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大分・安心院(あじむ)。すっぽんで有名な盆地に、創業大正六年の老舗「やまさ旅館」はあります。今回は、ここの名物「すっぽん料理」を心ゆくまで味わえるフルコース「美味求真」をいただきに訪れました。
お風呂で体を温め、浴衣姿で畳の間に座ると、最初に登場したのは「生き血のオレンジジュース割り」。どこか儀式めいた一杯です。血の鉄分をほのかに感じつつも、柑橘の酸味がそれをやわらかく包み、すっぽんの生命力をやさしく受け取るような味わいでした。
続く前菜は、「精巣、肝臓、心臓の酢和え」。ここじゃないとなかなか味わえない一品。酢の香りがふわりと立ち、心臓はコリッと、精巣はとろりと。どれも食感と旨味の対比が見事で、思わず笑みが溢れる。さらに「エンペラの湯引き」は繊細な味わいでぷるんとした食感と、すっぽん特有のコラーゲン感が印象的でした。
「すっぽんのスープ」は、まさに滋養の極み。澄んだ黄金色のスープをひと口すすると、体の内側から熱が広がるよう。すっぽんの旨味が凝縮されています。続いての「刺身 首と胸」は、淡白ながら深みのある味わいで、鶏肉と魚の中間のような不思議な食感。ここでも素材の鮮度が際立っていました。「茶碗蒸し エンペラの餡」は、舌にのせた瞬間にとろけて、優しい甘味と出汁の旨味がふわっと広がります。中盤の「肝焼き」は香ばしく、焼かれたことで酢和えとはまた違う一面が。旨みの塊をかぶりつく快感が忘れられない。せっかくだから頼んだ安心院ワインにぴったりでした。そして「からあげ」と「炭火焼き」は、いわば力強い肉の章。特に炭火焼きは、宮崎地鶏の炭火焼きを思わせる香りと噛み応えで、これほどの野性味を上品に感じるのはすっぽんならでは。濃い味付けなのにそれに負けないすっぽんの"味"に驚かされました。すっぽん料理と言ったらやっぱり「水炊き」と「雑炊」!特にすっぽんの雑炊はまさに締めの芸術。コラーゲンが溶け出したスープを卵でとじた雑炊は、体の芯まで染みわたる美味しさ。すっぽんの旨味が一滴残らず活かされ、思わず「これを食べに来たんだ」と実感しました。飲み物は地元・安心院ワインをボトルで。やわらかい酸が料理を引き立ててくれます。さらに「甲羅酒」。焼いた甲羅の香ばしさと酒の甘みが一体となり、思わず継ぎ酒してしまいました。お風呂上がりでお酒の回りがよく、気分よくほろ酔いになり、心も体もとろけるような夜でした。
点数 4.3点
点数の意味
5---人生最後の日はこのお店❗️
4---人に勧めても間違いない
3---何度も通いたくなるお店
2---人にお勧めする時には選択肢に上がらないけど普通に美味しいよ
1---あんまり...かな
0---もう行かない