Japanese Breakfast at Perry's

Chef Masako Morishita will soon launched a traditional Japanese breakfast service, the first of its kind in Washington, DC, at Perry’s I Adams Morgan. Available every other Saturday, the new Japanese breakfast menu features a $42 pre-set offering of traditional items including grilled salt-cured ocean trout accompanied by a sampling of small dishes such as Shiso Dashi Maki Tamago, a Japanese-style soft omelet made with jidori eggs and shiso; Nikujaga - beef tenderloin, potatoes and carrot stew and Nasu Agedashi - fried shishito and eggplant in a sweet dashi soy broth. House-made Nuka Zuke, rice bran pickled cucumber and carrots, round out the menu with condiments like homemade furikake and nori. All breakfast set orders are accompanied with koshihikari rice and miso soup.

Add-ons and a la carte menu items are also available including the Egg Salad Sando ($10) made with soft scrambled jidori eggs, cream cheese, togarashi and kewpie mayo and Spam Musubi "Onigirazu" ($7) made with cabbage, scrambled egg, seared Spam, koshihikari rice and wrapped in nori. Guests looking for a sweet finish to the meal can try the Japanese Pancake ($15) served with house-made berry jam, shiokoji whipped butter and maple syrup or the Fruit Sando ($13) made with mascarpone whipped cream and strawberries. A thoughtful selection of Japanese breakfast cocktails is also available featuring options like the Tokyo Morning Mule ($13) with Sake, Fujimi Vodka, cucumbers, fresh lime and ginger beer and the Akita ($12) with Sapporo rice lager, sake, homemade spicy tomato juice blend and lime. Sparkling sake and wine are also available alongside fine Japanese teas.