donburi rice, chazuke (tea-over-rice), and udon noodles. The Taiwan branch of Cormorant Rice focuses particularly on overnight-dried fish and adds seafood N tailored to local preferences.<饭与主厨拿手的釜饭，为三大特色料理，另有鱼料理、肉料理，共五大主题菜色，皆以附有三菜一汁定食型态呈现。

Chef Inamura, who has been in Taiwan for nine years, said that considering Taiwanese people’s particular fondness for Japanese seafood N<饭，所以在菜单上亦有些调整，增加海鲜N<饭的系列菜色，海鲜N<饭共有六款定食选择，价位380～680元。


▲ Tempura. (Photo / Huang Shiyuan)


▲ Matsutake crab donburi set meal. (Photo / Provided by Cormorant Rice TSUKUMI)

Address: 4F, No. 68, Section 5, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei City
Tel: 02-2720-3296
Business hours: Thursday to Saturday 11:00–22:00, Sunday to Wednesday 11:00–21:30