One Lunch in Kyoto

I really have not been able to describe the incredible and incredibly varied meals we have been served.  Since we see no menu, we have no idea if there is one course, five, or ten.  Each course is small and elegantly presented, and I cannot identify what a lot of the foods are.  Today we ate in a private dining room in a home built in the sixteenth century by a billionaire merchant.  The home is now a restaurant with its large garden intact.  And this was our lunch in the order that it was served.

Appetizer.  The skewer has sweet potato and radish.  Under the sweet potato was some kind of pate (liver?).  The three things that look like shrimp I think were mushrooms.  The round thing in front was hard boiled quail egg.  There was a piece of sushi tucked in one of the leaves. I have forgotten what the other things were.

Some kind of soup, I think.  I never quite figured it out.

Finally something recognizable.  Sashimi.  Although the white one with the red dot was something weird that I have not had before.

Three slices of duck with roasted scallions.  Excellent.

Not quite sure.  Some kind of concoction of bean curd, persimmon (I think), and something else.

Persimmon with some kind of cream.  We thought it might be dessert but ...

Another soupy thing with some kind of sweet potato thing in it.

A box on a tray.  Open it and ...

Sushi!  Fish, shrimp, cooked eel, and cucumber maki with plum sauce.

Miso soup.

This was finally dessert.  It was kind of like jello in an almond flavored liquid.

And this was our private room overlooking the garden.